As UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, Ms. Farha worked to push governments to do more to protect residents’ access to safe and affordable housing. She continues to work with governments at local, national and global levels while also helping housing justice advocates make better use of international tools to defend and advance the right to housing.

POSTPONED!!

Join the Global Studies Center as we continue our programming as part of the Global Sustainability Series by meeting at Contemporary Craft. This workshop will focus on PA Common Core standards related to agriculture, sustainability, and renewable and natural resources. It will include a faculty led presentation, a hands-on art activity that can be done with students, and a walk through the upcoming Fiber Arts International Exhibit at Contemporary Craft.

Dinner and Act 48 credits will be provided.

Date: Friday, May 13, 2022

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

March 25th
6:30 - 8:15PM
Cathedral of Learning, Room 0G24 and Zoom
Screening of Style Wars, with conversation led by Pittsburgh writers Max “Gems” Gonzales and Shane Pilster after the screening

University members can access this film through the University Libary System.

The Uprooting Medea presentation will introduce Khameleon Productions' Medea project and discuss the development and adaptation of our work since its original conception in Oxford. Khameleon's Medea questions the pertinent topics of race, belonging and identity, centring themes which are already prevalent in Euripides’s ancient drama. The presentation will explore the creative practice of elevating global-majority artists through multimedia forms including theatre, film, music and poetry.

Learn about the career paths in relief and development of alum who work for USAID, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and Chemonics International.

Sometimes the right job doesn't doesn't fit and you create your own international path. Join these alum who have forged their own ways or have created international businesses while still working their day jobs.

Meeting with REEES alumna Frances Tish and colleagues. Frances works for World Learning on its Business Development Team. She has previously worked at the American Bar Association, IREX, and American Councils.

Meeting with translator, poet, and experienced Foreign Service Officer Nina Murray.

Adotei Akwei will discuss his long-standing career at Amnesty and his career trajectory leading him to his Deputy Director, Governmental Relations role. Adotei is a political analyst, an experienced advocate, and campaigner on civil, political, economic, and social rights. He has built expertise in US foreign and security policy, implementing a rights-based approach to ending poverty, and possesses extensive field experience in Africa and Asia. Adotei received his master's degree in International Relations from the College of William and Mary.