the Caltech Y: Social Activism Speaker Series


 2008-2009 Calendar

 Sept 26- Oct 29:
 Election Programming
 Nov 5:Sam Childers
 Nov 18:Morgan Simon
 Nov 24:Andy Bales
 Jan 15:James Fruchterman
 Apr 8:Emily Pilloton
 Apr 25:LA River Walk
 May 12:Jackson Katz
 May 26:Hatim Kanaaneh

 


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The Graduate Student Council and
the Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series present


DR. HATIM KANAANEH
Medical Doctor, Author and Activist

A Doctor in Galilee:
The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel

7:30 PM, Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Noyes 153 Auditorium, (Bldg 72)

** Reception after event sponsored by the GSC & SASS **

Join us for an evening with Dr. Hatim Kanaaneh, the author of A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and struggle of a Palestinian in Israel, whose memoir recounts his 35 year struggle as a doctor and grass roots activist to bring medical care to Palestinians in Galilee.

Born and raised in a small village in the Galilee, Kanaaneh left his native country to study medicine at Harvard University. In 1970, having completed his medical and public health degrees and after declining several lucrative offers to practice in the US, he returned to Galilee to become a Public Health Doctor. Frustrated by the lack of access to health care and what he perceived as a lack of support, Dr. Kanaaneh left Galilee once again only to return for a second time driven by a passion to help his community. After doing all he could for his patients by working from inside the system, Dr. Kanaaneh founded the Galilee Society, an NGO working for equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for Palestinian Arabs in Israel.

Dr. Kanaaneh’s book provides a unique perspective of health care and living conditions for minorities within Israel. As described by Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, the book is: “A moving account of the plight of the Palestinians by one of them: a physician struggling to alleviate his people's lot.”

Dr. Kanaaneh will read some brief excerpts from his book, followed by a moderated discussion of healthcare and its role in bringing peace to this conflicted region.

For more information, visit his blog at: http://a-doctor-in-galilee.blogspot.com/

Past Events
05/12/2008:
Jackson Katz

Internationally recognized educator, author and filmmaker Jackson Katz explored some of the ways that male culture contributes to sexual and domestic violence, and suggested strategies to enlist men in the fight against all forms of men’s violence toward women.

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04/25/2008:
LA River Walk
In Celebration of Earth Day

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04/08/2008:
Emily Pilloton

Founder of design nonprofit Project H Design, Emily presented the story of Project H's first year in existence, including 4 key projects, both global and chapter-based. She highlighted lessons learned for social impact, tactics, case studies, and imperatives for the new design revolution: one in which design is a process of empowerment, a catalyst to enable individuals, communities, and economies, and a process by which we can solve real problems for the real world.

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1/15/2008:
Jim Frutcherman

Technology entrepreneur and engineer Jim Fruchterman Jim Fruchterman shared how his nonprofit tech company, Benetech, manages to lead in providing technology that serves the needs of the disability, human rights and environmental movement. He described how the tech community can help raise the floor for people around the globe, ensuring that everybody on the planet has access to technology and the information they need for education, employment, health and social inclusion.

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11/24/2008:
Andy Bales

Andy Bales brings over 20 years of experience in community outreach and service as he leads Union Rescue Mission into a new era of unique and innovative services for Los Angeles/ Skid Row community. Andy spoke on the challenges of "NIMBY" - Not In My Backyard - where service providers are often confronted by a community that is all for the providing services to the homeless, but don't want them to be near their homes or businesses.

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11/05/2008:
Morgan Simon

Morgan Simon, executive director of the Responsible Endowment Coalition, discussed the Socially Responsible Investment movement and how it has been used by universities to promote social good.

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11/05/2008:
Sam Childers

For the last decade Sam Childers has been traveling to Sudan and Uganda in eastern Africa to bring relief to people in the crisis-laden area. A former bike gang member and hardened criminal, Sam's heart broke on his first trip to Sudan when he witnessed the unrelenting horrors of the war waged on the people there by the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army). Sam knew he had to take action, so with nothing more than his faith, a mosquito net hanging from a tree and an AK-47, he began rescuing children and built an orphanage known as Children's Village to give them a safe space.

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09/26/2008 - 10/29/2008:
Election Programming

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The Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series student-run organization of Caltech (California Institute of Technology, CIT). Caltech is in Pasadena, California, near Pasadena City College (PCC), Past Speakers include: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Margaret Mead, Tim Wise, Saul Alinsky, Betty Friedan, Senator Barry Goldwater, Ted Sorensen, Dolores Huerta, Nikki Giovanni, Carl Rogers. Also Jody Williams, William F. Buckley, Jr., Huwaida Arraf & Adam Shapiro, Theodore Postol, Tahmeena Faryl, Amy Goodman. And recently: Scott Ritter, Adam Werbach, Julian Bond, D.C. James, Peter Camejo, Rahul Mahajan, Gerard Ungerman, Bernie Sanders, Mike Farrell, Peter Dreier, Chuck Collins, Ka Hsaw Wa, Kurt Gottfried, Steve Barr, Nikki Giovanni, Chris Mooney, Jack DuVall, Maquiladora workers, George Regas, Reagan Demas, Kevin Sites, Invisible Children, Life Straw, Jim Fruchterman.
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