33RD ANNUAL POPCORN FORUM: CONFRONTING HATE

DATE: Week of March 24th, 2003

The theme for the 2003 annual Popcorn Forum is “Confronting Hate: Humanity’s Greatest Challenge.”  The Popcorn Forum presents seven days of keynote addresses, workshops and panels concerning the central theme and provides students an opportunity this spring to earn 1 workshop credit toward the Certificate in Diversity and Stratification.  All Popcorn Forum events will take place on the North Idaho College and Gonzaga University campuses and are free and open to the public (except for the March 27 Human Rights Banquet).  To earn one workshop credit towards the certificate, students must register for the workshop credit PRIOR to attending the Popcorn Forum and email one of the coordinators of the certificate program informing them of the student’s participation.  Students must then attend 15 hours of activities.  After attending, students are required to write a brief synopsis of each event attended AND a one-page (single-spaced) summary essay explaining what they learned and how the experience contributed to their diversity education. The credit is graded based on attendance and the quality of the written submissions. [Written material should be submitted within one week after the end of the forum.]  For more information on the Popcorn Forum, obtain a Popcorn Forum schedule in the main office of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Justice Studies or from a certificate program coordinator. For other information, contact a certificate program coordinator.