"Now that Lifelong Learning
classes are online, people can enjoy our programs from
home," explains Laura Megeath, Coordinator of Lifelong
Learning. "We have classes exploring Italy, the Buckeye
Trail, and ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley."
To register or for more
information, please call (419) 824-3707 or email lifelong@lourdes.edu.
You can Zoom!
Presenter: Laura Megeath
Tuesday, September 1
10:30am-11:30am
Thursday, September 10
2:00pm-3:00pm
Using Zoom is easier than
you think! Join us for either one of these free lessons.
First we will cover all the basics so you are able to make
the most of Lifelong Learning online events. Then you will
learn how to share your own slides and videos. Free, no
registration necessary.
Holy Toledo: Faith Diversity
Speaker: Judy Trautman
Friday, September 11
In 2014, an initiative of
the MultiFaith Council led to Toledo's official designation
as a Compassionate Community as the mayor, city council and
Lucas County commissioners passed resolutions affirming the
Charter for Compassion. Learn more about the MultiFaith
Council and how diverse faith groups found in NW Ohio are
drawn together for fellowship, education, and engaged
community service. The group has built six Habitat for
Humanity houses, encourages faith-based community gardening,
and supports many service organizations in our area. They
also host very active multifaith men's and women's groups,
monthly universal worship services with participants from
8-9 faiths, as well as help Toledo compete in the
international Compassion Games, in which cities compete to
be the most compassionate.
Speaker Judy Trautman
formally founded the MultiFaith Council of NW Ohio in 2003
together with her late husband Woody. Woody's mantra was
"mingle and chat" as a path towards greater understanding
and respect.
Talking about Race
Presenter: Diana DePasquale
Saturday, September 12 &
Saturday, September 19
2:30pm-4:00pm
The murder of George Floyd
this past May catapulted our nation into a long overdue
conversation about race and the legacy of slavery in the
United States. Activists and anti-racist educators urged
white Americans to educate themselves on mass incarceration,
police brutality, the school-to-prison pipeline and the need
for the Black Lives Matter movement. Using Ijeoma Oluo's New
York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race as our
guide, we will center our discussion around these topics,
but examine the ways white people can work towards a more
fair and just world. So You Want to Talk About Race by
Ijeoma Oluo was published by Seal Press in 2019 (ISBN-13:
978-158005882).
Diana DePasquale is an
Assistant Teaching Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women's
Studies at BGSU and as well as a doctoral candidate in
BGSU's American Culture Studies program.
The Story of the Symphony I:
Classical to Romantic
Presenter: Dr. Christopher
Williams
Monday, September 14, 21 and
28
3:30pm-5:00pm
This class traces the
history of the symphony from its beginnings in the mid-18th
century to the "classical style" of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang
Mozart, and Ludwig Beethoven, to the Romantic Generation of
Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Hector Berlioz.
Dr. Christopher Williams
holds a PhD in Music History and Literature from the
University of California at Berkeley, and has taught at the
University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, the
Universität Salzburg, and in the joint program of the
Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve
University. He is considered an expert on the music of Fin-desiècle
Vienna.
Roaring through the
Twenties: American History Experienced through Poetry
Presenter: Shari O'Brien,
Ph.D., J.D.
Tuesday, September 15, 22
and 29
Those who love history or
poetry or both will be dazzled by this timely centennial
celebration of the dramatic 1920's. We will begin by
discovering the Lost Generation left disillusioned by World
War I and end with a discussion of the stock market crash of
1929. In between will find us exploring, among other things,
the Harlem Renaissance, the Jazz Age, and what the French
termed the "annees foiles" (crazy years) of flappers,
bootleggers, the advent of the Golden Age of radio and the
movies, the Scopes' "Monkey Trial" and the lives of ordinary
people who would become the Greatest Generation. Throughout,
we will pair the work of poets like Frost, Sandburg, Edna
St. Vincent Millay and Langston Hughes to events of the era,
breathing life into history and culture.
Dr. O'Brien has doctorates
in English and law; she worked in United States District
Court. Publishing five law review articles as well as
hundreds of essays and poems in national journals, she
taught writing and poetry for twenty-seven years at UT and
continues to practice law and write poetry today.
Visual Tour of Pakistan
Presenter: Dr. Bahu S.
Shaikh
Wednesday, September 16
10:30am-12:00pm
Pakistan was created in 1947
when British India was divided. It now has the sixth largest
population in the world. This tour will take you from some
of the tallest mountains in the world to the Arabian sea,
exploring the green fields of Punjab, and visiting the Indus
valley countryside as well as some of the great cities along
the way. Through slides, pictures, and fond memories, Dr.
Shaikh will present the people of Pakistan and their culture
from the perspective of someone who was born there.
Bahu S. Shaikh, M.D, is a
member of Islamic Center of Greater Toledo and a founding
member of Muslim Christian Dialogue Group based at the First
Presbyterian Church of Maumee Ohio. He has been a speaker at
the Islamic Center as well at the Maumee church.
How Did We Learn What to Eat
Before Systemic Agriculture?
Presenter: Marya Czech
Thursday, September 17
10:00am to 12:00pm
Ancient cave paintings and
plant microfossils detail the history of our ancestors'
relationship with plants. From starchy roots and tubers in
Africa to archeological evidence of flour and baking to the
domestication of Asian rice, our indigenous people give us
insight into ancient nutrition and healing practices.
Indus River and Indus Valley
Civilization
Presenter: Dr. Bahu S.
Shaikh
Wednesday, September 23
10:30am-12:00pm
Moen-jo -Daro is one of the
oldest known civilizations, once thriving along the mighty
Indus river. Dr. Shaikh took part in one of the expeditions
of this river. Around 2500 BCE, Moen-jo Daro flourished at
the same time as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoan Crete,
and Norte Chico in Peru. Abandoned in the 19th century BCE,
the site was rediscovered in the 1920s and declared a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 1980. Learn what the people of Indus
valley were like, their living standards, their culture,
language, farming techniques and trade. As many mysteries
remain, we will speculate about the rise and fall of this
ancient civilization.
Bahu S. Shaikh, M.D, is a
member of Islamic Center of Greater Toledo and a founding
member of Muslim Christian Dialogue Group based at the First
Presbyterian Church of Maumee Ohio. He has been a speaker at
the Islamic Center as well at the Maumee church.
Indigenous People as
Protectors of Global Biodiversity
Presenter: Marya Czech
Thursday, September 24
10:00am to 12:00pm
Native peoples and their
healing traditions have histories that extend into the
distant past. Many groups of indigenous people regard their
elders as living libraries of history, tradition, and plant
wisdom. What have they managed to recover and preserve
despite the continuing inroads of capitalism and Western
civilization?
Instructor Marya Czech is a
retired professor from the Lourdes University Biology
Department and currently works as a regional
environmentalist.
The Buckeye Trail
Presenter: Jan Whitaker
Tuesday, September 29 &
Tuesday, October 6
10:00am to 11:00am
For nearly 1,200 miles, the
Buckeye Trail winds around Ohio, reaching into every corner
of the state. From a beachhead on Lake Erie near Cleveland,
to a hilltop overlooking the Ohio River in Cincinnati, a
hiker can experience a little of all that Ohio has to offer.
A combination of towpaths, wooded trails, and little used
back roads, it passes through many of the most scenic
locations in the state, including the Hocking Hills region
and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It also goes through
many small towns in Ohio, as well as a few major urban
areas. First envisioned in the late 1950's as a trail from
the Ohio River to Lake Erie, the Buckeye Trail evolved into
a large loop, branching both north and east from Cincinnati.
Jan Whitaker will introduce
you to the Buckeye Trail, what it is and where it goes. She
will share her personal experiences while hiking the entire
trail, adventures and misadventures! Learning about the
Buckeye Trail is a wonderful way to learn more about Ohio
and its history, unique populations, industries, nature,
state parks, restaurants, and geology. An inveterate
traveler, willing to go anywhere anytime, Jan is an Ohio
native with a lifelong interest in the history of our state.
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