News & Events

March 16, 2007

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Carl Young, Interim Director of Communications
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Journalist Stephanie Nolen will Discuss "The Human Story of Aids in Africa" at Cascadia Community College

Bothell, WA - Cascadia Community College, UW Bothell, and the World Affairs Council will host a presentation by Stephanie Nolen, a celebrated author, journalist and Africa bureau chief for Toronto Globe and Mail. Her subject will be the human stories arising from the AIDS catastrophe in Africa. Her presentation is part of the Eastside Speakers Series.

The presentation will take place on Tuesday, May 8, 6:30pm, in Room CC2-360 of Cascadia Community College, 18325 Campus Way NE, Bothell, 98011.

The presentation is welcomed with enthusiasm by the leaders of both Cascadia and UW Bothell. The institutions share a campus in Bothell at the intersection of I-405 and SR-522.

"A central theme at Cascadia Community College is global perspective—learning all we can about the events that are shaping our world," says Dr. Bill Christopher, president of Cascadia. "Stephanie Nolen brings years of experience and passion to this critical subject. We are honored to host her presentation."

"Aids in Africa directly or indirectly affects everyone in the world" says Chancellor Steven Olswang of UW Bothell. "To have a noted journalist enumerate first hand the stories she has witnessed will bring to our students, faculty, and local communities a connection with this tragedy they could not receive in any other way."

For the past six years Ms. Nolen has traced AIDS across Africa, and she is one of only three journalists in the world wholly dedicated to the AIDS story. She was the recipient of the 2003 and 2004 Amnesty International Award for Human Rights Reporting for her reports from war zones in Uganda and Sudan, and also won the Markwell Award of the International Society of Political Psychology for her "creative brilliance, humanitarian compassion, personal courage, and relentless pursuit of truth."

Through riveting, anecdotal stories, she explores the effects of an epidemic that exceeds the Black Plague in scope, and the reasons why we must care about what happens. For more information about Stephanie Nolen, see http://www.stephanienolen.com/profile.htm.

The public is invited to attend. The cost is $15, or $10 for World Affairs Council Members and students with picture I.D.

Register via the online Calendar of Events at www.world-affairs.org, call the World Affairs Council at (206) 441-5910, or pay at the door before the presentation. A map and driving directions to the campus are available on Cascadia’s website at: www.cascadia.edu/CampusInformation/directions.asp.

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