This program is sponsored by Central Iowa Sierra Club.

Bangladesh: natural hazards and environmental issues

January 16, 7:30 p.m.
Grace United Methodist Church, 3700 Cottage Grove Avenue, Des Moines

Speaker: Jill Watrous

Jill traveled last summer in Bangladesh with other Iowa teachers in the Geographic
Alliance of Iowa, via a Fulbright-Hays grant. Their studies focused on natural hazards
affecting health and communities: cyclones, flooding, mudslides, and water quality
issues related to pollution and arsenic. They also studied related cultural and gender
issues.

Jill has worked in gifted/talented education for fifteen years. Before that, she
worked as a historical photographer, graphic designer, editor, and with the museum
collection at the Des Moines Art Center as well as teaching studio art classes. She
also coordinated a grant project for the Iowa Arts Council and Iowa Department
of Education.

Parking and entrance are on the south side of the church. Enter the parking lot
from 38th Street just south of Cottage Grove Avenue. Contact Jane at 515-223-5047
or [log in to unmask] for more information about the program or directions to the church.
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