{"id":3462,"date":"2015-02-24T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2015-02-24T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:43:12","slug":"dursun-ozkanca-leads-ware-book-club-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2015\/02\/24\/dursun-ozkanca-leads-ware-book-club-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dursun-Ozkanca Leads Ware Book Club Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/5509863903_355872617f_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3463 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/5509863903_355872617f_n.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca poses in front of her office's bookshelf\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/5509863903_355872617f_n.jpg 320w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/5509863903_355872617f_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>The 2015 Ware Lecture on Peacemaking will be presented by Nicholas Kristof, a <em>New York Times<\/em> columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.<\/p>\n<p>As in past years, Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science and director of the international studies minor, will lead a Ware lecture-related student book club discussion. This year, the book is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/apathappears.org\/book\/\">A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity<\/a>, <\/em>which Kristof penned with his wife, and fellow Pulitzer winner, Sheryl WuDunn.<\/p>\n<p>Dursun-Ozkanca wanted the book to be recent and appeal to students\u2019 interests. <em>A Path Appears<\/em> is Kristof and WuDunn\u2019s most recent work,\u00a0 published in September of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The book combines existing scholarly research and on-the-ground reporting that discovered several highly successful organizations, which function either on a local or global scale, that fight inequality. Kristof and WuDunn also identify powerful \u201cgame-changers,\u201d such as early childhood education, that have the potential to affect lasting transformation.<\/p>\n<p>A major theme present in<em> A Path Appears <\/em>is the ability of everyday civilians to craft solutions to the social problems plaguing the world. Dursun-Ozkanca wants the book discussion to \u201cencourage students to think along these lines\u201d and realize that, by taking \u201cbaby steps,\u201d they can create serious change. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to make large donations for change to take place,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The students attending the discussion will\u00a0be given questions to ponder along with their complementary copies of the book. They will meet Monday, March 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 Ware Lecture on Peacemaking will be presented by Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. As in past years, Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science and director of the international studies minor, will lead a Ware lecture-related student book club discussion. 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