The MU Difficult Dialogues program, part of a nationwide effort to encourage intellectual discussion on contentious issues, will be holding a public forum on reproductive rights titled “Courageous Conversations on Contraception: Women’s Health and Religious Freedom” on April 4th.
A six-person panel of religious leaders and academics will tackle organized religions’ approach to issues of contraception, abortion and other reproductive rights. The panelists include:
John D. Baker, former senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Columbia and current executive director of The Community Foundation of Central Missouri
Joshua D. Hawley, associate professor of law at MU
JoAnn Jorgovan, assistant director of campus ministry at St. Thomas More Newman Center, a Catholic parish, at MU
Rebecca Martinez, assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at MU
Rigel C. Oliveri, associate dean for faculty research and development and associate professor of law at MU
Shawna Strickland, clinical associate professor in the Department of Cardiopulmonary and Diagnostic Sciences at MU’s School of Health Professions
Time/Date: 5 to 6:30 p.m. April 4
Location: Hulston Hall Room 7 (lower level, seats approximately 175 people), corner of Conley and Missouri avenues, across the street from the Mel Carnahan Quad. Map
Cost: This event is free and open to the public.
For more information: For more biographical information on the panelists, visit the MizzouDiversity website. For specifics about the event, contact Roger L. Worthington, a professor in the departments of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology and Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, via email or by phone at (573) 882-8360.
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Holocaust survivor will speak at Ellis Library ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
Guenter Goldsmith, who escaped Nazi Germany on the last Kindertransport and arrived in St. Louis in August 1941, will speak on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Ellis Library at MU. The event is cosponsored by Mizzou Hillel, the MU Department of German and Russian Studies and the MU Libraries Diversity Action Committee. Goldsmith’s presentation will be followed by a Q-and-A session and a reception.
In addition to the talk on April 17, Ellis Library will be displaying winning submissions of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum’s annual Art and Writing Competition throughout the month of April.
Time/Date: 2 p.m. April 17
Location: Ellis Library at MU (map)
Cost: The event is free and open to the public.
For more information: Contact the MU Department of German and Russian Studies at MU at (573) 882-4328 or via email.