The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Understanding the Turmoil in the Middle East” with Dr. Andy David.
David is Israel’s consul general to the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He’s served Israel in various diplomatic positions domestically and abroad since 1998. His academic background is in medicine and dentistry.
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “The Syrian Refugee Crisis: From the Front Lines to the Headlines” with Eric Kocher. Kocher is an EMT and attorney from Haines who’s spent six months in Greece with medical and legal teams helping Syrian refugees who have fled war.
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Timeline: Palestine-Israel” with Skip Schiel. Schiel is a photographer, social justice activist and teacher. He’s documented environmental desecration, racism, poverty, oppressive regimes and more domestically and abroad.
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “U.S. Nuclear Policy: The Arms Race Sequel” with Paul Carroll. Carroll is an expert in nuclear weapons policy with the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Recorded Feb. 2, 2016
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Three minutes over Germany: Smilin’ Thru” with Tony Yorba. Yorba recently traveled to Germany and retraced the final fateful minutes of his father’s Oct. 14,1943, B-17 mission over the Bavarian industrial city Schweinfurt aboard the bomber Smilin’ Thru. Allied casualties during the operation were exceptionally high.
Tony is the son of a California rancher who moved to Juneau in 1983 to take a job with Ackley Jensen Architects, now Jensen Yorba Lott, Inc., where he continues to work.
Recorded Jan. 19, 2016
In May of 2015, Scott Carrlee traveled to Costa Rica as part of a Research Abroad study trip with the International Development Doctoral Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. The trip included a stop at four indigenous territories where Carrlee and fellow researchers gained firsthand knowledge of the impact of tourism on the indigenous population through interviews and participation in indigenous-led rain forest tours.
Scott has been working for the Alaska State Museums since 2000. Prior to coming to Juneau, he held conservator positions at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, and at an archaeological excavation in Turkey. After 6 years as the Alaska State Museum’s conservator, he became the Curator of Museum Services, providing technical assistance to museums and the public around Alaska. Through this position, he promotes the idea that the greatest tool yet invented for the preservation of objects is the museum itself.
Recorded on Tuesday, November 17, 2015
