September 16, 2014 ALL

2014 Geller Lecture: Empowerment Agriculture from Cleveland to Ireland to Mogadishu

2014 Geller Lecture
Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m.
Dolan Center for Science and Technology, A202-A203
“Empowerment Agriculture from Cleveland to Ireland to Mogadishu”

Featured speaker: Margaret (Maggie) Fitzpatrick ’06
Maggie is manager of the Refugee Empowerment Agricultural Program for Refugee Response in Cleveland. She earned her B.S. in biology at JCU with an environmental studies concentration, and an M.S. in community, agriculture, resource and recreation studies from Michigan State University in 2010. Maggie completed post-graduate internships on farms in Ohio and Vermont. She also worked on a volunteer farm in Ireland through World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF).