Great Decisions Kick-Off Event: Mexican Foreign Policy
 Wednesday, February 8
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Carmen's Cafe
6307 Brookside Plaza, Kansas City, MO
Appetizers provided, cash bar available
Plan to join us for this special event! We will meet for socializing and appetizers and to hear Consul Jacob Prado speak about "Mexican Foreign Policy." Mexico is one of the eight 2012 Great Decisions topics and this program will also serve as the kick-off for Great Decisions groups. You do not need to be part of a Great Decisions group to participate in this fun social event - all are welcome!
This year's other topics include Middle East Realignment, Democracy Promotion, Cybersecurity, Exit from Afghanistan & Iraq, State of the Oceans, Indonesia, and Energy Geopolitics.
$10 members/$15 non-members
Register now!
"House of Stone" - Anthony Shadid
 Tuesday, April 3
7:00 PM
Unity Temple on the Plaza
707 W 47th St., KCMO
HOUSE OF STONE is about Shadid’s return to the Lebanese small town of Marjayoun to renovate a house built by his great-grandfather—his family’s ancestral home—after it was damaged by an Israeli rocket in 2006. From what I understand, many in the large Lebanese community of Wichita are also from Marjayoun! In the course of repairing the house, Shadid braves not just crazed workmen, a volatile political situation, and town gossip, but re-finds his family’s history and discovers a lost Middle East, a place of grace, dignity, and tradition that existed before so much of what was compelling was wiped out by carnage and turmoil. HOUSE OF STONE is an unforgettable memoir of the universal yearning for home.
Anthony Shadid is the author of NIGHT DRAWS NEAR and an unparalleled chronicler of the human stories behind the news. He’s gained attention and awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, for his front-page reports in the Washington Post from Iraq. More recently, as Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, he has covered the revolution in Egypt and the events that are reshaping the Middle East. In 2011, he earned his second Pulitzer.
More details to be announced soon!
Save the Date: WorldQuest 2012
 Wednesday, April 18
Matt Ross Community Center
8101 Marty Street, Overland Park KS
Join us for our most exciting and fun-filled event of the year! WorldQuest is a team trivia challenge that tests your knowledge of geography, current events, and international affairs. Admission includes dinner & drinks, and a raffle ticket for fabulous prizes. More details to be announced soon.
|
