UO for Humanity: Earthquake in Turkey & Syria

UO for Humanity: Earthquake in Turkey & Syria

UO For Humanity: Earthquake in Turkey & Syria

Thursday, April 6, 2023 

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Ford Alumni Ballroom

Free and Open to the Public

EVENT PROGRAM

4:00 pm - Music                              
Sophie Phillips-Meadow (UO Cello Performance) 
Alfonso Keller-Casielles (UO Violin Performance)
 
4:05 pm - Welcome Remarks            
Dennis Galvan, Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
Fundagül Arslan, Turkish Fulbright Foreign Language Assistant
Harinder Khalsa, Romance Languages (Italian) & Yamada Language Center (Self Study Language Program)
 
4:15 pm - The Land & The Earthquake: Geographical and geological features of the areas affected by the earthquake and the earthquake itself 
Gui Aksit, PhD Candidate – UO Earth Sciences,
Diego Melgar Moctezuma, Associate Professor, Ann and Lew Williams Chair – UO Earth Sciences
 
4:45 pm - An offering from Hz. Mevlana Celalettin Rumi     
Hafiz Leland, Oregon Interfaith Hub
 
4:50 pm - Media Effect and Impact: How to use media coverage of natural disasters to educate and create or support sustainable aid program 
Gabriela Martinez, Professor - UO School of Journalism and Communication, Department Head - Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
 
5:05 pm - Indigenous Prayer Songs            
Thea Albright and Nalen Hall

5:10 pm -  Going Forward and Coming Home: What is our reality in the Pacific Northwest? How can we prepare for such natural disasters as global and local communities (while we hope that they never happen)?
Valerie Sahakian, Assistant Professor – UO Earth Sciences
 
5:40 pm - shir haMa’alot: song of ascension        
Hazzan Dr. Evlyn Gould
 
5:45 pm - Closing Remarks                     
Aneesh Aneesh, Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
 
5:50-6:00 pm - “Uzun ince bir yoldayım” by Aşık Veysel adapted for Cello and Violin
Sophie Phillips-Meadow (UO Cello Performance)  
Alfonso Keller-Casielles (UO Violin Performance)

This event is cosponsored by the Global Studies Institute and the School of Global Studies and Languages.