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Promoting Understanding and Research about Ethics and Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series
In light of Covid-19 restrictions, the Ethics Center will be providing content in a virtual format on:
The Ethics Center Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/EthicsCenterFSU/videos).
This includes interviews, discussion panels, and past presentations.
Upcoming Events
Melodies of Peace in Sikhism:
Guru Nanak's Vision of Universal Love
March 12, 9AM
To Register (free): bit.ly/Sikh-Symposium
Interfaith Scholar Weekend: Bearing Witness from Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line
Fresno's Interfaith Scholar Weekend invites you to join us for interfaith Zoom conversations, when we will consider what it means to “Bear Witness” to Fresno’s history of racism and redlining. All sessions are free!
Registration (free tickets) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interfaith-scholar-weekend-isw-2021-webinar-series-tickets-136715544875
Book Study: “Bearing Witness with James Baldwin”
Contemplative reading of Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (2020). In four weekly Zoom sessions beginning on Monday, February 22nd and ending March 15th, we offer moderated interfaith conversations engaging Professor Glaude’s masterful reading of James Baldwin.
March 22, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm: Closing Roundtable with panelists and scholar/discussants
January 29-30, Concerned Philosophers for Peace (Conference)
Since its inception in 1981, Concerned Philosophers for Peace [CPP] has become the largest, most active organization of professional philosophers in North America involved in the analysis of the causes of war and prospects for peace.
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January 29, 4-5pm (Central): Keynote Address by Barry Gan (St. Bonaventure University), "Peace and Hope in Dark Times"
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January 30, 5:30-6:30 (Central): Presidential Address by Paula Smithka (University of Southern Mississippi), "Reconstruction 2021: Restoring Health, Truth, and Democracy”
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Register in advance for these webinars:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LiYs4r6DRPefJaaHxEytIA
Health Crisis and Human Rights
December 10, 4-5:30pm
Zoom: https://bit.ly/humanrightsdayzoom20
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Dr. Rais Vohra, Interim Fresno Country Public Health Director
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Ivonne Der Torosian, V.P. Community Health and Well-Being, Saint Agnes Medical Center
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Dr. Denise Seabert, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, Fresno State
Cosponsored with the Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley in Commemoration of Human Rights Day
Women's Rights Past, Present, and Future
"In Celebration of the 19th Amendment"
Panel Discussion, November 12, 4-5pm
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Dr. Loretta Kensinger, Women's Studies Professor, Fresno State
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Dezie Woods-Jones, State President/CEO of Black Women Organized for Political Action
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Sheriff Margaret Mims, Fresno County Sheriff
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Alejandra Salazar, Student Stanford University
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Moderated by Lindsay Callahan, President and CEO of United Way Fresno and Madera Counties
Participate on Zoom:
http://bit.ly/CECdialogueszoom20
Livestream on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FresnoEthicsCenter
November 17-19, Web-Dialogue
Interactive dialogue for all members of the community
To Register: bit.ly/CECwebregister20
For more info: http://civicedcenter.org/
Ethical Issues in Conflict Resolution
October 15, 4-5pm
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Dr. Pam Lane-Garon, Professor Emeritus Fresno State
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Dr. Negin Tahvildary, Director of Fresno State's Mediator Mentors program
Click Here for Zoom: bit.ly/TECconflict20
Ethics and Ethnic Studies
October 19, 4-5pm
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Dr. Leece Lee-Oliver, Professor of Women's Studies & Director of American Indian Studies
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Dr. Luis Fernando Macías, Chicano and Latin American Studies
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Professor Thomas Ellis, M.F.A., Program Coordinator, Africana Studies
Click Here for Zoom: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/j/84092392348
Celebration of Ethics:
Ethical Leadership Award and Doumanian Student Ethics Awards
September 12, 7PM, Channel 47
(Collaboration with the Better Business Bureau and Channel 47)
Democracy and Ethics:
A Discussion with Student Leaders
September 15, 4-5pm
With Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga and Hisham Qutob
CLICK HERE: bit.ly/TECdemocracy20
Constitution Day
Elections, Trust, and Democracy
September 17, 2020, 11AM - Noon
• Lisa Bryant, Professor of Political Science, Fresno State
• Brandi L. Orth, Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
• Paul Gronke, Director of the Early Voting Information Center, Reed College
CLICK HERE: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/j/93431046819
Meeting ID: 934 3104 6819
Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science
Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Tree Planting Ceremony, August 6:
Livestream on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FresnoEthicsCenter - TO VIEW Click here: https://www.facebook.com/FresnoEthicsCenter/posts/4075378155868770
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A Fast for Peace, August 6-9
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On Fasting, by Dr. Veena Howard
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In collaboration with the Human Rights Coalition of the Central Valley, The Japanese American Citizens League, and other community partners.
Ethics Lectures made possible by the generous support of the Leon S. Peters Foundation
Past Lecturers: Visiting Scholars
- Chief José Garza, Reedley Police Department
- Lieutenant Marc Ediger, Reedley Police Department
- Jake Harder, West Coast Mennonite Central Committee Director of the Reedley Peace Building Initiative (RPBI)
- Christina Cassinerio-Wilson, Restorative Practitioner Teacher/Coach/Consultant, Fresno Unified
- Judge Erica Grosjean, Federal Magistrate
- Judge Mark Cullers, Fresno County Superior Court
- Judge Mark Snauffer, California Appellate Court
- Michael Smith, Attorney Lozano Smith Law
- Daniel Jamison, Attorney Dowling Aaron Law
- John Minkler, Civic Learning Partnership
- Moira Harada, CART teacher
- Kirk E. Sherriff, U.S. Attorney’s Office
- Rev. Akiko Miyake-Stoner, United Japanese Christian Church
- Richard Rothstein, Journalist and Fellow at Haas Institute
- Selena Farnesi, Deputy District Attorney, Fresno
- H Spees; Director of Strategic Initiatives, City of Fresno
- Joaquin Arambula, Assemblyman for CA 31st District
- Michael Clayton, BBB “Ambassador for Trust"
- Catharyn Baird, CEO and Founder of EthicsGame
- Hal Urban, author of Lessons from the Classroom
- Douglas Allen, Professor of philosophy at the University of Maine
- Mohammad Pournik, U.N. Development Program (retired)
- Jim Boren, Executive Editor and Senior VP, Fresno Bee
- Joe Moore, Director of Program Content, Valley Public Radio
- Reverend James Lawson, Civil Rights Icon
- Melissa Baucus Professor of Entrepreneurship, Texas State University
- Richard Johanson, Chair Emeritus of the Fresno Business Council, founder Johanson Transportation
- Rebecca DeYoung, Philosophy, Calvin College
- Kent Dunnington, Philosophy, Biola University
- Frank Beazley, Saint Agnes Hospital
- Christopher Meyers, Director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at CSU-Bakersfield
- Tony Carr, President of Halloran Philanthropies
- Robin Hoover, Immigration Activist
- Robert Sellers, President of the Parliament of the World’s Religions
- Tony Yamamoto, Former Director of Social Services and Interpreter Services at Valley Children’s Hospital
- Melinda Hall, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stetson University
- Darius Assemi, President Granville Homes
- Larry Powell, Former Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
- Tim Ryan, Associated Students President, Fresno State
- Sabrina D. Ashjian, Deputy District Attorney, Fresno County
- Kevin Assemi, Attorney with Waterford Foundation and Granville Homes
- Edgar Blunt, Career Pillar/IMAGO
- Lori Morton, Fresno County Office of Education
- Ismael Herrera, Fresno State Office of Community and Economic Development
- David Brooks, New York Times and PBS
- Lucius Outlaw, Vanderbilt University
- Andreas Borgeas, Fresno County Supervisor
- Rick Winer, Rabbi Temple Beth Israel, Fresno
- Mark Arax, Journalist
- Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
- Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance
- Robert C. Jones, California State University, Chico
- Juan Arambula, CA Assemblyman
- Esmeralda Z. Soria, Fresno City Council
- Rosendo Peña, Jr., Justice, California Fifth District Court of Appeals
- Lorenzo Rios, Clovis Veteran's Memorial
- John Minkler, Educator
- Lisa Fruchtman, Filmmaker
- Rory Carroll, The Guardian
- Irfan Ali, Interfaith Alliance of Central California,
- Hamid Mavani, Claremont Graduate University.
- George DeMartino, University of Denver
- Eduardo Briceño, CEO of Mindset Works
- Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon and Oxford University
- Abby Ginzburg, Filmmaker
- Sarah Tyson, University of Colorado, Denver
- Simran Kaur, Sikh Coalition
- Angela Davis, UCLA
- Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College
- Randy Archibold, New York Times
- Steve Johnson, Markulla Center for Ethics at Santa Clara University
- Jeffrey P. Fry, Ball State University
- John Tehranian, Southwestern Law School
- Doug Noll, San Joaquin School of Law
- Debra Nankivell, Fresno Business Council
- Gihan Abou Zeid, Egyptian Journalist
- Justin Atkinson, San Joaquin School of Law
- Jessica Smith-Bobadilla,San Joaquin School of Law
- J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Hartwick College
- Alejandro Santana,University of Portland
- Charles Haynes, First Amendment Center
- Marcia Beauchamp, Tony Blair Faith Foundation
- John Minkler, Academy for Civic and Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Debora Brown, Madera County Teacher of the Year
- Lori Grace, Hoover High School
- Will Kymlicka, Queen's University
- Sue Donaldson, Author/playwright
- Trudy Conway, Mount St. Mary's University
- James Sterba, Notre Dame University
- Darren Sherkat, University of Southern Illinois
- Letitia Meynell, Dalhousie University
- Robert Bellah, UC Berkeley
- Diane Moore, Harvard University
- Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University
- Ruben Martinez, Loyola Marymount University
- Jedd Medefind, Christian Alliance for Orphans
- Carlos Sanchez, San Jose State University
- John Zerzan, Anarchist Author/Activist
- Les Kimber , Founding Editor, California Advocate
- Juan Esparza Loera Editor, Vida en el Valle
- Betsy Lumbye , Executive Editor, Fresno Bee
- Faith Sidlow , Channel 24 News, MCJ Facult
- Thomas Knowles, Former Special Agent FBI
- Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, Director of the Islamic Cultural
Center of Fresno - Marvin W. Berkowitz, University of Missouri, St. Louis
- Bruce Grelle, California State University, Chico
- Shelley Wilcox, San Francisco State University
- Lloyd Steffen, Lehigh University
- Rob Caughlan, Environmental Activist
- Betsy Rosenberg, Environmental Journalist
- Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
- Nel Noddings, Stanford University
- Ovadia Ezra, Tel Aviv University
- Jacquelyn Kegley, California State University, Bakersfield
- John Lachs, Vanderbilt University
- Ted Peters, Graduate Theological Union
- David K. Chan, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- Jose-Antonio Orosco, Oregon State University
- Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver
- Edie Jessup, Community Activist
Past Lecturers: Fresno State Scholars
- Marcus Shaw, Department of Criminology, College of Social Sciences
- Tinneke Van Camp, Department of Criminology, College of Social Sciences
- Matthew Jendian, Department or Sociology, College of Social Sciences
- Faith Sidlow, Media, Communications, and Journalism, College of Arts and Humanities
- Ruth Griffin, Dance/Theater, College of Arts and Humanities
- Lisa Bryant, Political Science, College of Social Sciences
- Christopher Sterlin, Department of Management, Craig School of Business
- Jes Therkelsen,Media, Communications, and Journalism, College of Arts and Humanities
- James Rocha, Philosophy, College of Arts and Humanities
- Honora Chapman, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
- Gyanesh Lama, College of Health and Human Services
- Jacques Benninga, Bonner Center for Character Education in the Kremen School of Education
- Kat Biacindo, Kremen School of Education
- Bhupinder Singh, College of Health and Human Services
- Kara Zografos, College of Health and Human Services
- Otto Benavides, Kremen School of Education
- Libbi Miller, Kremen School of Education
- Al Evans, College of Social Sciences
- Matthew Jendian, College of Social Sciences
- Daniel Cady, College of Social Sciences
- Bruce Thornton, College of Arts and Humanities
- Twotrees (Matthew Haar Farris), College of Arts and Humanities
- Lorin Lachs, College of Science and Mathematics
- Yishaiya Abosch, College of Social Sciences
- Michael Becker, College of Social Sciences
- Lori Clune, College of Social Sciences
- Karen Bell, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jacques Benninga, Kremen School of Education
- Vincent Biondo, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jason Bush, College of Science and Mathematics
- Andrew Jones, College of Social Sciences
- Ida Jones, Craig School of Business
- Maddhu Katti, College of Science and Mathematics
- Barbara LaBossiere, College of Arts and Humanities
- Robert Maldonado, College of Arts and Humanities
- Bernadette Muscat, College of Social Sciences
- Leonard Olson, College of Arts and Humanities
- Jim Prince, College of Science and Mathematics
- David Schecter, College of Social Sciences
- Malik Simba, College of Social Sciences
- Peter Vanderwater, College of Science and Mathematic
- Steven Walker, College of Social Sciences
Contact Information
Dr. Andrew Fiala
Ethics Center Director
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