FATHERS, FAMILIES & CHILD WELL-BEING ACROSS CULTURES

Presented September 17, 2006 at the South Regional/BCC Library, 7300 Pines Plvd, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024.

"Fathers, Families and Child Well-being Across Cultures," gives the public an opportunity to engage in a cross-cultural dialogue designed to enhance family living among Broward communities by examining the development of fatherhood in other cultures. Speakers are: Dr. Hank Martel, Dean, Academic Affairs, the moderator, Prof. Howard Housen, Behavioral Science, Prof. Steve Godby, History/Political Science, all BCC faculty, and, Mr. Babacar M'Bow, Broward County Library Division of Outreach Services.
Our podcast is provided through Broward Community College and Prof. Robert Buford.
Program sponsored by American Express and First Data/Western Union Foundation through the Broward Public Library Foundation Newcomers/New Americans Program.

The following files are audio files of the different parts of the workshop on Fathers, Families & Child Well-Being across Cultures. To play the audio if you have an audio plug-in on your computer such as Quicktime, just click on the file name with your left mouse button. The file will begin to download and should start to play as it downloads from the server. If you do not have a plug-in installed on your computer, you can right/click the file name and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" from the drop down menu. These files are MP3 files, and you will need a player such as Microsoft Media Player or Apple's Quicktime to play the files on your computer. Note: You can download these files to a mobile player such as the Apple Ipod or the IRiver if you desire to play them in a mobile manner.

AUDIO OF WORKSHOP PANEL:
1-Opening Remarks by Marc Nusbaum, Broward County Library
Click HERE to Listen
2-Dr. Hank Martel, Dean of Academic Affairs, South Campus, BCC
Click HERE to Listen
3-Mr. Babacar M'Bow - Outreach Services, Broward County Library
Click HERE to Listen
4-Professor Howard Housen - Behavioral Science, Central Campus, BCC
Click HERE to Listen
5-Professor Steve Godby - History / Political Science, South Campus, BCC
Click HERE to Listen
6-Audience Questions and Closing Remarks
Click HERE to Listen

TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE

Presented May 23, 2006 at the South Regional/BCC Library, 7300 Pines Plvd, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024.

The topics to be discussed are the history of political violence in the Middle East and development of current terrorist organizations; the impact of terrorism in the United States and the Patriot Act; and terrorist trials and their implications.
The panelists for the event are Amed Demirhan, Tim Dixon and Anthony Natale.
Dr. Hank Martel, Broward Community College South Campus Dean, Academic Affairs, is the program moderator.

Amed Demirhan was born in northern Kurdistan, eastern Turkey . In November 1994, Demirhan moved to the United States to study. In the last four years Demirhan has been working as a reference librarian and literacy coordinator in the Broward County Library. Tim Dixon is with the Division of Humanities, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences for Nova Southeastern University. Anthony Natale is a Supervising Assistant Federal Public Defender in Miami and serves as the training coordinator for the Federal Defenders Office.

This is the first Broward County Library program that will be podcast on the internet and will be available to access and download to a file or ipod. The podcast address is http://srbcclibrary.blogspot.com
The podcast is being sponsored and presented by the South Regional/BCC Library and Broward Community College.

AUDIO OF TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE:
1-Opening Remarks by Marc Nusbaum, Broward County Library
Click HERE To Listen
2-Introduction of Speakers by Dr. Hank Martel, BCC Dean Of Academic Affairs
Click HERE To Listen
3-Presentation by Mr. Amed Demirhan, librarian/literacy coordinator /Broward County Library
Click HERE To Listen
4-Presentation by Professor Tim Dixon, Nova Southeastern University
Click HERE To Listen
5-Presentation by Dr. Anthony Natale, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Click HERE To Listen
6-Questions from the Audience
Click HERE To Listen