Spokane Calendar

Today

Tsunami relief volunteer talk – Dawn Hayden, who was among several Spokane area volunteers helping the village of Komari in Sri Lanka, will speak from 3:45-5 p.m., at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center, Room 104, 502 E. Boone. (509) 323-6856.

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Mary Tracey of the House of Charity will discuss the Jesuit Volunteers and AmeriCorps Volunteers programs at the House of Charity, noon, at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

Upcoming

GU Business Forum – Guest speaker Stacey Cowles, publisher of The Spokesman-Review, will speak on “Newspapering in the 21st Century,” 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center Auditorium, 502 E. Boone. The cost of $12.50 includes breakfast at 7 a.m. Call (509) 323-5991 for reservations.

Constitution Day lecture – David Mindich, former CNN assignment editor and professor of journalism at St. Michael’s College, will speak on “Tuning Out and Dropping Out: How Disengagement Challenges our Democracy and Weakens Constitutional Protections,” 7 p.m. Friday at Whitworth College’s Weyerhaeuser Hall, 302 W. Hawthorne Road. Admission is free. (509) 777-3707.

American Association of University Women – The group hosts guest speaker Steve Franks of the city of Spokane Planning Department, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shadle Park Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. Lunch is $10. Call (509) 448-7994 for reservations.