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Views On The News - Fall/Winter Term
with Paul Mullin
In-Person and Hybrid
This is a discussion group held on the first and third Fridays of each month covering local, national, and world news. The discussion provides an opportunity to share observations and opinions on the news and to learn from other participants.
Articles of interest are distributed among the group by email in the week before each meeting, and topics to discuss are selected by the group at the beginning of each meeting.
October 17, 2025
November 7 and 21, 2025
December 5 and 19, 2025
January 2 and 16, 2026
February 6 and 20, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Paul Mullin is the facilitator for this discussion group.
Will run
A Force More Powerful: Non Violent Resistance to Oppression
with Doug Rawlings
In-Person
This is a 72-minute film that features documentary footage of Gandhi's famous Salt March, the 1960 Nashville Students' desegregation of lunch counters, and the Danish resistance to the Nazis. We will have a few minutes during and after the film for discussion.
Date: December 16, 2025
10 am-12 pm
Location: North Dining, A
This film was used in Rawlings's UMF course on Peace Studies. Rawlings taught at UMF for 27 years. He is a co-founder of Veterans For Peace.
Will run