This page features archival information and video footage from select Peace and Conflict Studies Symposium events in recent years.

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The Displaced and Deprived: Conflict, Food Insecurity, and Hunger

The Peace & Conflict Studies Center at ACC hosted our 6th annual Spring Symposium on Friday, April 21st, 2017. Our theme was food insecurity. The day included: A panel discussion followed by Q&A, a film screening, lunch, and a dynamic group of community organizations with information on how you can help.

Program

8:45 – 9 Registration and Coffee

9 – 9:15 Welcome:

Stephanie Hawley, Associate Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Austin Community College

9:15 – 9:45 Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies at Austin Community College:

Shirin Khosropour, Professor, Psychology, Austin Community College

9:45 – 10 Personal Narrative

10 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:45 Panel Presentation and Q &A

Hunger in America, Starvation in Africa and Beyond:

Why? How Can WE Help?

Moderator

Frank Reid, Professor, Management, Austin Community College

Panelists

• Raj Patel, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas, and Rhodes University, South Africa.

• Junfeng Jiao, School of Architecture Urban Information Lab. The University of Texas

• Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager for the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability.

11:45 – 12:15 Getting Connected with Community Organizations

• ACC Financial Aid

• Caritas

• Casa Marianella

• Central Texas Food Bank

• Keep Austin Fed

• Meals on Wheels

• Mobile Loaves and Fishes/Community First

• Sustainable Food Center

12:15 – 12:45 Lunch

12:45 – 2:30 Film Screening

A Place at the Table: This documentary film “peels back the curtain on the problem of food insecurity, weaving together the stories of low-income Americans who struggle to put healthy food on the table, despite the fact that they have jobs.” NPR, 2013

Directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, with appearances by Jeff Bridges, our panelist Raj Patel, and chef Tom Colicchio.

2:30- 2:45 Coffee and Cookies

2:45 – 3:45 Post-film discussion

Moderator

Dr. Mocha Jean Herrup, Film Professor, Austin Community College

Discussants

• Simone Benz, Food Access Projects Manager, Sustainable Food Center

• Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager, City of Austin