U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum will be part of a panel on global population issues March 13 in Minneapolis.
The panel also will include journalist Dennis Dimick from National Geographic magazine and St. Mary’s University professor David Opp.
Moderator will be Fred de Sam Lazaro, director of the UnderTold Stories Project at St. Mary's. He said: "We hope to bring home the relevance to our community – students in particular – of what might seem like a distant issue."
The free event is at the St. Mary’s University Event Center, 2540 Park Ave., Minneapolis, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13.
It's sponsored by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, National Geographic, Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership, St. Mary’s University, PBS "NewsHour," UnderTold Stories and the Minnesota International Center.