2011 Civic Forum Series<\/p>\n
Monday, October 17 Monday, October 24 Monday, November 7
\n7:30pm
\n“The Androscoggin River”
\nA Bowdoin College historian and photographer present their work, which explores the Androscoggin River’s past, present and future status as a vibrant and complex force in the Lewiston-Auburn community.
\nPanelists include: Michael Kolster, Associate Professor of Art, Bowdoin College; and Matthew Klingle, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College.
\nFree and open to the public.
\nEdmund S. Muskie Archives
\nPlease visit the Bates College channel<\/a> on Vimeo to watch video of this event.<\/p>\n
\n7:30 pm
\n“Social Entrepreneurship”
\nFour of the country’s leading social entrepreneurs will talk about their work.
\nPanelists include: Elizabeth Stefanski, Chief Market Maker, Business Innovation Factory; Peter Murray, Co-founder and President, Center for Progressive Leadership; Bethany Robertson, Co-founder and former Executive Director, I Do Foundation; and Jonathan Rosenthal, Co-founder, Oke USA, North America’s first fair trade fruit company and Equal Exchange, the first U.S. fair trade coffee company.
\nFree and open to the public.
\nEdmund S. Muskie Archives
\nPlease visit the Bates College channel<\/a> on Vimeo to watch video of this event.<\/p>\n
\n7:30pm
\nJeff Sharlet
\n“The Killer in Me: Reading the Oslo Manifesto’s Sources”
\nProfessor Sharlet, author and contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine and Harper’s Magazine, reflects on the growing virulence of anti-Islamic activism and rhetoric through his analysis of the text of the Oslo killer’s manifesto, which combines and amplifies “respectable” anti-Islamic rhetoric.
\nFree and open to the public.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/p>\n