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Please explore the Talks below by event date. For a comprehensive showcase of all TLC Events please visit the MVCC TLC YouTube Channel. Enjoy!
Talks Given – November 6, 2019, featuring:
- Kipp Cozad – Deconstructing Home: The Journey to Yemen that Challenged a Hometown Identity
- Randy O’Connor – Reflections on Fire: The Symbolic, Sacred & Destructive
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Talks Given – November 7, 2018, featuring:
- Amanda Sidorowicz – My Struggle to Feel Normal: How an Invisible Illness Forced Me to Take Charge of My Health
- Sumeet Singh – To Sikh Understanding: My Faith as a Sikh
- Rose Deneen – My Culinary Journey: From a Truffle to a Teacher
Talks given – November 1, 2017, featuring:
- Erika Deiters – GraFEETi, Growth, and Grief: Impact of an
AuthorFriend - Shanya Gray – Living Life on the Hyphen: Exploring My Identity and Belonging Amidst Being a Bi-Racial, Caribbean-American Woman
- Jodi Marneris – The Newspaper Headline Read, “This Was a House.” Keyword, “Was”
Talks given – November 3, 2016, featuring:
- Panshula Ganeshan – Skateboarding, Hip Hop, and Hatha Yoga: How I Became a Hindu
- Matt Grotto – My Career Development Without a Plan: How a Passion Became a Profession
- DeWitt Scott – Ball is Life: How I Used Basketball and Did Not Allow It to Use Me
Talks given – November 4, 2015, featuring:
- Michelle Furlow – Being the Police: Service, Integrity, Honor, and Community
- Laurie Hottinger – Design Matters: Mindful Connections Can Lead to Joy
- Kendall Bruton – My Journey Across the Rubicon: How Serving Others During Times of Crisis Helped Me Find My Purpose
- Craig Rosen – Ghosts and the Holocaust and the Suitcase of Documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKj9VGSz-XE?list=PLMAgRtnioSjbKd5Yug3f60XSJ4wWzE1lO&w=853&h=480
Talks given – November 5, 2014, featuring:
- Delwyn Jones – Am I Paranoid?
- Maryan Jatczak – Terribly Toxic to Terrifically Tranquil
- Nina Shoman-Dajani – Not Quite White: U.S. Census Race Classification and Arab-Americans
- Jeffrey Christ – Plato’s Cave and Moraine’s Core Values
- Tommy Hensel – “To Thine Own Self Be True”: Stories from a Life of Perpetual Wanderlust
- Jermaine Ford – More Room to the Pie…Living Life Beyond Slices
Talks given – November 6, 2013, featuring:
- Jason King – Beavers, Bogs, and Badlands: The Site and Situation of the Moraine Valley Area
- Souzan Naser – Preservation: Reclaiming and Maintaining My Identity as an Arab-American Woman
- Jerimi Walker – Four Stories of Data: The Hidden Power of Numbers
Talks given – February 20, 2013, featuring:
- John Neff – Preserving My Memory in a Digital Drop Box
- Charmaine Sevier – From History to Mystory: My Journey to the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
- Maura Vizza – Finding My Voice in a Quiet World
- Scott Murdoch – Longevity: the Ageless Quest
- Beverly McLaughlin – Giving Life New Hope: Life Beyond Tragic Times
Talks given – November 7, 2012, featuring:
- Sam Chen – There and Back Again: My Journey from Teacher to Nursing Student and Back
- Sandra Beauchamp – Naming My Ghosts and Taming My Myths: A Narrative of Adoption, Discovery, and Reunion
- Glenn Carpenter – Behind and Through the Lens: My Life as a College Photographer
- Dawn Wrobel – A Hedgehog Guide to the Universe: Finding a Sense of Place within MY Personal Geography
- Tamarra Coleman-Hill – Why Integration Still Matters: Forced Bussing and Its Impact on My Life
- Stephenie Presseller – Walking the Walk: My Enduring Sustainability Journey
Talks given – November 7, 2012, featuring:
- Dr. Thomas Dow – The Heart of My Writing: Younger Sons, Bastards, and Devils
- Lawanda Burrell – Perseverance and Hope: The Words of My Life
- Larry Langellier – Why Joni Can’t (Won’t) Do Math or Science-And What You Can Do About It
- Martha Mazeika – Communicating by Cutting Up Fabric and Sewing It Back Together
- Dr. Troy Swanson – What Bigfoot Can Teach Us About Belief