Tue. Mar. 27
Topic: Women Refugees
Guests: Guenet Guebre-Christos, Representative, UNHCR
               TBA, State Department Representative
               TBA, refugee
When women become refugees their plight is more difficult because they are usually left alone to take care of themselves and their children. We will discuss their lives and struggles and what international agencies try to do to help them.

Wed. Mar.28
Topic: Mir Space Station
Guests: TBA
On February 20, 1986 the Soviet Union launched a new space station called Mir, which in Russian means peace. Now, 15 years later it has returned to earth. We will discuss what has been learned from this human outpost in space as well as the possible consequences of its return to earth. 

Thr. Mar.29
Topic: Impact of AIDS on Women
Guests: Adrienne Germain,International Women’s Health Coalition
               Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta,International Center for Research on Women
The poverty and powerlessness of women in Africa and Asia are combining to make them increasingly vulnerable to AIDS, which some are now calling a women’s disease.  In these countries, a family is found to be infected when a woman has a child with AIDS.  Her status is further diminished and she is the one who is blamed for introducing the disease into the family unit

Fri. Mar. 30
Topic: Who Will Love the Children
Guest: Gregory Smith,child advocate
Greg Smith, advocate for children throughout the world is 11 years old. Greg is also a sophomore at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia majoring in Mathematics. As youth spokesperson for the World Centers of Compassion for Children and the founder of International Youth Advocates, he will tell us about his mission and why he feels we most all join him to save the world’s children.