TUESDAY, OCT. 14 at 4 P.M.

Conversations On Altruism

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Conversations on Altruism with Dr. Joseph Giovannetti

Please join Maral Attallah and Ronnie Swartz for this year’s public conversation with seasoned academics, researchers, practitioners, and educators who join a new generation of those interested in possibilities for doing good.

Dr. Joseph Giovannetti
Tuesday, October 14 • 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Native American Forum (BSS 162)

Dr. Joseph Giovannetti is a citizen of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation (located in Northwestern California) and he is a seven-term councilman for the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation (2007-present). He earned his Ph.D. from Sierra University. He is an Emeritus Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt (1994-2018) where he also served as Department Chair. He is a recognized expert on the Tolowa genocide. During his time at Humboldt Dr. Giovannetti taught 25 different course titles, including Native American Psychology and Native American Genocide. He has presented at two International Genocide Conferences and is currently a member of both the United States Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) and the National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committees (TAC). Dr. Giovannetti has represented the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Tribal Council as their Delegate to the United Indian Health Services, Inc. (UIHS) Board of Directors, based at the Potawot Health Village in Arcata. UIHS operates 12 health facilities in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties serving 12,600 Native Americans. He is also a member of the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame (NAIAHF) in Green Bay, Wisconsin for his running at Cal Poly Humboldt (1969-72), (800M/4x400MR runner). He received his A.B. in Journalism from Cal Poly Humboldt (‘72) and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Cal Poly Humboldt in 1978. He and his wife, Carla (Cal Poly Humboldt, Social Work, ‘74), have been married 50 years and have two children and 12 grandchildren.

DATES/TIMES

• Tuesday, Oct. 14 : 4-5 p.m.

WHERE

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PRICE

• Free