By Val Senires
Times Staff
March 13, 2010
The Community Arts and Lectures Program at San Jose City College has invited three guest speakers this spring.
American film writer Karen Dean will do readings from her work and will hold a Q&A session for the audience. Dean is a Panamanian-American screenwriter who is to complete a script based on the lives of a female African-American band. This band was captured by the Nazis, while on a tour in Europe during World War II.
“This event really sounds interesting,” said Brian Jarque, an SJCC film student. “I want to ask what it is like to work in the film industry.”
Author, Marty Kendall will come to talk about her book, “Alive in the Killing Fields.” While teaching world literature at SJCC, Kendall a former instructor, met Nawuth Keat, a war-torn Cambodian. His tragic yet uplifting story inspired her to write the book. The story also gives insight into the country.
“An awful lot of people right here in California know very little about Cambodia, in spite of the fact that we have a high percentage of Cambodian immigrants here,” said Merylee Shelton, an SJCC communications professor.
David Lopez, president of the National Hispanic University in San Jose will be another speaker. Lopez is the most influential Latino educators in Silicon Valley, according to the university's Web site. He is also a member of the NHU debate team, which has some members who will join Lopez in this event.
From these events, there is one goal that Shelton is aiming to achieve.
“I want students to get exposure to information that maybe they don’t already have,” Shelton said. “To give them new perspectives, and they can have new role models.”
Times Staff
March 13, 2010
The Community Arts and Lectures Program at San Jose City College has invited three guest speakers this spring.
American film writer Karen Dean will do readings from her work and will hold a Q&A session for the audience. Dean is a Panamanian-American screenwriter who is to complete a script based on the lives of a female African-American band. This band was captured by the Nazis, while on a tour in Europe during World War II.
“This event really sounds interesting,” said Brian Jarque, an SJCC film student. “I want to ask what it is like to work in the film industry.”
Author, Marty Kendall will come to talk about her book, “Alive in the Killing Fields.” While teaching world literature at SJCC, Kendall a former instructor, met Nawuth Keat, a war-torn Cambodian. His tragic yet uplifting story inspired her to write the book. The story also gives insight into the country.
“An awful lot of people right here in California know very little about Cambodia, in spite of the fact that we have a high percentage of Cambodian immigrants here,” said Merylee Shelton, an SJCC communications professor.
David Lopez, president of the National Hispanic University in San Jose will be another speaker. Lopez is the most influential Latino educators in Silicon Valley, according to the university's Web site. He is also a member of the NHU debate team, which has some members who will join Lopez in this event.
From these events, there is one goal that Shelton is aiming to achieve.
“I want students to get exposure to information that maybe they don’t already have,” Shelton said. “To give them new perspectives, and they can have new role models.”
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