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OLLI International Affairs Discussion Group

Date:
Time:
3:00 pm
Stauffer’s Cafe and Pie Shoppe
5600 S. 48th St.
Lincoln Ne 68516
The group will meet on Wednesday, Nov 6, at Stauffer’s Café & Pie Shoppe, 5600 South 48th at 3 p.m.

No registration. No fee. Everyone is welcome to attend. Just drop in.

If you would like to read about the group, go to:
https://emeriti.unl.edu/international-events

Beth Ann Brooks, who will moderate the discussion, has provided the following topics and brief reading suggestions:

What is happening in Syria?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/15/world/middleeast/syria-turkey.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191015&section=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13086&segment_id=17894&user_id=1bcb343f99fda311a0a7ded6e13a6e8d&regi_id=32622646tion=topNews

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/world/europe/erdogan-putin-syria-cease-fire.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20191027?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13414&segment_id=18286&user_id=1bcb343f99fda311a0a7ded6e13a6e8d&regi_id=32622646

Why are protests becoming commonplace around the globe?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/26/asia/hong-kong-destruction-support-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/world/middleeast/global-protests.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191024&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13336&segment_id=18188&user_id=1bcb343f99fda311a0a7ded6e13a6e8d&regi_id=32622646ion=longRead

What are some of the concerns across the globe with climate change?

https://www.iisd.org/faq/adapting-to-climate-change/

https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/how-climate-change-threatens-public-health/


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