2009 Speaking Tour

Carl Wilkens Speaking Tour 2009

March 5 – 7, 2009 – Oshawa, Ontario, CANADA – Rwanda and Beyond (For event schedule, please click on "The Event") – Open to Public

March 9, 2009 – Hamburg, NY – Immaculata Academy – 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

March 9, 2009 – Hamburg, NY – Hamburg Middle School – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

March 9, 2009 – Buffalo, NY – Erie County Community College – (Gilette Auditorium) – 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. – Open to Public Admission fee ($20 adults, $10 students)

March 10, 2009 – Hamburg, NY – Hamburg High School (2 assemblies) – 8:00 – 10:15 a.m.

March 10, 2009 – Buffalo, NY – Frontier Central High School – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

March 11, 2009 – Jamestown, NY – Robert H. Jackson Center – Teacher In-Service – 9:00 a.m.

March 11, 2009 – Mayville, NY – Chautauqua Lake High School – 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

March 12, 2009 – Horseheads, NY – Wings of Eagle Discovery Center – 9:30 a.m.

March 15, 2009 – Lincoln, NE – Countryside Community Church – 7:00 p.m. – Open to Public

March 16, 2009 – Lincoln, NE – University of Nebraska – Workshop 11:30 a.m. – (Open to educators, students & faculty)

March 16, 2009 – Lincoln, NE – Lincoln Southwest High School – 1:30 p.m. (Open to high school students)

March 17, 2009 – Omaha, NE – Burke High School – 10:00 a.m. (Open to high school students)

March 17, 2009 – Omaha, NE – Creighton University, Harper Building, Room 3023 – Workshop – 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. – (Open to educators, students & faculty)

March 18, 2009 – University Park, PA – Penn State University (112 Willard Building) 7:00 p.m. – Open to Public

March 19, 2009 – University Park, PA – Penn State University Schreyer Scholars – 8:30 – 10 a.m.

March 27, 2009 – Minneapolis, MN – Congregation Shir Tikvah – 8:00 p.m.

March 28, 2009 – Minneapolis, MN – University of Minnesota – French Department Conference – 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

March 28, 2009 – Minneapolis, MN – University of Minnesota – Workshop, "Standing Up to Genocide: Rwanda and Cambodia" 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

March 30, 2009 – Austin, TX – University of Texas – STAND Symposium – Apathy or Action: The Struggle For Human Rights – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

March 31, 2009 – New York City – The Kuleba Exchange Cocktail Party & Fundraiser - 8:30 p.m.

April 1 – 12, 2009 – Kigali, Rwanda AFRICA – Rwanda Genocide 15th Annual Memorial

April 16, 2009 – Enid, OK – Enid High School

April 16, 2009 – Northwest Oklahoma State University – 7pm – Open to the public.

April 20, 2009 – Buffalo, NY – Canisius College – 7th Annual Human Rights Conference – Regis Room of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center – Time: 4:00 pm-8:00 pm – Open to Public

April 21, 2009 – Birmingham, AL – Samford University Reid Chapel – 7:30 p.m. – Open to the public

April 22, 2009 – Tuscaloosa, AL – University of Alabama – Ferguson Center Ballroom – 6:00 p.m.

April 23, 2009 – Carrollton, GA – University of West Georgia – STAND/Amnesty International event – 7:00 p.m.

April 26, 2009 – Atlanta, GA – Perspective on the World Christian Movement Class – Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd, Roswell, GA 30076 – 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.

April 27, 2009 – Atlanta, GA – Perspective on Christian Community Development – "The Lodge" – 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

April 28, 2009 – Athens, GA – Clarke Central High School

April 29, 2009 – Reading, PA – Albright College – 4:00 p.m.

April 30, 2009 – Seaford, NY – Seaford Middle School

May 8-10, 2009 – Port Townsend, WA

May 14, 2009 – Stamford, CT – Upper School English Dept. – Video-conference – 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

May 18, 2009 – Bluffton, SC – Bluffton High School

May 27, 2009 – Bellingham, WA – Western Washington University – STAND – "This Week in Genocide" – 7:00 p.m. – Open to Public

May 28, 2009 – Days Creek, OR – Milo Elementary School – 8th Grade Graduation

May 29, 2009 – Days Creek, OR – Milo Adventist Academy – Consecration – 8:00 p.m. – Open to Public

June 8, 2009 - Boise, ID – Idaho Human Rights Education Center – Teachers’ Institute – 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

June 10, 2009 – Fayetteville, NC – Pope Airforce Base – Pope Club – 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

June 11, 2009 – Petersburg, FL – Florida Holocaust Museum Summer Institute - 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

June 25, 2009 – Skokie, IL – Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center – Summer Institute on Human Rights and Genocide for Secondary Teachers – 9 a.m. – 12 noon (Registration required)

June 29 – July 13, 2009 – Rwanda – Trip with high school teachers and an educational superintendant from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey & Florida to work with Gakoni High School, attend Liberation Day celebrations, visit genocide memorial sites and sites in Kigali where Carl worked during the genocide.

July 30, 31 2009 – Buffalo, NY

August 2 – 9, 2009 – Hayden Lake, ID

September 7, 2009 – Washington D.C. – School for Ethics & Global Leadership – Video-conference – 9:30 a.m.

September 9, 2009 – Spokane, WA – Freeman High School – 9:12 a.m.

September 9, 2009 – Spokane, WA – Freeman Middle School – 10:15 a.m.

September 13, 2009 – Spokane, WA - Spokefest – Booth & Ride – 9:30 a.m.

September 13, 2009 – Spokane, WA – Riverfront Park – Pedaling2Peace Bike Tour leaves Spokane – 2:00 p.m. – Public invited to join in the ride, leaving from Riverfront Park Carousel.

September 14, 2009 – Reardon, WA – Reardon Middle School – 1:30 p.m.

September 15, 2009 – Davenport, WA – Davenport High School – 8:45 a.m.

September 19, 2009 – Wenatchee, WA – Wenatchee High School – 8:30 a.m.

September 19, 2009 – Wenatchee, WA – Cascade Christian Academy – 11:20 a.m.

September 21, 2009 – Leavenworth, WA - Leavenworth High School – 8:00 a.m.

September 25, 2009 – Orangeville, CA – Orangeville SDA School – 8:30 a.m.

September 25, 2009 – Rocklin, CA – Sunset Oak SDA Church – 7:00 p.m. - Open to public

September 28, 2009 – Issaquah, WA – Issaquah High School – 8:00 – 2:15 p.m.

September 29, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Roosevelt High School – 9:00 a.m.

September 29, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Garfield High School – 1:00 p.m.

September 30, 2009 – Issaquah, WA – Issaquah Kiwanis Luncheon – 12:00 p.m.

October 1, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Holy Names Academy – 11:30 a.m.

October 2, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Pacific Lutheran University – 2:00 p.m.

October 4, 2009 – Issaquah, WA – Our Savior Lutheran Church – Worship (8:30 a.m.), Forum (9:45 a.m.), Worship (11:00 a.m.) – Open to Public

October 4, 2009 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Film Festival (Tacoma School of Arts) – 2:00 p.m.

October 5, 2009 – Lynnwood, WA – Alderwood Middle School – 8:30 a.m.

October 5, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Cleveland High School – 1:30 p.m.

October 5, 2009 – Seattle, WA – City Hall – Bertha K. Landes Room (600 Fourth Avenue) – 7:00 p.m. – Open to Public

October 6, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Chief Sealth High School - 10:30 a.m.

October 6, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Lakeside High School – 1:00 p.m.

October 6, 2009 – Seattle WA – Mt. Zion Baptist Church – 6:30 p.m.

October 7, 2009 – Spokane, WA – Palisades Christian Academy – 9:30 a.m.

October 7, 2009 – Spokane, WA - Spokane Valley Seventh-day Adventist School – 1:00 p.m.

October 7, 2009 – Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater (formerly The Met Theater) – 7:00 p.m. Open to Public

October 8, 2009 – Orange County, CA – Chapman University (New conference center) – 7:30 p.m.

October 9, 2009 – Irvine, CA – University of California - Irvine – 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

October 9 – 10, 2009 – Orange County, CA – Living Ubuntu (click for more information)

October 12, 2009 – Tukwila, WA – Foster High School – 10:45 a.m.

October 12, 2009 – Tacoma, WA – Charles Wright Academy – 1:00 p.m.

October 14, 2009 – Olympia Christian School – 10:30 a.m.

October 17, 2009 – Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church – 11:00 a.m. – Open to Public

October 19, 2009 – Clackamas, OR – Clackamas High School -10:30 – 3:20 p.m.

October 20, 2009 – Gresham, OR – Gresham High School – 11:30 – 1:30 p.m.

October 21, 2009 – Bellingham, WA – Western Washington University – Fairhaven College – 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

October 22, 2009 – Seattle, WA – Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart – 8:30 – 11:50 a.m.

October 22, 2009 – Seattle, WA – The Bush School – Amnesty International Club – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

October 23, 2009 – Woodburn, OR – Academy of International Studies 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

October 24, 2009 – Ridgefield, WA – Whipple Creek Seventh-day Adventist Church – 11:00 a.m. – Open to Public

October 26, 2009 – New York City, NY – Columbia University Teachers’ College – 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Open to Public

October 27 – 28, 2009 – Nassau County, NY – Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

October 29, 2009 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo State College – AFRICA WEEK – 12:15 – 1:20 p.m. – Open to Public

October 30, 2009 – Stamford, CT – King Upper School – 1:00 p.m.

November 2, 2009 – University Heights, OH – John Carroll University- “Seeing Ourself in "The Other" – Life Lessons From the Rwanda Genocide” 7pm, Donahue Auditorium
Dolan Science Center

November 3, 2009 – Cleveland, OH – Catholic Educators’ Workshop

November 4, 2009 – University Park, PA – Rock Ethics Institute – Interview – 10:00 a.m.

November 4, 2009 – State College, PA – State College High School – 2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

November 4, 2009 – State College, PA – Penn State University – 7:00 – Open to Public

November 5, 2009 – Washington, D. C. - School for Ethics and Global Leadership – 4:30 p.m.

November 6 – 8, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – Pledge to Protect

November 9, 2009 – Washington, NJ – Warren Hills High School

November 9, 2009 – Richard Stockton College of NJ – 5:00 p.m.

November 10, 2009 – Portland, OR – University of Portland – Mago Hunt Recital Hall – 8:00 p.m. – Open to Public

November 11, 2009 – Portland, OR – Portland Adventist Academy – 11:00 a.m.

November 12, 2009 – Salem, OR – Livingston Adventist Academy

November 14, 2009 – Salem, OR – East Salem SDA Church – 11:00 a.m. – Open to Public