Community, Diversity, and Economic Development: A Two-Day Seminar      CSCS faculty are working with students in a number of classes to create original research and video projects related to our community. Presentations of these projects are slated for December 6 and 7, and are open to the university community and general public. In Dr. Divya McMillin’s class on "Communication and National Development," students have been making connections between development issues in Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries and similar issues in Tacoma. Group video projects, designed to create awareness of micro world systems within the local community, have led students to explore the efforts of various local grassroots organizations committed to community development. These projects have resulted in 5-7 minute video documentaries which include such topics as: the Puyallup river project, the Hilltop Artists in Residence Program, the Citizens for a Healthy Bay efforts, the Safe Streets Initiative, The Martin Luther King Housing Development Association, and Micro Parks in Tacoma. Students in Mike Honey's class on "Labor, Race, Gender and Poverty in Pierce County," will make ten-minute presentations on the status of workers in the labor market, prison labor, welfare to work, the status of various unions, contingent temporary workers, teacher unions, the Southeast Asian community, the Kaiser Aluminum strike, and other issues. Schedule: Monday, Dec. 6, 5:30-7:00 p.m. – BHS 106: paper presentations on labor, race, gender, and poverty. Tuesday, Dec 7, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. – BHS 104: video presentations on communication and development. Coffee and cookies will be served, sponsored by the Student Labor Organization. Divya McMillin  Ph.D. 1998, Indiana University, (Bloomington)  M.A. 1994, Pittsburg State University, (Kansas)  International Communications and Cultural Studies  Office: GWP: 414  Phone: (253) 692-5651  Fax: (253) 692-5651  divya@u.washington.edu Divya McMillin Home Page This site is designed by Divya C. McMillin.  (c) 1999 Divya C. McMillin.  All rights reserved.