Simmons College Hosts Conference on Human Costs of “U.S. Empire”

BOSTON (September 30, 2003) - The human costs of what some call the “U.S. Empire” — war, fear, and racial tensions — will be the focus of a two-day conference at Simmons College Oct. 10-11.

“Empire is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things: Exploring the Dynamics & Human Costs of the U.S. Empire” will include panel discussions on topics such as “Empire, Race, and Fear,” “Empire & Globalization: Bush vs. Clinton,” and “Empire, War & the Economy.”

The conference, held in the third floor conference center at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, is co-sponsored by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Simmons Institute for Leadership and Changes, and the Simmons College History Department.

A number of experts — such as Gabriel Camacho, president of Massachusetts Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Joseph Gerson, director of American Friends Service Committee New England Regional Program; and Zia Mian, professor and physicist with the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton University — will lead the discussions about how the “U.S. Empire” is affecting the global stage.

The conference is open to the public, and the cost is $30 per person, $20 for students, and $10 for Simmons students. For more information, or to register, contact the AFSC at 617-661-6130.

Simmons College is a nationally recognized, small, private, predominantly women’s university in the heart of Boston. It has undergraduate programs for women and graduate programs for women and men.

CONTACT

Rashonda Ambrose
617.521.2368

 

 

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