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We are so proud that not one, but two of our speakers are featured in a slideshow of 11 “Famous (and Not-So-Famous) Refugees Making a Difference” on the U.S. Department of State’s  Bureau of International Information Programs website. Cambodian author Loung Ung is listed second, after Albert Einstein, and Sudanese activist Gabriel Bol Deng is fourth, …

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Author and activist Jen Marlowe‘s recent book, ‘The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker‘ has been short-listed for the Middle East Monitor’s Palestine Book Awards. The award is intended to celebrate the best books written in English on the subject of Palestine, drawing attention to a cause that is at the heart …

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Author and activist Jen Marlowe recently gave a reading/discussion of her recent book ‘The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker’ at Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. This was filmed by C-SPAN 2’s Book TV and will air on Saturday, June 23rd at 11:45AM and again at 7PM. Congrats, Jen!

Watch this new 45 min lecture from astronomer Phil Plait to faculty at Tyler Junior College in Texas. It’s called ‘2012: The Year Nothing Happened’ and is a version of his lecture ‘2012: We’re All (not) Gonna Die’: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/phil-plait/?post_type=speaker-videos

Check out author Loung Ung (and former Vermont resident) on Vermont Public Radio talking about her third memoir, ‘Lulu in the Sky‘ – where she adjusts to life in the United States after surviving the Cambodian genocide.

Astronomer Phil Plait wrote this engaging article for Slate about the first time he looked through a microscope and how it changed his life forever: “And literally, from that moment on, I knew I wanted to be a scientist. I’ll admit dinosaurs and astronomy were neck-and-neck for a few years, but the stars finally won.” …

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Check out this Washington Post review of Loung Ung‘s new memoir ‘Lulu in the Sky‘: “You can’t help liking and admiring this young woman who, having endured so much as a child, has devoted her life to promoting justice and understanding, and who ends her lively, humorous account with both an excellent bibliography and an …

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Photojournalist Amanda Koster has been invited to speak at TEDxSanLuisObispo. She will be discussing her organization SalaamGarage and sharing ‘the ways that she is organizing people in her local community and leveraging online communities to make a global impact.’

Photo-journalist Amanda Koster and the NYC chapter of the SalaamGarage team have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a book and exhibition raising awareness about the struggle of aging out of the foster care system. “What happens to foster care children in New York City when they age-out of the system? The truth …

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Thank you to Whitman College for taking these nice photos of Chaplain James Yee‘s recent visit to their Intercultural Center. Check out more here: http://www.facebook.com/InterculturalCenter