Date: 2/13/2017
Time: 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM

221 Quarterline Rd
Muskegon, Michigan 49442

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Event Description: MCC’s 18th Annual Global Awareness Festival on Feb. 13-17, 2017 will focus on Europe with a series of activities, lectures and other events to bring awareness to that region’s population, culture, cuisine and political issues. Each year, the Global Awareness Festival highlights a different geographic area of the world. All Global Awareness Festival events are free. For more information, contact Papa N’jai, the international coordinator at MCC, at (231) 777-0693 or by e-mail at papa.njai@muskegoncc.edu “We have a responsibility to provide our students, staff and community with a greater understanding of what’s happening in other parts of the world,” explained N’jai. “In an era of globalization, we have to think globally. If we better understand other cultures and other people, then we are better able to resolve cultural misunderstandings.” Throughout the week between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., visitors will be able to watch international news coverage on screens located in Collegiate Hall. Also, the MCC Campus Dining Services will be featuring special European-inspired menu items throughout the week. The flags of more than 200 nations, along with informational placards about each country, will line the MCC hallways. In Gerber Lounge, international artifacts collected from the community will be on display. Here’s the schedule of events for the 2017 Global Awareness Festival: MONDAY, FEB. 13 10-11:30 a.m. Film: “The Glass Ceiling” (2004). The French documentary presents a series of sometimes very emotional first-hand accounts of discrimination against full-fledged French citizens who mostly black and North African Arab and are trying to find jobs. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room 12:30-1:30 p.m. Global Topic: “Living and Working in Europe.” Jennifer Jones, Instructor and German Exchange Coordinator at MCC, and Robyn DeYoung, former MCC Student who spent a semester in Sweden. Blue and Gold Room 2:30-3:30 p.m. Film: “Terror in Europe” (2016). This film tells the inside story of the missteps and systemic breakdowns that allowed known terrorists to strike in the heart of Europe, the problems that persist today, and the unprecedented threat the continent now faces. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room 4-5 p.m. Film: “No Colors: Racism and Prejudice in Modern Europe” (2007) part of the Crossroads: Inside the European Union series. This program looks at the racism and xenophobia brought to the surface by a massive influx of foreign workers and job-seekers into Western Europe and describes the search for equitable solutions by moderate EU leaders and citizens. Film and discussion. Blue and Gold Room 6-7 p.m. Global Topic: “Vanishing Countries of Eastern Europe: USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.” Nicholas Budimir, MCC Social Sciences instructor. Blue and Gold Room


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