MayDay!May 2, 2012All day

"Multicultural Sweden eis the topic of Gustavus Adolphus College's 32nd annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference. Dilsa Demirbag-Sten, Swedish journalist and media contributor on such topics as integration and amnesty, opens the daylong conference at 10:00 a.m. in Christ Chapel. The afternoon schedule features Swedish author and playwright, Jonas Hassen Khermiri, who is visiting Gustavus this year as the Out of Scandinavia, artist-in-residence, and the final round of the MAYDAY! Oratory Contest featuring senior high school speech students.

Conference organizers are also planning other social-action activities. This full-day conference, an annual event designed to educate the campus community and beyond about issues related to peace, human rights, and social justice, is open to the public at no charge.