This year's Global Educational Forum turns spotlight onto Summer Olympics
John Carlos, winner of the bronze medal in the 200-meter run, made headlines when he stood, fist raised in silent protest, to draw attention to human rights and injustices. He joins Brazilian native and sport scholar Jorge Knijnik for the 10th annual Global Educational Forum, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center.
The event, titled “Olympics and Development in Global Context,” will focus on issues surrounding the Olympic games such as human rights, the legacy the games leave behind, the legacy of athletes, and sports nutrition. Along with Carlos and Knijnik, other speakers include UGA faculty from the College of Education and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. The annual forum is sponsored by the College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, with other sponsorships from units across campus.
This year’s speakers and their topics include:
- Carlos, Olympics, My History, and the Social State of America
- Assistant professor Becca Leopkey,_ The Legacy of 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta: A Retrospective Analysis_
- Rose Chepyator-Thomson,_ Kenyan Runners Run for Golden Moments in Olympics: Explanatory Factors-A Macro-Micro Analysis_
- Associate professor Jamie Cooper,_ Nutrition Concerns for the Olympic Athlete_
- Jorge Dorfman Knijnik of the University of Western Sydney, Are Olympics and Education Useful Instruments of Social Change in a Conflicted Society? Examination of 2016 Games in Brazil