Cochise College announces its new schedule of Brown Bag Tuesdays, a free lunch-hour lecture series that is open to the public. The series kicks off Sept. 16 with a performance by Canto Mestizo, a group of four musicians from Agua Prieta that plays Andean-style music. Their performance will follow the Douglas Campus groundbreaking, which is set for 10:30 a.m. near the Science Building and is also open to the public.

Brown Bag Tuesdays features a different topic and presenter each week. Presentations take place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the Student Union. The series is sponsored by the Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning.

The following sessions are scheduled this semester.

√ September 16 – “Canto Mestizo” - Four musicians from Agua Prieta play Andean-style music.

√  September 23 – “Out of Africa or My Excellent Adventure IV” with Rebecca Orozco. In July, Orozco, a world traveler and director of the Center for Lifelong Learning, visited southern Africa and visited The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

√ September 30 – “The Border: A History” with Mark Adams. The political, historical and economic influence of our border with Mexico has profoundly influenced the region. Adams discusses the factors that have led to the realities of the border today.

√  October 7 – “Traditional Oaxaca Weaving” with Alex Martinez, a Zapotec from Oaxaca, Mexico, and an expert weaver in the ancient traditional style. Come see a demonstration of his craft and listen to him explain the history of Oaxacan weaving.

√ October 14 – ?Exceptional Coffee” with Rob Page. From seed to cup, learn how sourcing exceptional coffee strengthens the supply and demand chain at both ends of the coffee market.

√ October 21 – “The Rosavera Project in Bolivia” with Jonathan Lee-Milk. Learn about a successful health project in rural Bolivia that utilizes and trains townspeople to help chronically ill children in the region.

√ October 28 – “Archaeology of Polynesia: A View from Within” with Jesse Stephen. Over the years, the distant pasts of Polynesia - from the Hawaiian archipelago to the remote outpost of Rapa Nui - have become better understood by scholars and better appreciated by society at large. As archaeological research continues across the Pacific, this talk covers how new light is being shed on central themes - and also revealing significant new details - of how humans reached across one of the globe’s most wild expanses: Oceania.

√ November 4 – “Living in Rural El Salvador: A Peace Corps Experience” with Bonnie Holman, who spent more than two years in El Salvador as a rural health and sanitation volunteer in the Peace Corps. She will share her experiences through photographic images and stories of a warm and enduring people, community and culture.

√  November 18 – “The Star Maidens Circle and the Eight Reflections Around the Wheel” with Roy Mulholland. Part of the Sweet Medicine Teaching of some Native American groups, the topic explains the directions of the Star Maiden Circle and its effect on our lives from both the light and dark side. Also included is the Medicine Wheel of Your Birthplace and how that also affects your life.

√ December 2 – “The Bisbee Deportation” with Wes Patience, a local historian who will discuss the July 1917 Bisbee labor conflict that led to the deportation of more than 1,000 men involved in an economic and political struggle affecting mining operations there. Patience will discuss the factors that led to the action and its aftermath.

For more information, call the Center for Lifelong Learning at (520) 417-4772 or visit the Cochise College website at www.cochise.edu. Participants who need special accommodations should contact the Disability Services Office at (520) 515-5337 or (520) 417-4023.