In order to help our community learn and lead in the world with purpose, we need to increase our understanding of others in a rapidly changing world.
We share the planet with billions of other people, and this fact begs us to learn more about the world and its people, especially about the differences we make for ourselves and others through our daily actions or our lack of actions.
That is why we are inviting you — students and citizens alike — to partner with us in our search for questions and answers to issues impacting us all.
Over the course of the year, we will sponsor a series of workshops, performances, events, and lectures on the topic of otherness. Together Midland Lutheran and Fremont can begin a search for potential answers shaping our humanity. Learn more...
All events free and open to the public.
Upcoming Events
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March 10: America's Drug Problem: Is Jail and Prison the Answer?
America's so-called "War on Drugs," first declared by President Nixon June 3,1971, has cost taxpayers more than $300 billion, countless lives and immeasurable human resources. America's prison population has grown from 300,000 in 1930 to 2.3 million now; one in four people incarcerated around the world are incarcerated in the United States and nearly one in four of them are locked up for drug-related offenses.Drug squads roam Mexico, where nearly 11,000 people have died in its government's war against the drug cartels. Yet drugs are readily available and consumer demand remains high. Politicians are calling for new approaches to address the drug problem. Many states have decriminalized some drugs, particularly marijuana, and New York's punitive "Rockefeller" drug laws are now under attack.
With the Obama administration essentially declaring an end to the War on Drugs, what is next and how will it impact our local communities?
A panel discussion and question-and-answer session, moderated by Judge Daniel Beckwith, will address this question from different perspectives.
March 13-21: Music on the Move – Making a Difference Gulf Coast MLC Choir Tour
(Exact performance dates to be determined)
The MLC Choir and Clef Dwellers will travel to the Gulf Coast region of Galveston, where the devastating effects of Hurricane Ike are still being felt. The Choir will set out to “make a difference” as we share our gift of song and work with area churches to lend a hand to some of the still devastated areas.
March 26-27: Festival of the Arts
The MLC Choir will host high school show choirs, jazz choirs and madrigal groups in a competitive but friendly festival. This event will involve broadway performers and Hollywood professionals as judges and workshop leaders.
More information
April 13: Imagining the Other Through Children's Literature
7 p.m. Keene Memorial Library
In addition to providing us with folk tales, fairy tales and stories about animals, the world of children's literature offers many genres and topics that allow us to "Imagine the Other." Join a group of education and sociology students as they engage you in “imagining the other” through a study of children’s literature and demographic exploration.
April 24: Alumni Days MLC Choir Concert
7:30 p.m. Sinai Lutheran Church
The MLC Choir and Clef Dwellers will perform the home concert from the “Music on the Move – Making a Difference Tour” to the gulf coast. There will be a special video presentation of our volunteer efforts to help restore the Galveston area from the effects of Hurricane Ike. An MLC Alumni Choir will also perform.
April 29-May 2: Spring Play: "No Exit"
One of Jean-Paul Sartre’s most intriguing plays, "No Exit" explores the existence of Hell. It is one man’s imagination of what hell might be like.
April 29 at 7:30 p.m., Kimmel Theatre
April 30 at 7:30 p.m., Kimmel Theatre
May 1 at 7:30 p.m., Kimmel Theatre
May 2 at 2 p.m., Kimmel Theatre
Adults $5
Students and seniors $4
Free for MLC Students, Faculty and Staff, and FMES members
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