Community Conversations is a free lecture series examining a current topic each quarter. Credit is available by enrolling in HUM 106 with Jerry Zimmerman. Presenters are community members and LCC faculty. Lectures are held at 12 noon in the Rose Center for the Arts, Wollenberg Auditorium.

Winter Quarter 2010
Looking Back: Obama's First Year

January 7
The Stimulus Package: Too Much or Not Enough?
Jim Franz, M.A., economics instructor, Lower Columbia College

January 14
This lecture has been cancelled

January 21
Stimulus Dollars and the Recovery
County Commissioner George Raiter and Longview Police Chief Alex Perez

January 28
Foreign Policy: And the Ship Sails On
David Benson, M.A., history and political science instructor, Lower Columbia College

February 4
Race as Sub-Text in Obama's America
Dennis Shaw, anthropology instructor, Lower Columbia College

February 11
Obama’s Rhetoric: Rousing the Masses
Mike Dugaw, M.A., speech instructor and debate coach

February 18
Health Care Legislation, Part 1
representatives from PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente, moderated by healthcare consultant Jim Meskew

February 25
Healthcare Legislation: Commendations and Cautions
PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente panel and Jim Meskew

March 4
Mud Slinging: Incivility in the Civil Arena
Michael Strayer M.A., psychology instructor, and Jerry Zimmerman J.D., legal studies and humanities, Lower Columbia College

March 11
The First Lady’s First Year
Laura Brener M.A., Vice President of Instruction, Lower Columbia College

March 18
Reflections on the Obama Courts
Attorney Barbara Vining, Prosecutor’s Office Child Support Division