Middlebury College Activities Board MCAB-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ACTIVITIES BOARD

MCAB Syria Symposium! Workshop: “Activism and Social Media”, Alaa Basatneh

Since 2011, Syria has devolved into one of the greatest humanitarian crises in human memory. What began as a non-violent movement for democracy has collapsed into a debacle of death and despair, inhumanity and ideology. Despite outcries around the globe, international policy remains paralyzed. Russian and regional rivals’ interests have been allowed to reduce the Syrian conflict from a revolution of the people into a chess-board for predatory policy and power.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104

MCAB Syria Symposium! "The Refugee Crisis: Making Your Campus Make a Difference" with Diya Abdo & Maya Alkateb

Since 2011, Syria has devolved into one of the greatest humanitarian crises in human memory. What began as a non-violent movement for democracy has collapsed into a debacle of death and despair, inhumanity and ideology. Despite outcries around the globe, international policy remains paralyzed. Russian and regional rivals’ interests have been allowed to reduce the Syrian conflict from a revolution of the people into a chess-board for predatory policy and power.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

MCAB Syria Symposium! “Syria, Climate Change And The Future of Migration” with Zena Agha & Alex Clark

Since 2011, Syria has devolved into one of the greatest humanitarian crises in human memory. What began as a non-violent movement for democracy has collapsed into a debacle of death and despair, inhumanity and ideology. Despite outcries around the globe, international policy remains paralyzed. Russian and regional rivals’ interests have been allowed to reduce the Syrian conflict from a revolution of the people into a chess-board for predatory policy and power.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

MCAB Syria Symposium! “Misconceptions About the Syrian War” with Loubna Mrie

Since 2011, Syria has devolved into one of the greatest humanitarian crises in human memory. What began as a non-violent movement for democracy has collapsed into a debacle of death and despair, inhumanity and ideology. Despite outcries around the globe, international policy remains paralyzed. Russian and regional rivals’ interests have been allowed to reduce the Syrian conflict from a revolution of the people into a chess-board for predatory policy and power.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219

MCAB Syria Symposium! Speakers Loubna Mrie & Zena Agha

Loubna Mrie, Syrian activist who participated in the initial stages of the Syrian Revolution. She later became a photojournalist with Reuters based in Aleppo, where she covered the ongoing conflict in the Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama governorates. She is currently based in New York City where she is completing an MA at NYU. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New Republic, among other publications. Zena Agha is a Palestinian-Iraqi writer, poet, public speaker and activist from London.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

MCAB Syria Symposium! Making a Difference: Effective Responses to the Refugee Crisis" Maya Alkateb & Diya Abdo

Maya Alkateb, co-founder and leader of the United World Colleges (UWC) scholarship program and former director of admissions in UWC U.S. She is currently part of the leadership team in Jusoor, an NGO run by Syrian expatriates supporting the country’s development through programs in education, career development and global community engagement. Diya Abdo, founder of the “Every Campus a Refuge” project, which calls for higher education institutions across the U.S.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Noah Kahan Performance

Come out and enjoy some unreal live music performed by Noah Kahan, a young artist from Strafford, Vermont. If you want to make your head spin (in a good way), go listen to Noah’s first song, Young Blood, on Spotify, iTunes, or Soundcloud. Traveling across the country to work in New York, LA, and Nashville, Noah has been crafting some dreamy tracks for the past two years and is opening for Milky Chance on their spring tour. Noah sings some swaggy covers that anyone will vibe with and writes his own songs — and they are straight fire. Noah is also a huge homie, so come hang regardless.

Palmer House (PALANA) Basement

Mystery Lights + GayGB

Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to now include Alex Amini on bass, and Zach Butler on drums.The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery.

The Mill Basement (98 South Main)