Schedule*
Week 1 - September 25-29
September 27-28
Voter Registration Drive
Sponsored by the Student Political Action Caucus
Week 2 – October 2-6
Tuesday, October 3
10:00 – 10:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
Religion and Politics: In the US and around the world
Emmanuel Chiabi, Anth./Hist./Poli. Sci., HCC
Tarek Dawoud, Islamic Speaker’s Bureau
Le Roi Brashears, Wash. Assoc. of Churches
How does religious belief influence political views? Does democracy
require the separation of church and state?
Thursday, October 5
12:10 – 1:15 pm Bldg 7
Initiative 920: Estate Tax Forum
Pro and con panel including discussion of the initiative process. Sponsored by HCEA
Friday, October 6
9:00 – 9:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
US Foreign Policy ...So what?
Jim Glennon, History/Political Science, HCC
What is the role of US foreign policy in the coming 2006 and 2008
elections?
Voter registration deadline is October 7
Week 3 – October 9-13
Monday, October 9
11:00 – 11:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
Who Votes? Who doesn't? US and International
perspectives
Jennifer Jones, Geography/CGG, HCC
TM Sell, Journalism/Political Science, HCC
Which demographic groups in the US don’t vote and why don’t they? Why
do other democracies around the world have higher voter turnouts?
Watch streaming video at
http://real.highline.edu/ramgen/media/defdem2006/who_votes.rm
Wednesday, October 11
10:00 – 10:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
Empire and Democracy: Are they compatible?
Davidson Dodd, Political Science/CGG, HCC
During the growth of democracy in Europe and the US, there was a
simultaneous growth of their empires. We will explore this paradox and
its lessons for the present day. Watch streaming video at
http://real.highline.edu/ramgen/media/defdem2006/empire.rm
Davidson Dodd's PowerPoint
Presentation
Week 4 – October 16-20
Wednesday, October 18
11:00 – 11:50 am Bldg 2
Democracy and Education
Patricia McDonald, Education, HCC
Tim McMannon, History, HCC
Alan Wood, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UWT
It is impossible to have genuine democracy without providing everyone
access to the education necessary to good citizenship. In other words,
ignorance is not bliss: it's the path to losing self-government.
Co-sponsored by the Teachers for Tomorrow
Watch streaming video at
http://real.highline.edu/ramgen/media/defdem2006/education.rm
October 16-20
Latino Awareness Week
Additional programs sponsored by the student United Latino Assoc.
Week 5 – October 23-27
Monday, October 23
12:10 – 1:15 pm HSU Mt. Constance
State Legislative Candidate Forum
Short candidate presentations followed by Legislative District
conversations
Co-sponsored by the student Political Action Caucus
Wednesday, October 25
Evening - CANCELLED
Current Issue Town Hall Meeting
Sponsored by the student Paralegal Association
Thursday, October 26
10:00 – 10:50 pm HSU Mt. Constance
Defining Democrat, Defining Republican
Jeff Ward, Business, HCC
Liberal, Centrist, Conservative, Libertarian - just what do they mean
anymore?
Week 6 – October 30 – November 3
Tuesday, October 31
9:00 – 9:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
Immigration and Our Democracy: A panel
Moderator Rolita Ezeonu, Speech, HCC
Come and discuss issues and challenges surrounding who gets to come
and stay in the United States, equity, fairness and justice that come
with immigration. We welcome your presence!
Thursday, November 2
11:00 – 11:50 am HSU Mt. Constance
Visual and Information Literacy: The current campaigns
Susan Landgraf, Journalism/Writ., HCC
Society of Professional Journalists speaker
How do we know what we read and see about candidates and initiatives
is true?
Week 7 – November 6-10
Tuesday, November 7
9:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M., and 12:10 P.M. in Bldg. 7
Electroacoustic Election Day Concert
Music Department, HCC
A concert of electronic, computer, and electroacoustic music
celebrating the global ElectroAcoustic Music Month and featuring works
by Tyler Adams (Los Angeles, CA), Erdem Helvacioglu (Istanbul, Turkey),
Dick Robinson (Atlanta, GA), Adam Stansbie (Leeds, UK), and Sydney
Stegall (Seattle, WA).
About Defining Democracy 2006
This program was started in 2004.
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