Gender & Justice Colloquium
The horrific stories of war rape, the trafficking and enslavement of women, girls and boys and gender-based violence are gaining public attention. What are their roots? How are international NGOs like Catholic Relief Services (CRS) addressing them in its humanitarian crises and development programming?  What is being learned and what can be done?

Playing for Peace
January 18, Pavilion, 7:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Stay with Sudan: Build a Future
Featuring: Villanova University vs. Seton Hall University
Men's Basketball

The Arab Spring
October 25, 2011, Connelly Center, Villanova Room, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa
Featuring: Mark Schnellbaecher, Catholic Relief Services Regional Director for Europe and The Middle East

Faculty Workshop: On Teaching the Arab Spring
October 25, 2010, Connelly Center, President's Lounge, 4-5pm
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Featuring: Mark Schnellbaecher, Catholic Relief Services Regional Director for Europe and The Middle East

Palestinian & Israeli Bereaved Families:
A Powerful Force for Peace
April 5, 2011, Bartley 1010, 4 - 5:15 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

The Parents Circle Families Forum
Featuring Ali Abu Awwad and Yuval Rahamim

Stand in Solidarity for Peace in Sudan
Raise Awareness, Pray, and Advocate
December 7, 2010, Sheehan Field, 4 - 4:45 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Event will be held, rain or shine. Be sure to bring your cell phone!

Career Choices in Engineering: International Development, Humanitarian Engineering, and Peacebuilding
November 7, 2010, Ceer 001, 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Featuring: Dennis B. Warner, Ph.D., Senior Technical Advisor
Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Resources Development
Catholic Relief Services

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The Global Water Crisis: Conflict and Cooperation
November 8, 2010, Villanova University, Connelly Center, 1:30 - 9:00pm
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Featuring: Plenary Address "Haiti: Let's Get it Right"
Ken Hackett, President, Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services in Haiti: Past, Present, & Future
September 23, Driscoll Hall Auditorium, 7:30 - 8:30pm
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Featuring: Annemarie Reilly, Vice President for CRS Overseas Operations Headquarters Coordinator for CRS' Haiti

The Story Behind the Fair Trade Label
September 16, Corr Hall, First Floor, Peace & Justice Classroom, 7:30 - 8:30 pm
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Featuring: Rigoberto Contreras Diaz, Founding Member of the Yeni Navan Cooperative

Topics Include:

• Preserving Indigenous Culture
• Working Cooperatively in Harmony with the Earth
• 25 Years Improving Lives and Communities in Oxaca, Mexico

2010 Faculty Workshop
Haiti: Building Back Better

September 24, Connelly Center, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

• Annemarie Reilly, CRS Vice President for Overseas Operations
• Francis Galgano, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Geography and Environment
• Maghan Keita, Ph.D., Department of History

Student Organizing on Climate Change
From Campus to Capitol Hill - A Hands-On Training

April 22, Bartley 024, 6:00 - 8:00pm
For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

With Chris West, Lead Community Organizer, Catholic Relief Services

Earth Day 2010 Symposium
Beyond Fair Trade: Global Poverty Reduction,
Sustainability, Agro-enterprise & Corporate Social Responsibility

April 22, Driscoll Hall Auditorium, 1:00 - 5:15 p.m.
For information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Presenters: Robin Abell, Michael Dupee, Shaun Ferris, Christopher Seremet, Don Seville

The Economic Crisis and the Common Good - Local and Global Dimensions
April 6, Connelly Center
Conference, 1:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Keynote, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
For information, contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Conference Profs. Toyoda, McCarraher, Eckstein, Kreuzer, and Wilson from Villanova University and Dorrett Byrd and Candice Harris from Catholic Relief Services

Keynote "The Next American Dream," William Greider, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation

Faculty Global Education Trip to Haiti
For more information, please contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Sponsored by The Villanova University Partnership with Catholic Relief Services

Agricultural Trade and the Global Food Crisis
Interactive Webcast
Dec 9th 2-3 p.m. Falvey Library Viewing Room 3
For more information, please contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

Bruce White, CRS Policy Advisor for Food Security and Hunger

Stephen Hilbert, USCCB Foreign Policy Advisor for Africa and Global Development

The Afghanistan Crisis
What is the Role of the U.S. Military in the Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance?

Nov. 11th 2-3 p.m., Falvey Library, Viewing Room 3
For more information, please contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

• Bill O'Keefe, CRS Director of Legislative Advocacy
• Virginia Farris, USCCB Foreign Policy Advisor for Eurasia and Human Rights

CRS/VU Partnership Faculty Workshop
The Economic Crisis: Truth & Consequences.

For reservations, please contact Dr. Suzanne Toton.

CRS Live Web Conferences 

Considering a Career in International Relief and Development?
An Informal Conversation with Michael Wiest, Executive Vice President Catholic Relief Services

Trends in International Migration
What happens when root causes are not addressed: Shaping an appropriate U.S. response