The Meet & Greet and Lecture for October are as follows:

Meet & Greet
Date:  10/11/2019
Time:  10:30 AM
Location:  Lounge of Binkley Memorial Baptist Church

Lecture
Date:  10/11/2019
Time:  11:00 AM
Location:  Lounge of Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
Lecture Title:  Shakespeare in Arabic by Abdul Sattar Jawad
Speaker Bio: Abdul Sattar Jawad, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Duke University, is a writer, translator, and poet. He did his Ph.D. in London’s City University, 1984. Jawad published 15 books on literature and journalism and edited several literary periodicals. He taught at Harvard, Mississippi, NCCU, and North Carolina University. Jawad was Secretary General of the Iraqi Writers Union and edited several newspapers and literary periodicals. He is an expert on the works of Shakespeare: https://sites.duke.edu/abdulsattarjawad/ and T. S. Eliot, see: T.S. Eliot in Baghdad, Edwin Mellen, 2014.

The Meet & Greet and Lecture are open to the public.

​Our tradition of "lunching out" for the month of September shall be on Friday, September 20th,  at 12:00 noon. 
At:  La Hacienda, 1813 DOBBIN Drive on  15 501 between Sage Road and I 40 Highway intersection, near LOWE'S. 

Please RSVP to Jim Neeley Sr. by Wednesday, September 18th. Jim Neeley's email: james.neeley.sr@gmail.com  

As always friends, family, or guests are welcome.

Hope to see you there.

From Peer Learning
Sonia Hanker,  luncheon planner
Mir Ali,    communications 

Meet & Greet
Time:  10:30 AM
Place:  Lounge of Binkley Memorial Baptist Church

Guest Speaker
Time:  11:00 AM - 12 Noon
Place:  Lounge of Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
Speaker:  Lenore Braford, Piedmont Animal Refuge
Lenore Braford is the founder, volunteer interim Executive Director, and volunteer Shelter Manager at the Refuge. Her drive to advocate for populations in need began in middle school when she began working with children with disabilities. That work continues today, but her circle of compassion was widened to include farm animals when she began to question how our society views and treats them during her studies at Oberlin College. Since that time she has been steadily working to advocate for farm animals while educating the general public about the truths behind their treatment and their worth as individuals. Lenore has been vegan since 2007 and enjoys playing music, being outdoors and spending time with her cat Sipsie. 

Before the guest speaker, Sally Binkowski, the President of Peer Learning, will provide a brief overview of the Fall 2019 courses.
​
The Meet & Greet is free and open to the public.  Hope to see you there.