Post Tagged with: "Wealth and Poverty"

The Wealth and Poverty theme launches a medical supply drive on World Health Day on Thursday, April 7, to collect over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and other health items for the underserved populations in Botswana and Peru, as well as in Athens. The items collected at Ohio University will be donated to […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme’s annual spring field trip took students to three Appalachian towns—Rendville, New Straitsville, and Nelsonville—on Saturday, March 12. Last Spring Dr. Barry Tadlock of Political Science led the theme’s first field trip to New Straitsville and Haydenville, and this time Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of […]

The Wealth & Poverty Theme hosts a free film screening of Navajo Math Circles (directed by George Csicsery) on Tuesday, March 8, from 7-9 p.m. at Athena Cinema. It’s a one-night only event, consisting of a brief introduction before the movie and a Q&A session upon its completion. Free popcorn to the first 50 people in […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme holds its annual field trip to Appalachian communities on Saturday, March 12, from  9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (estimate). The meeting place is the GoBus stop outside the first floor entrance of Baker Center. Participants should arrive 8:50 a.m. Leaders are Dr. Barry Tadlock, Associate […]

The Wealth and Poverty Theme announces a public lecture by Deborah Frieze on “How I Became a Localist” on Friday, March 18, from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda Abstract: Most of our big systems—education, healthcare, government, business—are failing our communities. What if we stopped trying to fix them? Deborah Frieze says […]

In line with the Wealth and Poverty theme’s commitment to explore inequality at home and abroad, faculty have organized a field trip focused on African immigrant communities in Columbus, OH, on Saturday, March 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The field trip is free and open to all Ohio […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme is sponsoring a needs drive to benefit The Plains Elementary School from March 7-31. Officials at the school have identified the items listed below as their most pressing needs. To host a collection box, contact Dr. Edna Wangui, Associate Professor of Geography, at wangui@ohio.edu. School Supplies […]