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A Forum on Democracy and Public Argument

The George Washington University’s
University Writing Program
 & The Freemasons of Washington, DC, Justice-Columbia Lodge No. 3

Present

A Forum on Democracy and Public Argument

November 29 — December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Keynote Address:
Dr. Cornel West
Main Arena,
Charles E. Smith Center
600 22^nd Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20052
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Doors Open 6:15pm
Event 7:00pm-8:30pm

Free and Open to the Public

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Split This Rock
11:00-12:30, Marvin Center, 403

Split This Rock is a non-profit organization that promotes poetry as a form of democratic expression.

Featuring Katherine Howell, Adjunct Instructor of Writing in the University Writing Program & Sarah Browning, Director of Split This Rock and DC Poets Against the War, Esther Iverem, Kenneth Carroll and Sonya Renee Taylor.

Veterans in the Classroom: The Effect of Military Service on Student's Experience of Academic Discourse
 2:00-3:30 pm, 1957 E St, View Room

Featuring Ron Capps, Director of the non-profit organization The Veterans Writing Project, Student Veterans Elena Kim & Joe Mancinik.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Science, Technology, and Democracy Panel
2:00-3:30pm, Marvin Center, 307 

Featuring Dr. Catherine Woytowicz, Professorial Lecturer in the Elliott School of International Affairs  & Columbian College of Arts and Sciences specializing in chemical weapons, Brian Lipinski, Research Analyst and Program Coordinator for the World Resources Report, World Resources Institute & Nathan Cardon, Counsel at U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Religion and Civil Society
6:00-8:00pm, Phillips Hall, 411 

A lecture by Dr. William Barbieri Jr., Associate Professor of Ethics, Catholic University of America 

Note: All opinions expressed by speakers at the forum are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the forum's organizers.