Tuesday Policy Forum | "Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law" When : Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Van Munching : 1203
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The School of Public Policy's Tuesday Policy Forum will feature Robert Koulish, Ph.D, a political scientist, author of the book, "Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law," and currently researching the criminalization of immigration detention and alternatives to detention at the Center for American Politics and Citizenship (UMD); and Michael Rosenberg, a Master of Public Policy candidate specializing in Social Policy at the University of Maryland, and a member of the Frederick County Coalition for Immigration Concerns and Reform.
Website: www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/tuesday-policy-forum-8
For more information, contact:
R Denise Williamson
+1 301 405 6334
rdenise@umd.edu
www.publicpolicy.umd.edu
Monday, March 11, 2013
Fed Event: Hugo Chavez: The Life, Times and Legacy
Subject : Hugo Chavez: The Life, Times and Legacy
When : Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where : Nyumburu Center : Multipurpose Room
Join us Wednesday March 13, 2013 at 7 PM for an important community centered dialogue and panel addressing the impact of the late Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez Frias. Come to this important event detailing the life and legacy of Hugo Chavez and his presidency. This event will be held at the Nyumburu Cultural Center.
Featured Panelists: Sabrina Green was a 2012 Independent Observer for the Election.
Netfa Freeman, human rights activist, has traveled to Venezuela, researched and written about the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution and for many years has worked with the Embassy of Venezuela in the U.S. to organize numerous public education forums and exchanges.
Luis Cardona was asked to help the Venezuelan government develop strategies to address crime and violence. This first visit included a meeting with President Hugo Chavez in the Miraflores Palace that lasted for 6 Hours.
Website: solom80.wix.com/blackmaleinitiative
For more information, contact:
Solomon Comissiong
The Black Male Initiative
+1 301 314 8439
solomon@umd.edu
solom80.wix.com/blackmaleinitiative
When : Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where : Nyumburu Center : Multipurpose Room
Join us Wednesday March 13, 2013 at 7 PM for an important community centered dialogue and panel addressing the impact of the late Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez Frias. Come to this important event detailing the life and legacy of Hugo Chavez and his presidency. This event will be held at the Nyumburu Cultural Center.
Featured Panelists: Sabrina Green was a 2012 Independent Observer for the Election.
Netfa Freeman, human rights activist, has traveled to Venezuela, researched and written about the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution and for many years has worked with the Embassy of Venezuela in the U.S. to organize numerous public education forums and exchanges.
Luis Cardona was asked to help the Venezuelan government develop strategies to address crime and violence. This first visit included a meeting with President Hugo Chavez in the Miraflores Palace that lasted for 6 Hours.
Website: solom80.wix.com/blackmaleinitiative
For more information, contact:
Solomon Comissiong
The Black Male Initiative
+1 301 314 8439
solomon@umd.edu
solom80.wix.com/blackmaleinitiative
Fed Event: NEW DATE! Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement Presents Award-Winning Journalist Robin Wright | April 4th
“Rock the Casbah: The Middle East Uprisings”
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy is proud to announce that award-winning world journalist Robin Wright will be the Spring 2013 Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement speaker. Wright, a fellow at the U.S. Institute for Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has won numerous awards for her coverage of international conflicts, including the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Journalist of the Year Award and the Overseas Press Club award for best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative. Wright’s speech, “Rock the Casbah: The Middle East Uprisings,” will build on her recent book of the same title.
Website: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/civic-engagement-robin-wright?destination=node/6170
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robin Wright is a journalist, author and foreign policy analyst. She is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center. Her "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic world" won the 2012 Overseas Press Club award for best book on international affairs. Her other books include The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy and The Islamists are Coming: Who They Really Are.
Wright has reported from more than 140 countries on six continents for The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times, and CBS News. She won the National Magazine Award for The New Yorker. She has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Foreign Affairs and others. She most recently covered U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post.
Wright has also been a fellow at the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Yale, Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth and the University of California. She won the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Medal for coverage of foreign affairs, the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initia¬tive," and the National Press Club Award for best diplomatic reporting. The American Academy of Diplomacy selected her as the journalist of the year in 2004. She is also the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. Foundation grant.
STERN PROFESSOR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
I.M. “Mac” Destler is Director, Program on International Security and Economic Policy; Senior Fellow, Center for International and Security Policy at Maryland (CISSM); and the Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement. He specializes in the politics and processes of U.S. foreign policymaking. He is co-author, with Ivo H. Daalder, of In the Shadow of the Oval Office (Simon and Schuster, 2009), which analyzes the role of the President's national security adviser from the Kennedy through the George W. Bush administration. His American Trade Politics (Institute for International Economics, 4th edition, 2005) won the Gladys M. Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on U.S. national policy.
The Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement recognizes individuals of vision and distinction who enjoy a national reputation for addressing issues on the regional, national and international stage, reflecting Stern's own diverse life of public service.
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy is proud to announce that award-winning world journalist Robin Wright will be the Spring 2013 Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement speaker. Wright, a fellow at the U.S. Institute for Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has won numerous awards for her coverage of international conflicts, including the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Journalist of the Year Award and the Overseas Press Club award for best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative. Wright’s speech, “Rock the Casbah: The Middle East Uprisings,” will build on her recent book of the same title.
Website: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/civic-engagement-robin-wright?destination=node/6170
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robin Wright is a journalist, author and foreign policy analyst. She is a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center. Her "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic world" won the 2012 Overseas Press Club award for best book on international affairs. Her other books include The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy and The Islamists are Coming: Who They Really Are.
Wright has reported from more than 140 countries on six continents for The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times, and CBS News. She won the National Magazine Award for The New Yorker. She has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Foreign Affairs and others. She most recently covered U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post.
Wright has also been a fellow at the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Yale, Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth and the University of California. She won the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Medal for coverage of foreign affairs, the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initia¬tive," and the National Press Club Award for best diplomatic reporting. The American Academy of Diplomacy selected her as the journalist of the year in 2004. She is also the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. Foundation grant.
STERN PROFESSOR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
I.M. “Mac” Destler is Director, Program on International Security and Economic Policy; Senior Fellow, Center for International and Security Policy at Maryland (CISSM); and the Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement. He specializes in the politics and processes of U.S. foreign policymaking. He is co-author, with Ivo H. Daalder, of In the Shadow of the Oval Office (Simon and Schuster, 2009), which analyzes the role of the President's national security adviser from the Kennedy through the George W. Bush administration. His American Trade Politics (Institute for International Economics, 4th edition, 2005) won the Gladys M. Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on U.S. national policy.
The Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement recognizes individuals of vision and distinction who enjoy a national reputation for addressing issues on the regional, national and international stage, reflecting Stern's own diverse life of public service.
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Fed Event: March 14th--"How Does Income and Inequality Affect Civil Unrest? Insights from Agent-Based Modeling"
CISSM FORUM | MARCH 14, 2013
"How Does Income and Inequality Affect Civil Unrest? Insights from Agent-Based Modeling"
by Charles Harry, Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Graduate Fellow
Charles Harry is a PhD candidate specializing in International Security and Economic Policy. His research utilizes agent based modeling to explore the effect of economic conditions on the emergence of civil conflict. He has worked for the Department of Defense for the past 10 years and is a recognized subject matter expert. Mr. Harry holds degrees in Economics and History from the University of Colorado.
CISSM Forum
From: Mar 14 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Mar 14 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"How Does Income and Inequality Affect Civil Unrest? Insights from Agent-Based Modeling"
by Charles Harry, Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Graduate Fellow
Charles Harry is a PhD candidate specializing in International Security and Economic Policy. His research utilizes agent based modeling to explore the effect of economic conditions on the emergence of civil conflict. He has worked for the Department of Defense for the past 10 years and is a recognized subject matter expert. Mr. Harry holds degrees in Economics and History from the University of Colorado.
CISSM Forum
From: Mar 14 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Mar 14 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Robert Koulish and Michael Rosenberg | “Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law” | March 12
Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Mar 12 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Mar 12 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
“Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law”
Featuring
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Robert Koulish, Ph.D is a political scientist, author of the book, "Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law," and is currently researching the criminalization of immigration detention and alternatives to detention. He is Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, and Associate (visiting) Professor in the Government and Politics Department at the University of Maryland. He is also part time lecturer of law at the UMD Carey School of Law.
Michael Rosenberg is a Master of Public Policy candidate specializing in Social Policy at the University of Maryland, and a member of the Frederick County Coalition for Immigration Concerns and Reform. He has ethnographic and interview-based research experience studying immigration politics, and recently published the cover article for the January issue of Frederick Magazine on issues of undocumented immigration in the county.
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
From: Mar 12 2013 - 12:15pm
To: Mar 12 2013 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
“Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law”
Featuring
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Robert Koulish, Ph.D is a political scientist, author of the book, "Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law," and is currently researching the criminalization of immigration detention and alternatives to detention. He is Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, and Associate (visiting) Professor in the Government and Politics Department at the University of Maryland. He is also part time lecturer of law at the UMD Carey School of Law.
Michael Rosenberg is a Master of Public Policy candidate specializing in Social Policy at the University of Maryland, and a member of the Frederick County Coalition for Immigration Concerns and Reform. He has ethnographic and interview-based research experience studying immigration politics, and recently published the cover article for the January issue of Frederick Magazine on issues of undocumented immigration in the county.
The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Fed Event: Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman discusses the Obama Administration's international economic agenda
The Obama Administration's International Economic Agenda
A Discussion with Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman
March 7, 2013, 10:00am ET - 11:00am ET
RSVP to attend this event
Introductory Remarks:
Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
Keynote Speaker:
Mike Froman, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics
Moderator:
Matt Browne, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
On Thursday, March 7, the Center for American Progress will host Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman for a discussion about the Obama administration's second term international economic agenda.
Mr. Froman, President Obama's top adviser on international economic policy, will deliver remarks focused on how the president's approach to international economic policy, including trade policy, responds to and helps shape changing trends in the U.S. and global economy. Mr. Froman's remarks will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A.
Michael Froman is the Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics. He is responsible for coordinating policy on international trade and financial, energy security and climate change, and development and democracy issues. He serves as the U.S. Sherpa for the G20 and G8 Summits, and staffs the President for the APEC Summits. In addition, he is the chair of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, a group of the largest industrial and emerging economies which have been working through issues related to the Copenhagen negotiations. He is also the U.S. Government co-chair of the Transatlantic Economic Council, the U.S.-India CEO Forum and the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum.
March 7, 2013, 10:00am ET - 11:00am ET
Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
RSVP to attend this event
For more information, call 202-682-1611.
A Discussion with Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman
March 7, 2013, 10:00am ET - 11:00am ET
RSVP to attend this event
Introductory Remarks:
Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
Keynote Speaker:
Mike Froman, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics
Moderator:
Matt Browne, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
On Thursday, March 7, the Center for American Progress will host Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman for a discussion about the Obama administration's second term international economic agenda.
Mr. Froman, President Obama's top adviser on international economic policy, will deliver remarks focused on how the president's approach to international economic policy, including trade policy, responds to and helps shape changing trends in the U.S. and global economy. Mr. Froman's remarks will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A.
Michael Froman is the Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics. He is responsible for coordinating policy on international trade and financial, energy security and climate change, and development and democracy issues. He serves as the U.S. Sherpa for the G20 and G8 Summits, and staffs the President for the APEC Summits. In addition, he is the chair of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, a group of the largest industrial and emerging economies which have been working through issues related to the Copenhagen negotiations. He is also the U.S. Government co-chair of the Transatlantic Economic Council, the U.S.-India CEO Forum and the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum.
March 7, 2013, 10:00am ET - 11:00am ET
Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
RSVP to attend this event
For more information, call 202-682-1611.
Fed Event Today at 5 PM
"The Business Case for Sustainability" by Tim Carey, PepsiCo
FREE - Everyone Welcome
Hoff Theater, Stamp
March 04, 2013
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Tim Carey, PepsiCo’s Director of Sustainability & Technology presents “The Business Case for Sustainability” Monday, 3/4/13: 5-6:30pm @ Hoff Theater at the Stamp Student Union.
Mr. Carey will provide some insights as to why sustainability is quickly becoming a top priority for Fortune 500 companies and for local mom-and-pop shops alike - specifically, why a “healthier future for all people and our planet means a more successful future for PepsiCo.” As Mr. Carey welcomes interaction with the audience, a Q&A session will follow his presentation.
Sponsored by the Environment, Technology & Economy and Business, Society & Economy Programs of CP Scholars, the Environmental Science & Policy Program, and the Stamp.
Contact information: ETE Office: etescholars@gmail.com, x-41519
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FREE - Everyone Welcome
Hoff Theater, Stamp
March 04, 2013
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Tim Carey, PepsiCo’s Director of Sustainability & Technology presents “The Business Case for Sustainability” Monday, 3/4/13: 5-6:30pm @ Hoff Theater at the Stamp Student Union.
Mr. Carey will provide some insights as to why sustainability is quickly becoming a top priority for Fortune 500 companies and for local mom-and-pop shops alike - specifically, why a “healthier future for all people and our planet means a more successful future for PepsiCo.” As Mr. Carey welcomes interaction with the audience, a Q&A session will follow his presentation.
Sponsored by the Environment, Technology & Economy and Business, Society & Economy Programs of CP Scholars, the Environmental Science & Policy Program, and the Stamp.
Contact information: ETE Office: etescholars@gmail.com, x-41519
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