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SUMMARY:7th Annual Global Oscar Film Series at Penn State Berks
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, the Global Studies Program at Penn State Berks will host the 7th Annual Global Oscar Film Series.  These are 4 of the 5 finalists for last spring’s Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. \nAll films are free and open to the public. Here is the Global Oscar Film Series schedule for the fall semester: \n“Roma” (Mexico)  Tuesday\, September 10\, 6:15 pm\, Luerssen 005 \n“Cold War” (Poland)  Tuesday\, October 8\, 6:15 pm\, Luerssen 005 \n“Capernaum” (Lebanon)  Tuesday\, November 12\, 6:15 pm\, Luerssen 005 \n“Shoplifters” (Japan)  Tuesday\, December 3\, 6:15 pm\, Luerssen 005
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/7th-annual-global-oscar-film-series-at-penn-state-berks/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Kurdistan: An Island of Stability in a Turbulent Middle East with Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
DESCRIPTION:For video playback Part 1\, click HERE\nFor video playback Part 2\, click HERE \nBayan Sami Abdul Rahman is the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to the United States of America. \nKey to her role are strengthening ties between Kurdistan and the United States\, advocating her government’s position on a wide array of political\, security\, humanitarian\, economic\, and cultural matters and promoting coordination and partnership. Prior to her US appointment in 2015\, Ms. Abdul Rahman was the High Representative to the United Kingdom. She was elected to the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 2010. \nBefore her career in public service\, Ms. Abdul Rahman worked as a journalist for 17 years. She began her career on local newspapers in London and won the Observer Newspaper’s Farzad Bazoft Memorial Prize in 1993\, which led her to work at The Observer and later at the Financial Times. She worked for the FT in Britain and in Japan\, where she was Tokyo Correspondent. \nHer late father\, Sami Abdul Rahman\, was a veteran of the Kurdish freedom movement\, joining the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1963 and playing a critical leadership role in the Kurdish and Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein’s regime. He held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government and General Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Sami Abdul Rahman was killed alongside his elder son Salah and 96 others in a twin suicide bombing in 2004. \nMs. Abdul Rahman was born in Baghdad. Her family briefly lived in Iran in the mid-1970s before moving to Britain in 1976. She is a history graduate from London University. \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \n\n\nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/kurdistan-with-bayan-sami-abdul-rahman/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alice Paul: Women's Suffragist with Hallie Vaughan
DESCRIPTION:Alice Paul was a vocal leader of the 20th Century women’s suffrage movement. Born on 1/11/1885 in Mount Laurel\, NJ\, she was brought up with the Quaker traditions of gender equality and working to improve society. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905 and would earn 4 more degrees in her lifetime. She joined the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and led the Washington DC Chapter. After splitting with NAWSA and forming the National Women’s Party\, she organized parades and pickets\, concentrating on a national effort to achieve the passage of women’s right to vote.  The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed by Congress June 4\, 1919\, ratified by the required three-fourths passage of the states August 18\, 1920 and became law August 26\, 1920.\nWith the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment\, Alice Paul focused on equal rights first as a proposed  Constitutional amendment and then as legislation to guarantee women  protection from discrimination in education\, employment and all other pursuits in life.  She  spent her long  life advocating for these and other women’s issues.  She died in Moorestown\, New Jersey\, July 9\, 1977. \nHallie Vaughan was born in Erie\, PA\, but moved to Berks County at age 12. She graduated from Wilson High School\, Slippery Rock University and Gratz College. She taught for 31 years in the Muhlenberg School District\, teaching mostly third and fourth grades. It was during this time that she became interested in women’s history\, incorporating lessons and activities into her classroom routine. After retiring\, she continues to research\, portray and speak about American Women who have been instrumental in United States history. She teaches a course at Alvernia’s Seniors College\, is a docent at the Berks County History Center\, volunteers for the Berks County Veteran’s Affairs Office\, is actively involved with the Berks County Daughters of the American Revolution and with the upcoming Berks Suffrage 2020 Celebration set for next year. She has two grown sons\, three grandsons and one granddaughter. \nReservations: Call 610-375-7880 or Email contactus@wacreading.org\nCost: $10.00
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/alice-paul-womens-suffragist-with-hallie-vaughn/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
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