Moraine Valley Library Events

Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, Illinois, USA. The Library Event PodCasts are intended to be a flexible, portable record of the events held within the Moraine Valley Library. As such, they are intended to enhance library programs and the larger Moraine Valley curriculum.These events are hosted by the library in the spirit of public discussion, open debate, and intellectual growth. The views expressed by panel members, lecturers, or audience members are their own and are not necessarily the official views of the Moraine Valley Community College board of trustees, staff, faculty, or administration.

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06-04
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Symbolism of the Mandala

Khentul Rinpoche of the Drepung Loseling Monastery discusses the meaning of the sand manadala in Tibetan Bhuddism.

06-04
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Domestic Violence and LGBT Community featuring Jennifer Nye

Jennifer Nye talks about barriers the LGBT community face additional in finding resources and support when confronting domestic violence within their relationships.Members of Moraine Valley's GASP (Gender and Sexual Progress club) discuss their experiences.

04-16
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GASP A Discussion by Gender and Sexual Minority Students

Members of Moraine Valley's GASP (Gender and Sexual Progress club) discuss their experiences.

04-02
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Syria and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Dr. Zaher Sahloul and Suzanne Akhras-Sahloul members of the Syrian American Medical Society, discuss why we should care about Syria, where more than 12 million Syrians, of which more than 75 percent are women and children, are either refuges or internally displaced.

02-26
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En avant les calories French fine cooking a global heritage, a taste of paradise

Culinary and cultural event featuring Michael O'Shea of MVCC's Culinary Arts program and Kevin O'Connell from the Foreign Language Department.

02-26
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Writing for Change James Baldwin and the 1960s

MVCC faculty member Tamarra Coleman-Hill discusses the significance of literary great James Baldwin and the Civil Rights movement.

02-23
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Women and War in the Middle East

Dr. Nadine Naber addresses various historical and political conditions that produce violence against women in the Arab world with a focus on Palestine.

11-20
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How did the Great War Shape the 20th Century? A Faculty Panel Discussion

We will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I with a discussion of the significance of this immense and horrific global conflict.

11-06
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Not Quite White: U.S. Census Race Classification and Arab-Americans

According the U.S. Census, people of Arab descent are classified as White yet many Arab-Americans would consider themselves not quite White.

11-06
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Numbers Push Food and Drink Choices

Presenter Jeff Garza, principal at Garza Consulting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializes in sensometrics, connecting sensory perception, mathematics and statistical methods for both product development and quality control.

11-06
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“To Thine Own Self Be True”: Stories from a Life of Perpetual Wanderlust

Tommy Hensel shares stories of his life of perpetual wanderlust and serial "non-belonging."

11-06
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Plato’s Cave and Moraine’s Core Values

Jeff Christ discusses the Plato's Cave and draws some philosophical lessons from it, finding interesting connections to Moraine Valley’s Core Values.

11-06
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Terribly Toxic to Terrifically Tranquil

Maryan Jatczak's story to holistic nursing.

11-06
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Am I Paranoid? Buying a Home While Black

Delwyn Jones offers a bold but self-reflective performance piece on race and socio-economic status in suburban America.

11-06
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More Room to the Pie. . . Living Life Beyond Slices

Come with Jermaine Ford on a journey of discovering that “aha moment.

11-05
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James Baldwin and the Intersection of Race, Gender and Sexuality

McBride is a world renowned scholar who specializes issues relating to race and sexual orientation issues.

10-21
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Sexuality, Gender, and the Coming Out Process

Debra Gittler, founder and executive director of ConTextos, an educational NGO established in El Salvador and the U.S. will explain how ConTextos, a social entrepreneurship initiative, improves education in the Northern Triangle Countries.

10-15
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Education in Central America Schooling as a Cause and Solution to the Child Migration Crisis

Members of the LGBTQ community as well as LGBTQ Allies talk about sexual and gender identity and the coming out process

10-15
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Suffer in Silence No More Art Fair for Mental Health Awareness

This special event utilized arts to express all aspects of mental health.

10-06
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