Calendar for June 2009

Sunday Morning Classes: (9:30 am)

June 7th and 14th - Raindrop Turkish House - Raindrop Turkish House is a non-profit, educational, charitoable, social and cultural organization founded by Turkish-Americans in Houston in 2000 and now it operates in six states: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Next to being a home to Turkish-Americans, Raindrop Turkish House addresses their social and cultural needs and helps them integrate into this multicultural society better. The mission of Raindrop is to introduce Turkish culture into American society and cultivate friendship and promote teh understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community, through dialog and corporation. For two weeks, Mr. Fatih Ozcan will be helping us improve our understanding of Raindrop's mission and Turkish culture. Bridge - Front Classroom.


June 21st - July 12th - The Post-American World - Jim Martin will facilitate this four week examination of the best selling book by Fareed Zakaria. This future looking volume follows Thomas Friedman's tremendously successful book, The World is Flat, and examines the changes in our world as the rest of it catches up with America in economics, technology, and education. As one reviewer stated, "This book isn't about America's decline, it's about how it can deploy its unique strengths to prosper as the rest of the world does so as well." Of particular interest are mini-studies of India and China, which set the stage for larger regional studies classes in the months to come. Bridge - Front Classroom.


Evening Classes:

Mondays, June 15th - July 27th - 7:00 - 8:30 pm - Living the Questions - Due to the busy summer months, this class has been cancelled. We will look to try it again in the Fall.

Thursdays, June 18th - July 9th - 7:00 - 8:30 pm - Abraham Lincoln: Who was he and why is he in the news so much now? - With the election of President Obama, the historical figure of Abraham Lincoln has returned to occupy a more prominent place in our political discussion. Was he the Great Emancipator? Was he a great president? Is the public image projected of him accurate or an embellishment? Jim Martin will facilitate this course and attempt to help all comers get at answers to these questions.