CISSM FORUM | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS: The PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania" by Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
About the CISSM Forum:
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Janet Fleischman is an independent consultant on women’s global health issues. She is also a senior associate for the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she focuses on women’s global health and U.S. policy. Fleischman has worked as a consultant to many organizations focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS issues, including UNAIDS, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, the Kaiser Family Foundation, UNDP, and CARE. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based international human rights organization, as a researcher on Eastern Europe, a researcher on Africa, and, ultimately, as the organization’s Washington Director for Africa. Fleischman has conducted numerous fact-finding missions to Africa, India, and Eastern Europe and has written and edited many reports relating to gender and HIV/AIDS, U.S. policy, and human rights.
Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Globalpost.com, and AllAfrica.com. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to gender and HIV/AIDS, women’s global health, and U.S. policy, and she has testified before both the Senate and House Africa Subcommittees. Her most recent publications from CSIS include: HIV and Family Planning Integration in Tanzania: Building on the PEPFAR Platform to Advance Global Health (July 2012); Gender-Based Violence and HIV: Emerging Lessons from the PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania (July 2012); The Global Health Initiative in Malawi: New Approaches and Challenges to Reaching Women and Girls (December 2011); and Improving Women’s Health in South Africa: Opportunities for PEPFAR (October 2011). She also developed a video for CSIS on vaccines and immunization, The Strategic Power of Vaccines in Zambia (March 2012).
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Fed Event: "Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Dr. Margaret Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program, on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7:00 pm
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “Voting As If the Issues Matter” Series presents:
“Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Winning Real Health Reform” – An Evening with Dr. Margaret Flowers,
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a Maryland pediatrician with experience as a hospitalist at a rural hospital and in private practice. She serves on the Board of Advisors and was the Congressional Fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), working on single-payer health care reform. In addition to her activity with PNHP, an
organization of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance, she is a member of Healthcare-Now! of Maryland and a co-founder of the Conversation Coalition for Health Care Reform. Dr. Flowers obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and did her residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
Photo Credit: NESRI
Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
All are welcome!
The “Voting As If the Issues Matter: Spotlight on the 2012 Elections” Seminar Series is Sponsored by
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies at
the University of Maryland, College Park.
WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “Voting As If the Issues Matter” Series presents:
“Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Winning Real Health Reform” – An Evening with Dr. Margaret Flowers,
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a Maryland pediatrician with experience as a hospitalist at a rural hospital and in private practice. She serves on the Board of Advisors and was the Congressional Fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), working on single-payer health care reform. In addition to her activity with PNHP, an
organization of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance, she is a member of Healthcare-Now! of Maryland and a co-founder of the Conversation Coalition for Health Care Reform. Dr. Flowers obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and did her residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
Photo Credit: NESRI
Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
All are welcome!
The “Voting As If the Issues Matter: Spotlight on the 2012 Elections” Seminar Series is Sponsored by
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies at
the University of Maryland, College Park.
WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
FIA Seed Grant Competition Announcement
The Future of Information Alliance (FIA) Seed Grant Competition is about to get started. We would love to see a team (or teams!) from Federal Semester get involved.
Check out the video of Google's Dan Russell announcing the competition at www.fia.umd.edu
FIA Seed Grant Competition Kickoff Informational Meeting
Monday, Sept 24, 2-4pm
Stamp Colony Ballroom
Join students and faculty to discuss project ideas, hear from the FIA Partners, and make connections. Four student teams with a faculty advisor can win up to $25,000!
Register and learn more at www.fia.umd.edu
Check out the video of Google's Dan Russell announcing the competition at www.fia.umd.edu
FIA Seed Grant Competition Kickoff Informational Meeting
Monday, Sept 24, 2-4pm
Stamp Colony Ballroom
Join students and faculty to discuss project ideas, hear from the FIA Partners, and make connections. Four student teams with a faculty advisor can win up to $25,000!
Register and learn more at www.fia.umd.edu
Monday, September 17, 2012
Fed Event: Budget Hero on Sept. 19th at 11 AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Budget Hero Game (For students only)
RSVP to mspp@umd.edu , with Budget Hero RSVP in subject line and your name and specialization in the body.
We're looking forward to an exciting event and vibrant discussion panel featuring the President of the Wilson Center, former Rep. Jane Harman and our own Professor Phil Joyce. And best of all, by participating in this event, you can be a part of the national launch of Budget Hero -- and of educating the American public about the very serious budget issues our country faces!
Background
Budget Hero http://www.wilsoncenter.org/budget-hero-game is a “choose-your-own-adventure”-style computer game. It uses up-to-the-minute budget analyses from the Congressional Budget Office to allow you to chart your strategy to balancing the budget. The game walks you through the decisions, keeps score—and tells you when you’ve reached the balanced-budget finish line. It is, at once, a way to understand the really tough issues we face, to chart strategies that can help us solve them, and to explore the really difficult political battles that underlie these important policy choices. The game has already attracted national attention in policy circles and in the media. Our event will be the national launch of the new 2012 election edition.
Event summary
After brief opening remarks, student groups (of 7 to 10 students) will have 30 minutes to play the game, followed by a group conversation about the game and the results. Prof. Joyce will help moderate the discussion. We need up to 100 students to take part, so please join us and invite your friends!
Budget Hero Game (For students only)
RSVP to mspp@umd.edu , with Budget Hero RSVP in subject line and your name and specialization in the body.
We're looking forward to an exciting event and vibrant discussion panel featuring the President of the Wilson Center, former Rep. Jane Harman and our own Professor Phil Joyce. And best of all, by participating in this event, you can be a part of the national launch of Budget Hero -- and of educating the American public about the very serious budget issues our country faces!
Background
Budget Hero http://www.wilsoncenter.org/budget-hero-game is a “choose-your-own-adventure”-style computer game. It uses up-to-the-minute budget analyses from the Congressional Budget Office to allow you to chart your strategy to balancing the budget. The game walks you through the decisions, keeps score—and tells you when you’ve reached the balanced-budget finish line. It is, at once, a way to understand the really tough issues we face, to chart strategies that can help us solve them, and to explore the really difficult political battles that underlie these important policy choices. The game has already attracted national attention in policy circles and in the media. Our event will be the national launch of the new 2012 election edition.
Event summary
After brief opening remarks, student groups (of 7 to 10 students) will have 30 minutes to play the game, followed by a group conversation about the game and the results. Prof. Joyce will help moderate the discussion. We need up to 100 students to take part, so please join us and invite your friends!
Fed Event: Thurs, Sept. 20th at 5 PM
The 2012 Richard and Elizabeth Dubin Lecture: Featuring Chris Wallace
Awarding-winning journalist and host of Fox News Sunday
Thursday, September 20, 2012
5:00 – 6:30pm
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Mr. Wallace will share his insights on the current Presidential elections and their impact on US-Israel relations in particular. With elections just 7 weeks away and nationally televised debates occurring within days, his talk will prove timely and informative.
Event is free and open to the public
RSVP seating only guaranteed for people who check in by 4:30PM.
After 4:30PM, we will release seats to the standby line.
Thank you for your interest in this year's annual Richard & Elizabeth Dubin Lecture Series. We regret to inform you that at this time we have reached capacity in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall in which the lecture is to take place.
We encourage you to still come to the event venue in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) as we anticipate some attendees will be no - shows. We will have a standby line for people who wish to attend the lecture yet were not able/did not RSVP. This standby line does not guarantee admission to the lecture.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Presented by the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
Cosponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities and the Institute for International Programs
Parking:
Free parking available in Lot 1b (after 4pm) Pay Parking available in Stadium Drive garage For more information on parking or to obtain driving directions to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, please visit: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/
http://www.israelstudies.umd.edu/upcoming-events.html
Awarding-winning journalist and host of Fox News Sunday
Thursday, September 20, 2012
5:00 – 6:30pm
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Mr. Wallace will share his insights on the current Presidential elections and their impact on US-Israel relations in particular. With elections just 7 weeks away and nationally televised debates occurring within days, his talk will prove timely and informative.
Event is free and open to the public
RSVP seating only guaranteed for people who check in by 4:30PM.
After 4:30PM, we will release seats to the standby line.
Thank you for your interest in this year's annual Richard & Elizabeth Dubin Lecture Series. We regret to inform you that at this time we have reached capacity in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall in which the lecture is to take place.
We encourage you to still come to the event venue in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) as we anticipate some attendees will be no - shows. We will have a standby line for people who wish to attend the lecture yet were not able/did not RSVP. This standby line does not guarantee admission to the lecture.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Presented by the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
Cosponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities and the Institute for International Programs
Parking:
Free parking available in Lot 1b (after 4pm) Pay Parking available in Stadium Drive garage For more information on parking or to obtain driving directions to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, please visit: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/
http://www.israelstudies.umd.edu/upcoming-events.html
Fed Event: 9/26 at 3 PM, Eppley Room 2113
Wednesday, September 26, 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
The Supreme Court's Historic Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Economic Sustainability and Universal Coverage
The School of Public Health's Grand Rounds Lecture Series will kick off this year with internationally acclaimed scholar Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin, who is the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Dr. Gostin will talk about the Supreme Court' s historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act and the effort to make health care reform economically sustainable and to provide universal health coverage.
Lecture begins at 3:00 p.m. followed by a reception from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue: Eppley Recreation Center, room 2113
The Supreme Court's Historic Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Economic Sustainability and Universal Coverage
The School of Public Health's Grand Rounds Lecture Series will kick off this year with internationally acclaimed scholar Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin, who is the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Dr. Gostin will talk about the Supreme Court' s historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act and the effort to make health care reform economically sustainable and to provide universal health coverage.
Lecture begins at 3:00 p.m. followed by a reception from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue: Eppley Recreation Center, room 2113
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Fed Event:Tuesday Polic Forum Presents Michael Svoboda | “How Religious Framing Influences the Policy Debate on Climate Change” | September 18
How Religious Framing Influences the
Policy Debate on Climate Change
Michael Svoboda will Examine Climate Change Communication and How It Attempts to Influence Climate Policy Outcomes, with an Historical Interpretation of the Use of the Global-Warming-as-Religion Meme by Climate Skeptics and Others.
Tuesday Policy Forum
September 18, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda is an Assistant Professor of Writing at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He earned his interdisciplinary PhD in Hermeneutics from Penn State University (2002) after closing the bookstore he had owned and operated in State College, PA, for 17 years. Although he began with and still maintains a research program in ancient Greek rhetoric, philosophy, and history, for the past six years he has also conducted research in environmental communication. His academic articles, reviews, and review essays have been published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetorica, Review of Communication, Research in Philosophy & Technology, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Plagiary, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. Since 2011 he has been a regular contributor to the web magazine, The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. His most recent piece was “Skeptical Uses of ‘Religion’ in the Debate on Climate Change.”
Policy Debate on Climate Change
Michael Svoboda will Examine Climate Change Communication and How It Attempts to Influence Climate Policy Outcomes, with an Historical Interpretation of the Use of the Global-Warming-as-Religion Meme by Climate Skeptics and Others.
Tuesday Policy Forum
September 18, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda is an Assistant Professor of Writing at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He earned his interdisciplinary PhD in Hermeneutics from Penn State University (2002) after closing the bookstore he had owned and operated in State College, PA, for 17 years. Although he began with and still maintains a research program in ancient Greek rhetoric, philosophy, and history, for the past six years he has also conducted research in environmental communication. His academic articles, reviews, and review essays have been published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetorica, Review of Communication, Research in Philosophy & Technology, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Plagiary, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. Since 2011 he has been a regular contributor to the web magazine, The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. His most recent piece was “Skeptical Uses of ‘Religion’ in the Debate on Climate Change.”
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