Calendar of Events

September

11:30AM - 1:00PM

International Peace Day
Minute of Silence
www.internationalpeaceday.org

Dionne Green

October

24	8:30AM - 5:00PM	Anti-racism Workshop Pax Christi USA For information contact: joerogan@verizon.net	Lackawanna College Lyceum
26	7:00PM - 9:00PM	Hunger banquet	DeNaples Ballroom
27	7:00PM	Good Food : Film Guest Speaker Marilyn Anthony Reservations required, please call 941-7588 to reserve your seat.	DeNaples Theater
28	11:30AM	“The Legacy of the Salvadorian Martyrs” with speaker Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J., former Vice Rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador	Houlihan-McLean
28	7:30PM	Innocent Voices:Film	DeNaples Theater

November

3	11:30AM	Hunger in Scranton Conference	Brennan 228
4	7:30PM	Roses in December: Film Contact	Brennan 228
5		Diversity Fair	DeNaples 407
5	10:30AM	Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness	DeNaples 401
7	5:00PM	Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni Club Lecture and Dinner Anne Munley, IHM, PhD. “Understanding and Counteracting the Scourge of Human Trafficking” Contact	Brennan 228
9	7:00PM	Leipzig in the Fall: Film Contact	Brennan 228
10	7:00PM	Silent Country: Film Contact	Brennan 228
11	7:00PM	The Wall: Film Contact	Brennan 228
15	7:00PM	Mass in commemoration of the martyrs of El Salvador	Byron Center
16	8:00PM	Coffee Social about Martyrs Contact	Fireplace Lounge, 2nd Floor DeNaples
19-22		School of the Americas : Protest Contact

December

7:30PM

Salvador: Film
Contact

Brennan 228

January

MLK's Beloved Community:
Justice as a Moral Obligation: Perspectives from Judaism, Christianity & Islam
Contact

V.I.T.A. STUDENTS RECOGNIZED

According to an estimate by the Internal Revenue Service, Kania School of Management students contribute the equivalent of $500,000 worth of labor each year through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). During the 7-week program coordinated by Joe Hammond of the Accounting Department, students help local low-income and elderly people complete their tax returns. In 2007 the University’s VITA program received a commendation from the IRS for “your commitment, exceptional achievement in promoting e-filing, and outstanding contributions to the communities you serve.”

Over the last several years the number of people served by VITA students has increased steadily. More difficult to measure is the value to the students who participate. Not only does the program provide the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom, but it can deepen their understanding of those who struggle economically. One student’s question, “How can they live on that income?” invites further reflection on how our society is structured.

Contact Info:
Education for Justice
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510

(570) 941-4051

justice-education@scranton.edu