GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE Spring Common Read Event
WHERE AM I WEARING? by Kelsey Timmerman
February 27, 2013l 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
GHC Cartersville Campus, Student Center – Room 102A
*Hear Kelsey Timmerman’s talk (video from Oct. Rome visit) to students about his travels to meet the people who made his clothes.
*Speak with the Cartersville Bartow County Chamber about business in Bartow County and about the effects of shopping locally.
*Learn about Fair Trade USA.
*Discuss whether we should care who makes our clothes/shoes and under what conditions they work.
*Join in conversation about whether we have a responsibility or not as to where and from whom we purchase.
*Compete for a “Fair Trade” prize from Jumping Goat Coffee!
SPECIAL GUESTS:
>Dr. Renva Watterson, GHC President
>Mr. Joe Frank Harris, Jr., Bartow County/Cartersville Chamber of Commerce President
>Dr. Alan Nichols, Professor of Philosophy
>Dr. Dudley Salley, Professor of Economics
>Mr. Jamison Palmer, GHC Political Science Major
***DOOR PRIZES!