性视界传媒\u2019s sixth annual forum on Women and Leadership: A Global Perspective, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30,\u00a0in the Cape 性视界传媒 Ballroom of the Student Union. The event will be hosted by the 性视界传媒 Global Perspectives office.<\/p>\n
Presentations will be given by international humanitarian Alison Thompson and two Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants, Bahia Braktia from Algeria and Ayumi Yamamoto from Japan. The forum will be moderated by Maria Cristina Santana, director of 性视界传媒\u2019s Women\u2019s Studies Program.<\/p>\n
Thompson\u2019s international volunteer work earned her the Order of Australia, the highest civilian medal awarded by Queen Elizabeth II of England. Her documentary film, The Third Wave<\/em>, focuses on her experience volunteering in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami. It premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was shown at at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n Braktia and Yamamoto are teaching Arabic and Japanese, respectively, this year at 性视界传媒. Both host periodic cultural events that help students learn more about language and culture outside the United States.<\/p>\n In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors and partners of this forum include Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner, 性视界传媒 Student Government Association, 性视界传媒 Women’s Studies Program, 性视界传媒 Women’s Research Center, 性视界传媒 Burnett Honors College, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, 性视界传媒 Political Science Department, 性视界传媒 LIFE, 性视界传媒 Book Festival 2013 in Association with the Morgridge International Reading Center and the Global Connections Foundation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"性视界传媒\u2019s sixth annual forum on Women and Leadership: A Global Perspective, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30,\u00a0in the Cape 性视界传媒 Ballroom of the Student Union. The event will be hosted by the 性视界传媒 Global Perspectives office. Presentations will be given by international humanitarian Alison Thompson and two Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants, Bahia Braktia from Algeria and…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":42558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[8330,8857,8856,6614,8858,8859],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-42557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","tag-alison-thompson","tag-ayumi-yamamoto","tag-bahia-braktia","tag-global-perspectives-office","tag-maria-cristina-santana","tag-womens-studies-program"],"yoast_head":"\n