350.org Bike Parade in Lewiston, Maine
October 24, 2009

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Password: 350

 

The Civic Forum 2009-2010
Audio And Video Files

 

September 23, 2009
"Dealing with Climate Change: The Debate among Policy Makers" featuring:
Ted Koffman, the Executive Director of Maine Audubon, and former chair of the Maine Legislature’s Natural Resources Council; Pete Didisheim, Advocacy Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine; Melissa Carey, Climate Change Policy Specialist with the Environmental Defense Fund; and Tom Tietenberg, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Colby College.
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October 28, 2009
"Tomorrow My Life: Orphans in Post-genocide Rwanda" by Berthe Kayitesi, author and survivor of the genocide of the Tutsis.
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2008-2009 Community Engagement at Bates Year-End Summary 

 

Amazon Alliance

Founded in 1990, the Amazon Alliance is a unique vehicle for confronting environmental and cultural degradation in Amazonia. As a network of more than one hundred member organizations, the Alliance achieves the shared goals of member organizations by facilitating collaborative work. The Amazon Alliance brings together the leaders of the Amazonian indigenous and environmental movements to work as equal partners in effectively addressing the challenges facing the region. The Alliance is governed by a Steering Council of prominent indigenous organizations and NGOs, who determine the Alliance’s priorities and strategies. In addition to providing members with information and technical assistance, the Alliance also ensures that indigenous perspectives are heard by decision-making bodies around the world, including governments and multilateral institutions. No other entity coordinates so many diverse stakeholders who have the ability to shape a better future for Amazonia and the world.

In ANES 242 "Environment, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples" Professor Sonja Pieck and her students collaborated with a DC-based NGO working to secure indigenous rights in the Amazon. The students then compiled important information on the state of Amazonian environments and indigenous communities, which will be used as basic information for social movement networking and exchange.

The Civic Forum: Engaged Citizenship and the Election
Audio Files

October 22, 2008
"Why November 4th Matters: Student Voices on the Stakes of the Presidential Election" featuring:
Theodore Sutherland '11, Rachel Kurzius '10, Marshall Hatch '10, and Emily Grady '10
Click here to listen to this recording on the MPBN site.

The Civic Forum: Maine in a Transnational Age
Audio Files

January 21, 2009
"Womens' Rights and Womens' Activisim: An International Perspective" featuring:
Debra Schultz, Historian and Human Rights Consultant; Jael Silliman, Women's Rights Program Officer, The Ford Foundation; and Shalom Odokara, Executive Director, Women in Need Industries.
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March 12, 2009
"Global Warming: Fighting Against It, Living With It"
by Bill McKibben, environmentalist, writer and activist
Click here to listen to this recording on the BatesViews Beta site

 

2007-2008 Community Engagement at Bates Year-End Summary 

 

2006-2007 Community Engagement at Bates Year-End Summary

 

Publications by and about Harward Center Staff and Contributors

 

"dailynews.edu: A Proposal"
by David M. Scobey

"A Different Way to Fight Student Disengagement"
by Donald W. Harward

Benefits of Kennebec River Dam Removal Cited in Studies, but Sebasticook Fears Persist
by Alan Crowell, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
featuring commentary by Lynne Lewis, Associate Professor of Economics, Bates College

Exhibit weaves stories of Maine millworkers
by David Scobey
As featured in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Video Overview of the new Downtown Education Collaborative at the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast
 

Click here to watch this presentation on the Chamber site
featuring David Scobey, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Bates College; Michelle Vasquez Jacobus, University of Southern Maine - Lewiston Auburn College; Alyson Stone, Empower Lewiston, and Sherry Russell, the Downtown Education Collaborative

The Civic Forum: Reimagining Maine in the 21st Century
Audio Files

 

November 28, 2007
"Poverty and the Two Maines" featuring:
Hannah Pingree, House Majority Leader, Maine Legislature
Sarah Standiford ’97, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Lobby
Naomi Schalit, Opinion Page Editor, Kennebec Journal
Eric Smith, Congregational Outreach Coordinator, Maine Council of Churches
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January 16, 2008
"Reimagining Globalism: Maine in the World’s Economy" featuring:
Matt Schlobohm ’00, Public Policy and Political Mobilization Director, Maine AFL-CIO
Peter Riggs, Executive Director, Forum on Democracy and Trade
Charles Lawton, Senior Economist, Planning Decisions, Inc.
Cathy Lee, Managing Director, Lee International
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February 27, 2008
"Reimagining the North Woods: The Changing Environment of Maine" featuring
David Vail, Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College
Matt Polstein, Millinocket Town Councilor and Businessperson
Ted Koffman, Representative, Maine Legislature
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2007 Parent's Weekend PowerPoint Presentations

 

"Learning Biology by Teaching It: Creating Partnerships with Local Teachers and Students" by Professor Lee Abrahamsen, Biology Department, Bates College

"From Lewiston to Kigali and Back: Documenting Genocide in Rwanda by Connecting Bates Students to Tutsi Survivors" by Professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth, French Department, Bates College