CLASA events
FALL 2016
Fall 2016 events: Jim Wallis at Gesu Sept. 11�See the talk online at: https://udmercy0.sharepoint.com/portals/hub/_layouts/15/PointPublishing.aspx?app=video&p=p&chid=f7cfc179-3355-4f35-a2c0-eb9269dd55bd&vid=03627858-c556-4b38-a534-423a725569e9
On Oct. 5, 2016, Keith Gunter of Alliance to Halt Fermi-3 introduced David Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union for Concerned Scientists.
Lochbaum discussed in detail the chequered history of safety in the nuclear industry in general and the Fermi plants in particular.
Additional speakers were Paul Gunther, Director of Reactor Oversight at Beyond Nuclear, and Ethyl River, Campaign Coordinator of the Alliance to Halt Fermi-3.
There was a lively question and answer session
…including comments by Dr. Prasad Venugopal, Physics Prof. at Detroit Mercy.�See online at: https://udmercy0.sharepoint.com/portals/hub/_layouts/15/PointPublishing.aspx?app=video&p=p&chid=f7cfc179-3355-4f35-a2c0-eb9269dd55bd&vid=c022134d-8b89-4267-85e0-b783dba520ea
. On Friday Oct 7. 2016 at 10 am, in Lansing-Reilly Parlor, Fr. Joe Mulligan spoke about the recent passing of Fernando Cardenal, SJ in Nicaragua, and how Fr. Cardenal's life fits in with liberation theology and the current situation in Nicaragua.
On Oct. 21, 2016, Dr. Julie Pycior of Manhattan College spoke about her new book, Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans; and at her second talk, she spoke about her interests in Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day.
Dr. Julie Pycior (2nd left) with Fr. Jerry Cavanaugh, SJ (L) and Gail Presbey (2nd rt) and Fr. Si Hendry, SJ (R).
See the talk on her book at:
See the Merton and Day talk at:
Nov. 1, 2016�"The Reconstruction of the Social Fabric: The Tale of Two Cities: Tancitaro Michoacan and Detroit Michigan."
On Nov. 1 CLASA co-sponsored this Catholic Studies event that brought up two Jesuits from Mexico, Fr. Jorge Atilano, S.J., and Fr. Gabriel Mendoza, S.J., directors of the Miguel Pro Human Rights Office in Mexico City, and they shared their work for justice, with Tom Florek S.J. translating and sharing his own perspectives on their project.
Frs. Jorge, Gabriel and Tom
Kim Redigan and Mary Ellen Gondeck, RSM�on Detroit’s Water Crisis
Murilo Seabra spent a year living in the Amazon with indigenous people and rubber tappers. With his interest in philosophy beyond the boundaries of academia, he shared informal reflections about the valuable philosophical insights he received during that time.
Dec. 6, 2016: Speaker Murilo Seabra with his wife, Dr. Laura Tolton and their son Tommy.�
Seabra did his undergraduate and Master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. He is now a PhD candidate at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.