Past Events
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Friday - Sunday, May 18 - 20 Rotary District 5100 2012 Conference "Building Peace through Rotary" Three renowned, dynamic speakers shared their time: John Dear - peace activist nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, Maude Barlow - author, activist, and former advisor on water to the UN, and PDG Dean Rohrs - activist from South Africa, RI President's Rep. |
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Friday, May 4, 12 - 1:30 p.m. Larry Diamond - "Global Struggles for Democracy: Reflections from the Front Lines" Co-Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Oregon, and the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, in conjunction with the 2011-2012 Hatfield Scholar Award Presentation. A small group of GFU Alumni, faculty, and staff were in attendance. Larry Diamond, a leading contemporary scholar of democracy studies, presented a talk assessing the current state of democratic progress throughout the world, and laid out strategic principles for nurturing and advancing global democracy. Diamond is being honored with the 2011-2012 Hatfield Scholar Award. Named after the distinguished former Governor and Senator Mark O. Hatfield, the Award is offered to exceptional scholars whose careers best exemplify the Hatfield ideals of public interest, scholarship, public service, civil and human rights, social justice and peace. |
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Friday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. Sima Samar- "The Question of Afghanistan" As part of the annual International Speaker Series, the World Affairs Council of Oregon welcomed Human Rights Advocate Sima Samar to present. Several political science and peace studies students, faculty, and staff attended. Afghan human rights pioneer and Nobel Peace prize nominee Sima Samar has spent her life breaking barriers. The first Hazara woman to obtain a medical degree from Kabul University and an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, Dr. Samar was Deputy President of Afghanistan and the country’s first Minister for Women's Affairs. Ousted by religious conservatives, she now chairs the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. |
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Sunday, April 22, 9:00 a.m. Run for Romania - 5K Run/Walk Run for Romania was a 5K Run/Walk that benefitted the 2012 June Serve Team going to Romania and Moldova. June Serve is a group of George Fox students and faculty that partner with the organization Word Made Flesh, that seeks to serve Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor in Romania and Moldova. The trip is a joint venture between the Office of Spiritual Life, Center for Peace & Justice, and Center for Global Studies. The trip will be co-led by CPJ/CGS director Clint Baldwin and Margi Felix-Lund, a GFU alumna who previously served with WMF in Argentina. |
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Thursday, April 12, 7:30pm LiNK - Liberty in North Korea returned to GFU The death of Kim Jong-il has brought renewed focus on North Korea. But too often that focus is dominated by concerns over nuclear weapons or security issues or on the attitudes of its recluse leaders. But despite changes at the top of the leadership in Pyongyang, the harsh reality of life for ordinary North Koreans goes on. The People's Tour redefines the North Korea crisis by highlighting the suffering and stories of the North Korean people. LiNK promotes an approach to North Korea that is defined and created by the North Korean people. |
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Wednesday, April 11 Semester in Spain Representative on Campus Sarah Sanford, Director of Marketing & Recruitment Semester in Spain at Trinity Christian College, visited campus in order to provide George Fox Spanish students with information about the Semester in Spain program in Sevilla, Spain which George Fox sends students to every year. |
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Monday, March 19th, 8:00 p.m. Best Semester Off-campus program Ice Cream Social CCCU Best Semester Campus Ambassador Amanda Kate Winkelman ran an informational meeting for students interested in studying through an off-campus program. |
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Monday, March 12th, 8:00 p.m. Invisible Children visited campus as part of the Kony 2012 tour. A team of American and Ugandan representatives from Invisible Children visited GFU on March 12th, 2012 to present the San Diego-based organization's latest documentary about the central African conflict surrounding the LRA. This documentary, entitled Kony 2012, highlights the atrocities of the LRA's control in 5 central African countries and calls for the commander's capture and trial at the International Criminal Court, where he has been wanted for a number of years. |
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Sunday, March 11, 7:00 p.m. Amartya Sen - "Economics, Ethics & Justice" As part of the annual International Speaker Series, the World Affairs Council of Oregon welcomed Economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to present. Several George Fox political science and peace studies students, faculty, and staff were in attendance. Named as one of Time Magazine’s "100 most influential persons in the world," Amartya Sen won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on famine, human development theory, and welfare economics. Widely praised as “the conscience of his profession,” the Indian-born Sen provoked controversy by challenging the traditional economic model of self-interest as the prime motivating factor of human activity. |
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012 AMBEX - American/Bavarian Exchange semester program director Jerry Orr visited GFU Jerry Orr, director of AMBEX, one of GFU's approved off-campus semester programs was on-campus to share information with students about his Germany-based semester program. |
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Friday and Saturday, February 24-25, 2012 The Justice Conference 2012 For the second year in a row, George Fox University's Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies was an exhibitor at this event. George Fox's Associated Student Community (ASC) subsidized 45 tickets for students. The Office of Spiritual Life also subsidized tickets for student life chaplains. The Justice Conference 2012 was the second annual international gathering of advocates, activists, artists, professors, professionals, prophets, pastors, students and stay-at-home moms working to restore the fabric of justice. It was a two–day annual event to promote dialogue around justice related issues such as human trafficking, slavery, poverty, HIV/AIDS and human rights, featured internationally acclaimed speakers, hundreds of humanitarian organizations and dozens of pre-conference workshops. Click for more information |
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Monday and Tuesday, February 14 & 15, 2012 Tyler Amy - Creation Care Studies Program/Renewal Tyler is a recruiter for the Creation Care Studies Program (CCSP), which offers semester-long study programs in Belize and New Zealand. He also serves as the Coordinator for Renewal, a non-profit that works with students across North American campuses, aspiring and equipping them with tools to care for God's earth. Schedule Tyler will be speaking in select classes, as well as at a table in the Bruin Den. Monday evening he will be speaking at Quere Verum (for more information contact Ashley Brown) and Tuesday evening at a talk-back session held in the Cap and Gown Room at 5:30 pm. CCSP fits well with the Mission Statement of GFU and the purpose of the Center for Peace and Justice:
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Friday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. Jim Lehrer - "Politics and Principles" As part of the annual International Speaker Series, the World Affairs Council of Oregon welcomed Journalist, News Anchor, & PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jim Lehrer to present. Several George Fox political science and peace studies students, faculty, and staff were in attendance. For more than three decades, Jim Lehrer has been one of the most respected voices in broadcast news—lauded as an “island of sanity in the madness of television news” by the American Journalism Review. As longtime anchor of the PBS NewsHour and as a moderator for 11 presidential candidate debates over the last six elections, Lehrer is uniquely qualified to set the stage for our examination of American politics and global engagement. |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 6:30 p.m. World Affairs Council of Oregon Young Professionals World team trivia One current GFU student, two alumni, and a CPJ/CGS staff member competed in this trivia event, presented by the Young Professionals group associated with the World Affairs Council of Oregon. |
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Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3-5 p.m. Sacred Journey: Perspectives on Lived Faith George Fox University marked World Religions Day with a speaker panel of faith leaders in Portland area. (This event was part of GFU's engagement with the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge) This time was meant to emphasize the particularity as well as the interconnectivity of lived belief. It was a time meant to learn about each other and to enjoy the company of one another. We are each of us unique, but we are also all uniquely tied together. From the broadest sense of being part a global biosphere to the very local sense of the corner farmers market, we are neighbors. So, this time was about practicing being neighbors together through the particular lens of learning about the importance of lived belief through hearing sharing from representatives of four different belief communities. Panelists: Rabbi Daniel Isaak - Congregation Neveh Shalom (SW Portland), Shahriar Ahmed - President, Bilal Masjid (Beaverton), Abbot Kyogen Carlson - Dharma Rain Zen Center (SE Portland), Sarah Thomas Baldwin - George Fox University Pastor/Dean of Spiritual Life. |
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Monday - Friday, December 12-16, 2011 Campus Wide Book Drive GFU's Center for Peace and Justice and Center for Global Studies hosted a campus wide book drive during finals week. Books collected were donated to the benefit of Invisible Children. Throught he book drive, unwanted books become the means to rebuild schools and provide scholarships to students in Northern Uganda. A lot of unwanted books are thrown out at the end of each year when college bookstores stop buying them back. Invisible Children has partnered with an organization called Better World Books using proceeds from the collected books to fund literacy and education in Northern Uganda. |
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Thursday, December 8, 8-9 p.m. Hoover 103 Off-Campus Programs Informational Meeting Students interested in studying off-campus during the 2012-2013 school year should attended this informational session. Student speakers: Amy McDonald (South African studies program), Aaron Swor (Austrian Studies Centre), and Whitney Helikson (GoED Africa) shared with students about their semester off-campus experiences during the Spring 2011 semester.
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Friday, December 2, 12:00 PM Brown Bag Lunch Informational Meeting for Mission Year (a new semester off campus opportunity) with President Leroy Barber Mission Year is a national urban initiative that introduces participants to missional and communal living while living in city centers. Mission Year President Leroy Barber shared lunch with students whilst sharing about this exciting new opportunity.
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Wednesday, November 16, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Consuming the Congo: War & Conflict Materials in the World's Deadliest Place Presenter: Peter Eichstaedt, veteran journalist Veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt (Africa Editor for the Institute for War & Peace Reporting at The Hague and author of Pirate State: Inside Terrorism at Sea) traveled around the eastern Congo talking to militia leaders, former child soldiers, businessmen, and aid workers to gather stories of the day-to-day challenges of life in the former Belgian colony, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence. Eichstaedt explores a tense and urgent first-hand picture of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a place where more than 5 million Congolese have died in the quest for the valuable minerals that bring the West’s taken-for-granted creature comforts of cell phones and computers to life. Students interested in attending this event should contact Clint Baldwin: cbaldwin@georgefox.edu For more information: World Affairs Council of Oregon event page |
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Tuesday, November 1st GFU welcomes Cinema, Media, and Communication scholar to campus Maggie Park came to George Fox to discuss her PhD research on the sets of Twilight, Captain America, and Love at First Sight. Her degree focuses on the adaptation of popular fantasy films: Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, the Narnia and the Twilight films. She is Head of Development for Elfin Productions, based in the U.K. and travels as an international officer for Bangor University in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Speaking Schedule: |
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Monday & Tuesday, October 24th & 25th Directors of GoED off-campus semester program to visit campus. Michael and Adele Pucci visited GFU to share information about the semester programs GoED Africa and GoED Mekong. They will have a table in the Bruin Den both days as well as lectures and information plugs at the following times: Monday, October 24th - ECON 370 Global Political Economy 1:40-2:55pm in HVR 208 Quaere Verum 7:30pm in 209 N Edwards St, Newberg, OR Tuesday, October 25th - LACI The Majority World in the West 1:20 - 2:10pm in Stevens 101 GoED Alum and information meeting 4-5:30pm in EHS 102 |
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Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m. WE ARE WITNESSES by the Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy Location: Cap & Gown Room Cost: FREE Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy WE ARE WITNESSES is the true account of 5 Jewish adolescents whose lives are depicted during the time of Hitler’s regime. These beautiful people tell their heart rendering accounts by bringing their diaries alive with the innocence and ideological endearments only young people can. Audiences will share their struggles and honorable lives as the 3 boys and 2 girls tell their stories. This is a wonderful theatrical experience you don’t want to miss. For a writeup about this play click here.
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October 20-23 Renewal Summit 2011 The Renewal Summit is a time of practical training and community building with other students interested in creation care. The training summit will feature some of today's most relevant Christian and environmental leaders as keynote speakers and will focus on campus organizing and skill development. Students interested in attending should contact the Center for Global Studies/Peace and Justice. |
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Thursday, October 20th Director of AMBEX - Germany off-campus semester program visits campus. Jerry Orr will visited GFU to share information about the AMBEX - American Bavarian exchange program. He had a table in the Bruin Den both days as well as informational plugs in a few classes during the day. |
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Thursday, October 20 The Institute for Christian-Muslim Understanding (ICMU): Making Sense of a Middle East in Transition Speaker: Rami Khouri Westminster Presbyterian Church 1624 NE Hancock, Portland, OR 97212 6pm- Reception & Exhibits 7:30pm- Presentation Rami George Khouri is a Palestinian-Jordanian and U.S. citizen whose family resides in Beirut, Amman, and Nazareth. He is the Director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut as well as editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star, and a syndicated columnist and author. View his articles at: www.ramikhouri.com George Fox Center for Peace and Justice is the official endorsing institution for this event. Admission is free and open to the public. |
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Wednesday-Friday, October 19-21 Symposium for Sustainability Workers Center for Global Studies / Peace and Justice director Clint Baldwin will attend this symposium as a founding board member. The goal for this gathering is to lay the foundation for how CEL can best strengthen and support the vital work of sustainability coordinators, staff, faculty, and administrators who are actively engaged in campus sustainability efforts. GFU's involvment with CEL alligns with the university's belief in the importance of creation care as a part of global justice. |
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Tuesday & Wednesday, October 11-12 2011 Global Issues Forum Schedule of Events: Wednesday, Oct. 12 ALARM exists to empower the African church to impact the African continent by developing and equipping leaders with skills and tools to nurture and deepen the Christian faith for the transformation and reconciliation of the African communities. ALARM was founded in 1994 in response to a crisis of Christian leadership in Africa following the genocide in Rwanda. Dr. Célestin Musekura is the president and founder of ALARM, Inc. He is an ordained Baptist minister and published author who was born and raised in Rwanda. Dr. Meredith Wheeler is the International Director of ALARM, Inc. He has served in senior leadership capacities for more than 25 years. His leadership has been characterized as visionary, creative, relationally focused and passionate. Click HERE to view illustrative notes by a student during the evening lecture with Celestin. |
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GFU Alumna Davy Desmond '08 returned to speak about her work with Orphans in Africa 20 September 2011 Davy was a double major at GFU in Economics & International Studies. Since graduating she has focused her energies on serving the poor. For the past few years she has been working with Orphan Relief and Rescue. Currently, she is working to establish a fuller and more thriving ministry in Uganda. While at GFU Davy spent a semester in Uganda and Rwanda with the GoED Africa program. |
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Informational meeting for Students interested in studying off-campus 19 Sept 2011 Students interested in studying off-campus during the 2012-2013 school year attended this informational session to hear from past participants and also learn the proper procedure for applying to study off-campus. |
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CGS Director Clint Baldwin taught week-long course in Belize 10-17, September 2011 Clint Baldwin taught a week-long course to students attending the CCSP Belize off-campus study program. CCSP Belize allows students to examine sustainable development and tropical ecology through a Christian lens of creation care and stewardship by utilizing field studies in Belizean villages, tropical rainforests, mountain streams and Caribbean atolls. Students also have the opportunity to take part in interest-specific internship and practicum experiences with Belizean organizations seeking regeneration and renewal of the land and communities. |
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Hunger and the Budget Crisis - a faith-based call to action September 17, 2011 The goal of this event is to gain an understanding of what is at stake with the upcoming cuts to programs that help the poor both at home and overseas. This is the most serious challenge to these programs in decades. At the event we will formulate an advocacy action plan which will combine our voices in working to limit these cuts and reaffirm the idea that a budget is a moral document that represents the values of our nation. Cost: Free |
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New Off-Campus study program in Lithuania sends representative to GFU Rebecca Sok, GFU Alumna '06, will have an informational table in the Bruin Den on Thursday and Friday, September 8-9 to advertise GFU's newest off-campus program offering to students who want to study abroad in Lithuania. Rebecca will also be making various appearances in select courses during her stay. If you are interested in meeting with Rebecca during her stay, stop by the Bruin Den or contact Melanie Newell - mnewell@georgefox.edu to schedule an appointment. |
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Congo Peacemaking Conference The Center for Peace and Justice and Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends sent 3 George Fox Students - Amy McDonald, Sara Eccleston, and Nick Ogle, along with Ty Olson - GFU Alumnus 2007, former CPJ director Lon Fendell and current director Clint Baldwin to the DRC in July to facilitate a peacemaking conference in the border town of Uvira with the local Quaker commmunity. The conference explored questions of how peace and justice can work together in the conflict-ridden context of the DRC. The facilitators spoke theoretically and practically to participants about teaching and learning peace and reconciliation in a global world. Former CPJ director Lon Fendell recently wrote an article on his experience in the DRC.Click here to read the article |
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World Affairs Council of Oregon presents Nicholas Kristof Center for Peace and Justice staff attended this event. Kristof, who grew up near the town of Yamhill, Ore., has written for the New York Times since 2001. He and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, jointly won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of the democracy movement in China, and Kristof won a second Pulitzer in 2006 for his reporting from the Darfur region of Sudan. Their recent bestseller, "Half the Sky" lays out an agenda for the world's women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality. |
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Global Urban Mission Leader Visits Thursday, Feb. 3 Viv Grigg, International Director, Urban Leadership Foundation Viv Grigg shared information about the Master's in Transformational Urban Leadersnip degree program that he has created at Azuza Pacific University. The aim of the MA program is to increase the capacity of emergent leaders among the urban poor with wisdom, knowledge, character and skill across the full range of leadership dynamics in poor movements. Viv also shared stories about his experience living in poor communities, pioneering churches, missions and movements among the urban poor of Asia, Latin America and North America. |
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Insisting on Life: Fair Trade in Palestine The Center for Peace and Justice hosted a lecture with Nasser Abufarha, Palestinian-American scholar and social entrepreneur. Abufarha is the founder of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and Canaan Fair Trade, which is bringing Palestinian olive oil and other traditional foods to mainstream American and European markets, while also improving economic conditions for more than 1,700 farmers in the West Bank. |
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Panelist Discussion on Lausanne Conference The university’s Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice hosted a panel related to George Fox's participation at the Lausanne Movement’s Third Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town South Africa, in October (http://www.lausanne.org/cape- Members of the panel included:Robin Baker, GFU President, Sarita Gallagher, Religious Studies & David Chronic, GFU’s missional-practitioner-in- For more information on the Lausanne Movement, visit lausanne.org |
