International

The Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S., His Excellency Samir Sumaida'ie will be speaking on "Democracy-Building in Post-Transition Iraq". This event is sponsored by the Vermont Council on World Affairs and co-sponsored by Saint Michael’s College.

Va-et-vient.  Featuring: Doreen Kraft of  Burlington City Arts, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Christophe Guilhou the Consul General of France, Jean-Stephan Bernard the Quebec Delegate to New England and Antonio "Ernie" Pomerleau the Honorary French Consul to VT.

Ellen David Friedman was a union organizer in Vermont for 25 years, a founder of the Vermont Progressive Party and the Vermont Workers Center,  and a “union democracy” activist before she “redeployed” to China. For the last five years she has been teaching labor studies as a Visiting Lecturer at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, and involved in the Chinese labor movement at various levels. In this talk she will give first-hand accounts of the historical strike wave that hit the Chinese auto industry last summer and compare it to the insurgency underway now in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. Sponsored by St Michael's Student Labor Action Movement (SLAP).

The 2nd Annual conference developed by the Committee fro Diversity Initiatives of the College of Educatoin and Social Services at the University of Vermont.  Keynote speaker L. Michelle LeBaron, Professor of Law and Director of the University of British Columbia Program on Dispute Resolution.  The keynote will be followed by a panel presentation on 'Perspectives on Living and Working in Vermont and discussion groups on professional practice issues.  Sponsoring the conference: Agency of Human Services' Refugee Office, Burlington Police Department, Burlington School District, Vermont Multicultural Alliance for Democracy, The Howard Center and King Street Center.