This year’s Common Book has been described as an “Odyssey” for the 21st Century. Enrique’s Journey, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario, is the unforgettable true story of a young Honduran boy’s journey to the United States in search of his mother. Along the way Enrique encounters a cast of characters who provide their own unique commentaries on immigration, not just into the United States but into the Central American countries through which Enrique must travel in his quest to be reunited with his mother. While immigration is a central theme of the book, Enrique’s encounters with bandits, gangs, drug smugglers, glue-sniffers, border agents, and a host of characters involved in one way or another in the tide of human traffic between south and north America, illuminate and provoke discussion on a host of issues from poverty, to organized violence, family responsibility, generational conflict, globalization, and the market economy. 

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• 9/10     Viewpoints film:  9500 Liberty (2009) and talk by Eric Byler, co-director. 5:30-8:30 pm Warmer Aud. LBPH. Prince William County, Virginia becomes ground zero in America’s explosive battle over immigration policy when elected officials adopt a law requiring police officers to question anyone they have "probable cause" to suspect is an undocumented immigrant.
• 9/15 & 17  Viewpoints film:  Dirty, Pretty Things  (2002). Wed. 3 pm and Fri. 5:30 p.m. Warmer Aud. LBPH. An unsettling portrait of life among the British underclass of immigrant service workers. Okwe works at a posh London hotel and lives in constant fear of deportation. A shocking discovery leads him into a world of desperation, poverty, and black-market body organs.
• 9/23     US Immigration Policy presentation by John Egan , Immigration Attorney. Thurs.  10:50-12:15  FHT 3rd fl. Conf Rm.
• 9/25    Live Hawaii:  Bishop Museum.  Sat.  9:00 am - 1:00 pm  (Megan Kaptik, First Year Programs)
• 10/1     Viewpoints film:  The Other Side of Immigration (2009) and Skype Q&A with Roy Germano. Friday, 5:30-8:00 pm Warmer Aud. Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. Director Roy Germano provides a perspective on undocumented immigration rarely witnessed by American eyes, challenging audiences to imagine more creative and effective solutions to the problem.
• 10/2     Live Hawaii:  Hawaii's Plantation Village.  9:00 am - 3:00 pm  (Megan Kaptik, First Year Programs)
• 10/6 & 8  Viewpoints film:  Amreeka (2009). Wed. 3 pm and Fri. 5:15  Warmer Aud.Eager to provide a better future for her son, single mother Muna leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois. A universal story of a family of immigrants caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live.
• 10/9  Global Citizenship Symposium  "Immigrant Stories: Global Understanding through Oral  Histories." TBA    Part 1:  Oral Histories presentation (Downtown Time and Location TBA).
• 10/9  Global Citizenship Symposium  "Immigrant Stories: Global Understanding through Oral  Histories." TBA      Part 2:  Workshop on Ethnographic Data Collection and Analysis . Sat.  9:00 am - 1:00 pm Hawaii Loa Campus - Workshop by Topher Erickson and Tess Lane,  includes Lunch. TBA
• 10/9   Global Citizenship Symposium  "Immigrant Stories: Global Understanding through Oral  Histories." TBA   Part 3:  Social Service Agency roundtable discussion and fair

Final Date /Time/Location:  TBA10/13 & 15 Viewpoints film:  Sin Nombre (2009)Wed. 3 pm and Fri. 5:15  Warmer Aud.Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events. 10/26  Tues. 2:05-3:30  Latin American History Politics and CulturesRoundtable discussion with faculty and LASO students           (Location TBA:  Warmer Aud. or Sea Warrior Center) 11/10 & 12  Viewpoints film:  Border  (2008)Wed. 3 pm and Fri. 5:15  Warmer Aud.)A firsthand look at the human consequences of America’s failure to secure its borders. This award-winning film brings people together on both sides of the illegal immigration issue that tears at the very fabric of this country. Nov. TBA   Debate on US Immigration Policy  (Rose Helens-Hart, debate students, faculty) Tentative Spring Events:Spring Service Learning course - ANTH Making a DifferenceWriting Contest - one catagory, submissions from both Fall and Spring students

• April 9th--Rock Band Redux! Gaming Competition--Sea Warrior Center 3-5pm
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Common Book Chair