Social Justice Potluck

Sunday, March 2, 2014 - 12:00pm


On Sunday, March 2nd, we will host our monthly Social Justice Potluck. Join us as we "extend the table".  Local chef Linda Pattin will again provide the main dish. 

We invite you to bring a salad or dessert to round out the table. Students needn't bring food, just come!   

The speaker for the March Social Justice Potluck will be College of Wooster junior Teresa Butel who will be presenting on her I.S. topic "Refugee Identity Crisis in the Middle East".   The current hot topic about the Middle East is the refugee crisis sparked by the continuing Syrian war. While studying abroad in Jordan last semester, Teresa was confronted by this reality every day. Teresa's research was inspired by a comment made during a lecture on Palestinian refugees: "If Israelis make a claim to a homeland based on biblical recordings from centuries past, how can they not expect Palestinians to do the same based on recent memory?" Teresa's presentation will compare factors that impact the formation and maintenance of refugee identity in Palestinian and Syrian refugee communities living in the city of Amman, Jordan.   

 

RSVP through Sign Up Genius, to Carly in the church office, or the sign up board in the back of Mackey Hall.  




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