2/7/07
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Table of Contents
On Campus
Accepting articles 3-10 pages in length for the Spring 2007 issue of Global Developments
Roundtable: "Is International Development a Moral Imperative?"
Georgetown University Journal of the Environment call for submissions
Off Campus
China's Expanding role in Africa: Implications for the U.S.
MONUC's Future in the DRC
Round table Discussion on human trafficking in Thailand
Twenty Years Under Blue Skies: A Milestone in Mongolian-American Relations
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Work?
Realizing the goal of Universal Primary Education Summit
Kiswahili classes for beginners
Work with 4th-6th grade youth at Centro Nia Community
The 3rd Annual Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Movie Contest
Bringing the World Home: Stopping Human Trafficking summit
Fair trade gifts for V-Day
Development in the News
"Liberating Liberia's War Generation"
_____________________________________________________
ON CAMPUS
The World Progress Institute (WPI), a Youth Venture-sponsored student-run think tank promoting student innovation in the field of International Development, is now accepting articles 3-10 pages in length for its Spring 2007 issue of Global Developments - a student journal of International Development to be published in late March 2007.
All undergraduate students are encouraged to submit essays on related subjects. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2007. More information is available in the attached flyer and at: http://www14.georgetown.edu/explore/organizations/wpi/?Action=ViewAnnouncement&ID=20968.
In addition, WPI and other related student organizations will be hosting several student discussions on development issues throughout the semester, beginning with a round-table talk on the topic, "Is International Development a Moral Imperative?"
on Thursday, February 8th at 7:30pm in ICC 231.
We look forward to this new and exciting opportunity for students to share their ideas on what is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important issues of our time.
Georgetown University Journal of the Environment (GUJoE) is a student-run publication that serves as an outlet for student work on the environment. We have extended our call for submissions until the end of this week (Friday, February 9). Send in any research papers, essays, short stories or photos you have from last semester that relate to the environment (even just a little!). Its a fairly painless process: attach your item(s) to an email and send that email (with your name and contact info) to gujoe.editors@gmail.com. Additionally, if you have any interest in working on the GUJoE staff we'd love to have you join us. Since we're a small group, most people get to do a variety of work, ranging from editing to layout and much much more.
OFF CAMPUS
Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) presents
China's Expanding role in Africa: Implications for the U.S.
From January 30 to February 10, Chinese President Hu Jintao will embark on an eight-nation tour to Africa, his first official visit overseas in 2007, to "consolidate traditional friendship" between China and Africa. This visit, following on the momentous third China-Africa Summit in November 2006, will include a stop in Sudan, where the Chinese president is expected to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, holding out promise for new movement toward more effective international intervention and internal dialogue among warring factions in Darfur. The Hu visit will also spark new concerns about China's expansive engagement in China and its implications for U.S. interests and U.S.-China relations.
To examine these critical developments, this CSIS event will feature the release of a new report assessing China's evolving approach to Africa, detailing the emerging challenges China faces in its newfound strategic partnership with African countries, and presenting concise policy options for U.S.-China-Africa relations. This report draws from a CSIS-led senior level delegation to China on U.S.-China-African relations in December 2006, just three weeks after the China-Africa Summit in Beijing. Delegation members will be present at the event and will take active part in the discussions.
Thursday Feb. 8, 12:30-2:30pm (lunch provided)
CSIS 1800 K St. NW, Washington DC, 20006, B-1 Conference room
RSVP to Savina Rupani at srupani@csis.org or 202-457-8719
GREAT LAKES POLICY FORUM SPECIAL EVENT
MONUC's Future in the DRC
Special Guest: François Grignon, Director of Africa Program, International Crisis Group
Facilitated by: Dr. Howard Wolpe, Director, Africa Program & Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars WWCIS
Thursday, February 8, 2007 from 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Ronald Reagan Building at One Woodrow Wilson Plaza | 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Kindly RSVP by e-mail to
glpf@sfcg.org
The Royal Thai Embassy Cordially invites you to
Round table Discussion on human trafficking in Thailand and the present and future efforts to combat human trafficking
in Thailand, especially in the area of illegal labor
On Thursday February 8, 2007 at 1830 hrs.
at The Royal Thai Embassy 1024 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington D.C.
Please email Miss Anintita Vatcharasiritham, First Secretary
anintitav@thaiembdc.org with "R.S.V.P." in the subject line
Twenty Years Under Blue Skies: A Milestone in Mongolian-American Relations
Presenters: Dr. Alicia Campi, Chinggis Khan Foundation Dave Citron, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Steve Saunders, President, North America-Mongolia Business Council
Odonjil Banzragch, Senior Foreign Service Officer, Mongolia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Alphonse F. La Porta, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia
Thu Feb 8 6:30pm - Thu Feb 8 8:30pm
Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC
Please send RSVP to: awyckoff@friendsofmongolia.org
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Work?
Over the last decade, progressives have embraced the notion that huge, multinational corporations can be pressured into good behavior - that every company can be like Ben and Jerry's. But how successful has that movement been? And is it the best way to tackle important challenges going forward: from worker rights to global climate change? Please join the Center for American Progress and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas for this lively discussion on the record and future of corporate social responsibility.
Featured Panelists:
Aaron Chatterji, assistant professor of management at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, fellow at the Center of American Progress, and co-author of "Corporate Social Irresponsibility," Democracy: A Journal of Ideas , Issue #3
Dan Feldman, partner in the Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") group at the law firm Foley Hoag LLP
Mila Rosenthal, director of Amnesty International USA's Business and Human Rights Program
Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
Friday, February 9, 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Lunch will be served at 12:00 PM
Center for American Progress 1333 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20005, 10th Floor
RSVP for this Event
For more information, please call 202.741.6246
Admission is free.
Student Movement for Real Change, Americans for Informed Democracy, and Global Rights present
Realizing the goal of Universal Primary Education Summit
Students will hear from renowned experts and then express their own views on how the international community can meet this important challenge. Students will also have an opportunity to exchange ideas with Global Rights' Amplifying Youth Voices (AYV) Fellows, a diverse group of young leaders from some of the most marginalized ethnic communities around the world. The AYV program seeks to mobilize young leaders from minority groups to take action to improve educational opportunities in their communities.
Date: February 10 and 11, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day (Breakfast and Lunch provided)
Location: Kenney Auditorium, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW , Washington, D.C., 20036
Click here for more information.
The African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation presents
Kiswahili classes for beginners
Registration Date: 2/12/07 10am-6pm
Session A: Tuesdays 7:00pm - 8:30pm Beginning February 20th -March 27th 2007
Session B: Wednesdays 7:00pm - 8:30pm Beginning February 21st-March 28th 2007
Session C: Thursdays 7:00pm- 8:30pm Beginning February 22nd-March 29th 2007
Session D: Saturdays TBA Beginning February 24th -March 31st 2007
Private Lessons available upon request.
African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation , 1525 Newton St, NW., Washington, DC 20010
Please contact airfevents@airfound.org to Register due to limited space
For more information, call 202-234-2473, 301-646-5949 or visit www.airfound.org
Are you interested in international issues? Like kids? Want to get off campus?
UNICEF is looking for Georgetown students to work with 4th-6th grade youth at Centro Nia community on Tuesdays and Thurdays from 4:00-5:30pm with 45 minutes of transportation each way. We will be doing activities related to culture and childrens' issues around the world-including art, dance, food, and games. Tutors should be available to come on the majority of the dates listed below on the day they sign up for. Please contact jms277 or sst9 for more information.
Tues. 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/20, 3/27, 4/17, 4/24
Thurs. 2/15, 3/1, 3/22, 4/12
Citizens for Global Solutions presents
The 3rd Annual Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Movie Contest
A contest for students, budding artists, young graphic designers, and human rights activists who are interested in creating the best, most unique flash movie along the theme of "Think Globally, Act Locally". The top contenders will be published on our website! The Contest Theme: Many of the global issues that exist today could be greatly affected by thinking of ourselves as global citizens. In doing so, it becomes apparent that small actions taken at the local level have a great impact on global problems. By acting as global citizens and thinking globally, while acting locally, we can take steps toward finding global solutions.
Deadline: April 1, 2007
Prizes: 1st Place: $2000 2nd Place: $1000 3rd Place:
$500 4th & 5th Place: Free 1-year membership
For more details, please visit us at www.globalsolutions.org/flash.html
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID)
Bringing the World Home: Stopping Human Trafficking summit
The summit will feature skill-building workshops, including strategies for talking global issues, techniques for organizing town hall meetings on global issues, methods for dealing with "reverse culture shock" after living abroad, and postgraduate opportunities in international affairs. The summit will also include panel discussions with top policymakers, journalists, and scholars.
The London summit costs 50 pounds and includes four meals, tourist activities in London and AID's signature organizer's toolkit. Thanks to the generous support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Institute, and Ford Foundation, full and half scholarships are available to the summit for select students.
April 27-29, 2007, at Syracuse University's Centre in downtown London.
Now accepting applications!
WWW.AIDEMOCRACY.ORG/LONDON07.CFM
Fair trade gifts for V-Day
Are you trying to think of an original and socially conscious gift for them? How about a llama, donated in their name to a family in Ecuador? Or a fair trade gift like soapstone heart boxes from Kenya? Stand out from the crowd and give your loved one a gift that will truly make a difference.
The OneWorld Gift Guide helps you find fair trade jewelry, crafts, and other items as well as find causes that you can help your loved one support.
http://us.oneworld.net/section/us/giftguide
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWS
"Liberating Liberia's War Generation"
By Sarah Crowe
MONROVIA, Liberia, 5 February 2007
"As a conference on children in armed conflict, co-sponsored by UNICEF and the French Government, gets under way in Paris, UNICEF's Sarah Crowe reports on the status of former child combatants in Liberia." ...more
Table of Contents
On Campus
Accepting articles 3-10 pages in length for the Spring 2007 issue of Global Developments
Roundtable: "Is International Development a Moral Imperative?"
Georgetown University Journal of the Environment call for submissions
Off Campus
China's Expanding role in Africa: Implications for the U.S.
MONUC's Future in the DRC
Round table Discussion on human trafficking in Thailand
Twenty Years Under Blue Skies: A Milestone in Mongolian-American Relations
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Work?
Realizing the goal of Universal Primary Education Summit
Kiswahili classes for beginners
Work with 4th-6th grade youth at Centro Nia Community
The 3rd Annual Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Movie Contest
Bringing the World Home: Stopping Human Trafficking summit
Fair trade gifts for V-Day
Development in the News
"Liberating Liberia's War Generation"
_____________________________________________________
ON CAMPUS
The World Progress Institute (WPI), a Youth Venture-sponsored student-run think tank promoting student innovation in the field of International Development, is now accepting articles 3-10 pages in length for its Spring 2007 issue of Global Developments - a student journal of International Development to be published in late March 2007.
All undergraduate students are encouraged to submit essays on related subjects. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2007. More information is available in the attached flyer and at: http://www14.georgetown.edu/explore/organizations/wpi/?Action=ViewAnnouncement&ID=20968.
In addition, WPI and other related student organizations will be hosting several student discussions on development issues throughout the semester, beginning with a round-table talk on the topic, "Is International Development a Moral Imperative?"
on Thursday, February 8th at 7:30pm in ICC 231.
We look forward to this new and exciting opportunity for students to share their ideas on what is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important issues of our time.
Georgetown University Journal of the Environment (GUJoE) is a student-run publication that serves as an outlet for student work on the environment. We have extended our call for submissions until the end of this week (Friday, February 9). Send in any research papers, essays, short stories or photos you have from last semester that relate to the environment (even just a little!). Its a fairly painless process: attach your item(s) to an email and send that email (with your name and contact info) to gujoe.editors@gmail.com. Additionally, if you have any interest in working on the GUJoE staff we'd love to have you join us. Since we're a small group, most people get to do a variety of work, ranging from editing to layout and much much more.
OFF CAMPUS
Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) presents
China's Expanding role in Africa: Implications for the U.S.
From January 30 to February 10, Chinese President Hu Jintao will embark on an eight-nation tour to Africa, his first official visit overseas in 2007, to "consolidate traditional friendship" between China and Africa. This visit, following on the momentous third China-Africa Summit in November 2006, will include a stop in Sudan, where the Chinese president is expected to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, holding out promise for new movement toward more effective international intervention and internal dialogue among warring factions in Darfur. The Hu visit will also spark new concerns about China's expansive engagement in China and its implications for U.S. interests and U.S.-China relations.
To examine these critical developments, this CSIS event will feature the release of a new report assessing China's evolving approach to Africa, detailing the emerging challenges China faces in its newfound strategic partnership with African countries, and presenting concise policy options for U.S.-China-Africa relations. This report draws from a CSIS-led senior level delegation to China on U.S.-China-African relations in December 2006, just three weeks after the China-Africa Summit in Beijing. Delegation members will be present at the event and will take active part in the discussions.
Thursday Feb. 8, 12:30-2:30pm (lunch provided)
CSIS 1800 K St. NW, Washington DC, 20006, B-1 Conference room
RSVP to Savina Rupani at srupani@csis.org or 202-457-8719
GREAT LAKES POLICY FORUM SPECIAL EVENT
MONUC's Future in the DRC
Special Guest: François Grignon, Director of Africa Program, International Crisis Group
Facilitated by: Dr. Howard Wolpe, Director, Africa Program & Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars WWCIS
Thursday, February 8, 2007 from 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Ronald Reagan Building at One Woodrow Wilson Plaza | 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Kindly RSVP by e-mail to
glpf@sfcg.org
The Royal Thai Embassy Cordially invites you to
Round table Discussion on human trafficking in Thailand and the present and future efforts to combat human trafficking
in Thailand, especially in the area of illegal labor
On Thursday February 8, 2007 at 1830 hrs.
at The Royal Thai Embassy 1024 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington D.C.
Please email Miss Anintita Vatcharasiritham, First Secretary
anintitav@thaiembdc.org with "R.S.V.P." in the subject line
Twenty Years Under Blue Skies: A Milestone in Mongolian-American Relations
Presenters: Dr. Alicia Campi, Chinggis Khan Foundation Dave Citron, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Steve Saunders, President, North America-Mongolia Business Council
Odonjil Banzragch, Senior Foreign Service Officer, Mongolia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Alphonse F. La Porta, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia
Thu Feb 8 6:30pm - Thu Feb 8 8:30pm
Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC
Please send RSVP to: awyckoff@friendsofmongolia.org
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Work?
Over the last decade, progressives have embraced the notion that huge, multinational corporations can be pressured into good behavior - that every company can be like Ben and Jerry's. But how successful has that movement been? And is it the best way to tackle important challenges going forward: from worker rights to global climate change? Please join the Center for American Progress and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas for this lively discussion on the record and future of corporate social responsibility.
Featured Panelists:
Aaron Chatterji, assistant professor of management at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, fellow at the Center of American Progress, and co-author of "Corporate Social Irresponsibility," Democracy: A Journal of Ideas , Issue #3
Dan Feldman, partner in the Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") group at the law firm Foley Hoag LLP
Mila Rosenthal, director of Amnesty International USA's Business and Human Rights Program
Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
Friday, February 9, 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Lunch will be served at 12:00 PM
Center for American Progress 1333 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20005, 10th Floor
RSVP for this Event
For more information, please call 202.741.6246
Admission is free.
Student Movement for Real Change, Americans for Informed Democracy, and Global Rights present
Realizing the goal of Universal Primary Education Summit
Students will hear from renowned experts and then express their own views on how the international community can meet this important challenge. Students will also have an opportunity to exchange ideas with Global Rights' Amplifying Youth Voices (AYV) Fellows, a diverse group of young leaders from some of the most marginalized ethnic communities around the world. The AYV program seeks to mobilize young leaders from minority groups to take action to improve educational opportunities in their communities.
Date: February 10 and 11, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day (Breakfast and Lunch provided)
Location: Kenney Auditorium, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW , Washington, D.C., 20036
Click here for more information.
The African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation presents
Kiswahili classes for beginners
Registration Date: 2/12/07 10am-6pm
Session A: Tuesdays 7:00pm - 8:30pm Beginning February 20th -March 27th 2007
Session B: Wednesdays 7:00pm - 8:30pm Beginning February 21st-March 28th 2007
Session C: Thursdays 7:00pm- 8:30pm Beginning February 22nd-March 29th 2007
Session D: Saturdays TBA Beginning February 24th -March 31st 2007
Private Lessons available upon request.
African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation , 1525 Newton St, NW., Washington, DC 20010
Please contact airfevents@airfound.org to Register due to limited space
For more information, call 202-234-2473, 301-646-5949 or visit www.airfound.org
Are you interested in international issues? Like kids? Want to get off campus?
UNICEF is looking for Georgetown students to work with 4th-6th grade youth at Centro Nia community on Tuesdays and Thurdays from 4:00-5:30pm with 45 minutes of transportation each way. We will be doing activities related to culture and childrens' issues around the world-including art, dance, food, and games. Tutors should be available to come on the majority of the dates listed below on the day they sign up for. Please contact jms277 or sst9 for more information.
Tues. 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/20, 3/27, 4/17, 4/24
Thurs. 2/15, 3/1, 3/22, 4/12
Citizens for Global Solutions presents
The 3rd Annual Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Movie Contest
A contest for students, budding artists, young graphic designers, and human rights activists who are interested in creating the best, most unique flash movie along the theme of "Think Globally, Act Locally". The top contenders will be published on our website! The Contest Theme: Many of the global issues that exist today could be greatly affected by thinking of ourselves as global citizens. In doing so, it becomes apparent that small actions taken at the local level have a great impact on global problems. By acting as global citizens and thinking globally, while acting locally, we can take steps toward finding global solutions.
Deadline: April 1, 2007
Prizes: 1st Place: $2000 2nd Place: $1000 3rd Place:
$500 4th & 5th Place: Free 1-year membership
For more details, please visit us at www.globalsolutions.org/flash.html
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID)
Bringing the World Home: Stopping Human Trafficking summit
The summit will feature skill-building workshops, including strategies for talking global issues, techniques for organizing town hall meetings on global issues, methods for dealing with "reverse culture shock" after living abroad, and postgraduate opportunities in international affairs. The summit will also include panel discussions with top policymakers, journalists, and scholars.
The London summit costs 50 pounds and includes four meals, tourist activities in London and AID's signature organizer's toolkit. Thanks to the generous support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Institute, and Ford Foundation, full and half scholarships are available to the summit for select students.
April 27-29, 2007, at Syracuse University's Centre in downtown London.
Now accepting applications!
WWW.AIDEMOCRACY.ORG/LONDON07.CFM
Fair trade gifts for V-Day
Are you trying to think of an original and socially conscious gift for them? How about a llama, donated in their name to a family in Ecuador? Or a fair trade gift like soapstone heart boxes from Kenya? Stand out from the crowd and give your loved one a gift that will truly make a difference.
The OneWorld Gift Guide helps you find fair trade jewelry, crafts, and other items as well as find causes that you can help your loved one support.
http://us.oneworld.net/section/us/giftguide
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWS
"Liberating Liberia's War Generation"
By Sarah Crowe
MONROVIA, Liberia, 5 February 2007
"As a conference on children in armed conflict, co-sponsored by UNICEF and the French Government, gets under way in Paris, UNICEF's Sarah Crowe reports on the status of former child combatants in Liberia." ...more