Snyder will give a presentation entitled 鈥淕lobalization: Manufacturing, Sweatshops, Development/Aid Work and Ethical Consumerism鈥� at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event, organized by the 麻豆原创 Global Perspectives Office, is part of the 2011-2012 themes of 鈥淧eople Power, Politics and Global Change鈥� and 鈥淐overing Crises from the Frontlines.鈥� It is free and open to the public.
Snyder is the author of 鈥淔ugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade,鈥� which was featured on public radio鈥檚 鈥淭his American Life鈥� and 鈥淢arketplace.鈥� It also won the 2006 Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club.
Snyder鈥檚 work as a writer and commentator has taken her all over the world. In 1998, Snyder spent two months traveling through Tibet, India and Nepal, where she interviewed the Dalai Lama and charted the progress of one refugee family’s trek from Lhasa to Kathmandu to Dharamsala. Later that same year, Snyder traveled to Honduras to cover relief efforts after Hurricane Mitch.
In 2000, Snyder drove across Cuba watching the island’s social and economic revolution. At the same time, she began spots as an essayist on NPR’s 鈥淎ll Things Considered.鈥� After 9/11, Snyder covered the war in Afghanistan and the future of Afghan women by spending her entire time camped out with the women held at the Kabul Jail for Women. She also covered Aceh, Indonesia in the weeks and months following a devastating tsunami.
In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors and partners include the Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, the Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, the Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, the 麻豆原创 Global Peace and Security Studies Program, the 麻豆原创 Nicholson School of Communication, 麻豆原创 LIFE, the 麻豆原创 Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, the 麻豆原创 Political Science Department, the 麻豆原创 International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation.