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Jan. 13, 2005

Jan. 26 Event on Religious Tolerance and Understanding

WHAT: "Global Issues and Perspectives," a free, four-part lecture series sponsored by the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University Seattle. This series is a follow-up to a similar, highly successful series in the fall. Please join us to become a better-informed world citizen!

WHERE: Antioch campus at 2326 Sixth Ave in Belltown.

EVENTS:

7 to 9 p.m., Wed., Jan. 26
Sharing and Understanding: Multiethnic and Multireligious Living Together in Europe
Learn from Dr. Karl Kumpfmuller, director of Peace Centre in Graz, Austria, the leader of Project: Interfaith Europe and an international university lecturer.
The Paradox of Religious Pluralism
Hear from Sadruddin Boga, Ph.D., core faculty, Antioch Center for Creative Change. Boga teaches and consults on topics such as systems theory and practice, innovation and creativity, harnessing human diversity and global pluralism.

7 to 9 p.m., Wed., Feb. 9
Writers, Fighters, Road Hunters: American Indians and Choices of Rebellion
Listen to Lummi author Keith Egawa read selections from his recently completed novel Dispatch from the Raft, and join a facilitated discussion of the definition of “progress.”

7 to 9 p.m., Wed., March 2
The Emerging Movement to Reclaim the Media
Hear from Frances Korten, executive director of the Positive Futures Network, publisher of YES! magazine. Korten worked at the Ford Foundation for 20 years, where she funded programs on social justice and environmental sustainability in Asia and the United States.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Debra Alderman in the Antioch Center for Creative Change at (206) 268-4906 or dalderman@antiochseattle.edu.

ABOUT ANTIOCH: At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find individualized, innovative programs with a commitment to academic excellence, community service and social justice. AUS is one of six campuses of Antioch University, founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio.