events Archives - IGE GR https://www.igegr.org/tag/events/ Building Peaceful and Just Communities Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.igegr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png events Archives - IGE GR https://www.igegr.org/tag/events/ 32 32 Democracy in Black: A Black History Month Discussion with IGE https://www.igegr.org/2016/02/19/democracy-in-black-discussion/ Sat, 20 Feb 2016 02:12:14 +0000 http://www.igegr.org/?p=141 Black families lost home equity, retirement accounts and years of accumulated wealth in the recession of 2008 amounting to triple the losses of white families. The effect on the next generation is already devastating. Yet political developments make the situation either invisible or misunderstood to most Americans in an election year. How did we get here, […]

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]]> From Grand Rapids to a Guatemalan SaqJa Village https://www.igegr.org/2016/02/16/from-grand-rapids-to-a-guatemalan-saqja-village/ Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:45:55 +0000 http://www.igegr.org/?p=133 From Grand Rapids to a Guatemalan SaqJa Village A report on building friendship and partnership Thursday, March 17, 2016 6 – 8pm @ Institute for Global Education (IGE) 1118 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids Our reflection will focus on the progress in rebuilding the Mayan, Quiche village of SaqJa, destroyed in the ’80s by the U.S. […]

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