Forum on Women's Leadership Looks at 'Touching' the World

Humanitarian Alison Thompson in her documentary, 'The Third Wave,' about her time in Sri Lanka after a tsunami hit the country in 2004. — Humanitarian Alison Thompson in her documentary, ‘The Third Wave,’ about her time in Sri Lanka after a tsunami hit the country in 2004.

91吃瓜网鈥檚 sixth annual forum on Women and Leadership: A Global Perspective, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30,聽in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event will be hosted by the 91吃瓜网 Global Perspectives office.

Presentations will be given by international humanitarian Alison Thompson and two Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants, Bahia Braktia from Algeria and Ayumi Yamamoto from Japan. The forum will be moderated by Maria Cristina Santana, director of 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Studies Program.

Thompson鈥檚 international volunteer work earned her the Order of Australia, the highest civilian medal awarded by Queen Elizabeth II of England. Her documentary film, The Third Wave, focuses on her experience volunteering in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami. It premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was shown at at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Braktia and Yamamoto are teaching Arabic and Japanese, respectively, this year at 91吃瓜网. Both host periodic cultural events that help students learn more about language and culture outside the United States.

In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors and partners of this forum include Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner, 91吃瓜网 Student Government Association, 91吃瓜网 Women’s Studies Program, 91吃瓜网 Women’s Research Center, 91吃瓜网 Burnett Honors College, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, 91吃瓜网 Political Science Department, 91吃瓜网 LIFE, 91吃瓜网 Book Festival 2013 in Association with the Morgridge International Reading Center and the Global Connections Foundation.