Entries tagged with ‘Building Bridges’
21st Annual Building Bridges Conference Tackles War on Drugs this Saturday
This year’s topic is “Silver or Lead: Wealth and Violence in the War on Drugs,” and will focus on how U.S. drug policy affects massive spending efforts and the creation of international and domestic violence.
Building Bridges Conference March 12
Gustavus Adolphus College will host its 16th annual Building Bridges conference on Saturday, March 12, 2011. This year’s conference, with the theme “I’m Not For Sale: Slavery Past and Present,” will provide an opportunity for attendees to engage in dialogue about the effects of the slave trade from a historical perspective as well as from a modern-day one.
Building Bridges Conference to Focus on Education
Gustavus Adolphus College will host its 14th annual Building Bridges Conference Saturday, March 14. The theme of this year's conference is "Liberation through Education" and will focus on educational inequality in the U.S. and abroad and the important influence an education has on an individual's future.
Book Drive to Benefit Children in Uganda
A book drive organized in association with the annual Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College is underway at the College and in the cities of St. Peter and North Mankato. Books will be collected until mid-January when they will be sold online with proceeds going to the non-profit group Invisible Children.
Building Bridges Conference Honored by City of Saint Peter
Gustavus Adolphus College's Building Bridges Conference recently received the 2007 St. Peter Human Rights Commission Award. Given annually, the award is meant to recognize an individual or organization in St. Peter that has furthered human rights in the community.
Building Bridges Conference Saturday
Gustavus Adolphus College will hold its 13th annual Building Bridges Conference Saturday, March 8. The theme of this year's conference is "Genocide Awareness: How Will History Judge Us?" Tickets are sold out.
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient to Speak at Gustavus
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jody Williams will help celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College March 11 and 12