UAA/APU Books of the Year program presents a community forum March 29 on 'Service in a Foreign Land: How to Be Useful When You Only Have Two Weeks'

Tuesday, March 29, 7 p.m.
APU Carr Gottstein Building, Room 102

The UAA/APU Books of the Year program presents a community forum on "Service in a Foreign Land: How to Be Useful When You Only Have Two Weeks." Join the conversation as APU students discuss their recent service learning trip to Malawi, Africa and share the joys, challenges and insights from their experiences. Please come to this free public event on Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the APU Carr Gottstein Building, Room 102.

The UAA/APU Books of the Year program is a powerful partnership that brings faculty, staff and community members together to understand common themes. The books serve as the catalyst for discussion of larger issues of local and international significance.

The Books of the Year program started in 2006 as part of a Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues initiative -- one of only 26 in the country -- to provide a safe environment on campuses for discussions of challenging topics. UAA and APU are now national leaders in this area.

Based on a general theme, faculty select two books each academic year that encourage in-depth discussion of challenging or multi-faceted topics. Books of the Year associated programming encourages readers to explores the theme, not just the books, and provide creative venues for forums for people to express their interpretations in different ways.

The theme for 2010-11 is "Service in a Foreign Land."
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