Videoconference: September 22 from 9a-11a
Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 05:33 PM
AID will participate in a Videoconference with The World Bank, Tanzania, and Ghana on Thursday, September 22 from 9am-11am in Alwine Hall, Room 308.
The topic of discussion will be the United Nations Millenium Development Goals .
Main questions that will be raised: 1.) What can civil society do in order to further and build upon the MDGs? 2.) Where are they (each country involved in the videoconference) doing with the MDGs? 3.) What are the obstacles hindering the progression of the MDGs? 4.) Which strategies have been successful in advancing the MDGs? Other questions may include but are not limited to: How does the UN operate to facilitate change in these areas? Or what can the U.S. do?
For further reading:
Millenium Campaign
The One Campaign
Time Magazine Artile - The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
Millenium Project
You can attend the videoconference at any time and light refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there.
Thanks! - Jenn
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( 3 / 283 )AID Open House
Sunday, August 28, 2005, 02:19 PM
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) will host an open house on Wednesday, September 7th from 6 - 8 pm in the [ 4 comments ] ( 155 views ) | permalink |
( 3 / 265 )Upcoming Events
Wednesday, August 24, 2005, 06:25 PM
Happy Fall Semester everyone! Some important information & developments for AID this semester:
1) Wednesday evening meetings at Don Carmelos Pizzeria at 7pm for the duration of the fall semester. From now on, AID will only send something on the mailing list if the meeting has been canceled.
2) AID Open House on Sept. 7th from 6-8pm in the Council Room of the Milo Bail Student Center (MBSC).
3) AID will be participating in some exciting videoconferences this fall! With countries like: Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and more! Stay tuned for more information.
4) Our first Townhall of the year will be on October 5th (more details to come) and will cover Hope Not Hate Islam & the West World Relations. This will be an exciting event so please don't miss it.
5) Please sign up on the mailing list so that you can stay informed of the latest action with AID.
6) Volunteers needed to help distribute flyers about the Open House to the surrounding schools and within the community. If you can help, please email Jenn at jnpiatt(at)gmail.com Thank you!
7) Finally, please come and say hi to AID at the student organizations fair! We will have a booth and we would love to see everyone!
As always, thank you so much for your support in AID!
Thank you,
Jenn Piatt
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( 3 / 273 )Meeting: Monday August 15th at 7pm
Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 11:03 PM
Our next meeting will be on the 15th of August at Don Carmelos Pizza on 35th and Farnam at 7pm. At this meeting, we will discuss our involvement in UNO student organization activities, our open house which is scheduled for the 7th of September, and our first town hall of the fall semester which will take place on October 5th (the LT. Gov. will be one of our guest speakers).
See you on Monday!
Craig & Jenn
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( 2.9 / 260 )Looking Ahead
Friday, July 22, 2005, 08:58 PM
*Meeting minutes will no longer be posted to mailing list In an attempt to reduce email, AID will only post the meeting minutes to the website in the comment section under the date of each meeting.
*Changes to Hope Not Hate Changes have been made to the next series, entitled Hope Not Hate; it will no longer focus primarily on U.S. and Islamic World Relations. Due to the recent attacks in London, AID felt it would be more effective to adjust the series. It now becomes: Hope Not Hate; West & Islamic World.
*Button Ideas We are working on creating some buttons for AID. We need to keep them short, snappy and attractive! Please send button ideas to Jenn at jnpiatt[at]gmail.com
*Open AID positions!!!! AID currently has a secretary and a Vice President position available. If you are interested please contact Craig or Jenn.
*Upcoming volunteer opportunities AID is organizing events for the first week of school. AID would like to have a table set up, distribute general fliers to students on campus, and visit political science (and other departments) classes to introduce AID to new students. We will be sending out times which need to be covered by AID members, so please respond if you are available at any of the upcoming times!
*Don't forget to sign up on the mailing list!
Thanks!
Jenn Piatt
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( 2.9 / 252 )Final Week - Townhall Advertising
Friday, April 22, 2005, 06:35 PM
This is an exciting time... not because of upcoming finals, but because our townhall discussion on The Future of U.S. and U.N. Relations is now exactly 1-week away!!! We encourage you to share this news via email to your friends, coworkers, and others in the community so that this will be our best townhall to date!
Here's what you can do to help:
• Now-Friday: Download and read some of the suggested reading articles
• Saturday: study for finals -- then go see The Interpreter with a friend
• Thursday: check out the AID booth from 10-12 in MBSC for info, help pass out flyers
• Friday: come show your support and Get Informed! from 6-8pm!
The officers will be in Lincoln this weekend for a workshop retreat generously sponsored by The Stanley Foundation - who also makes our US and UN discussion possible nation-wide. We hope to bring back a lot for an engaging townhall on the 29th!
-Brian, VP AID Omaha
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( 3 / 270 )Townhall - US and UN - April 29th
Monday, April 11, 2005, 01:09 PM
Update Photos: are now available online
Announcing:
The 2nd townhall event by Americans for Informed Democracy - Omaha to discuss the current global issue of reform in the United Nations, and the relationship between the United Nations and the United States. The general public is invited, free pizza will be available, and this will be a great opportunity to exchange diverse viewpoints on such a hot topics as "U.N. Reform" and the "nomination of John Bolton" as we try to find common ground on this discussion which will address "The Future of U.S. and U.N. Relations".
Friday April 29th @ 6:00-8:00pm
Council Room, Milo Bail Student Center
University of Nebraska at Omaha campus, 6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE
Refreshments will be provided
See the map and directions for information on how to get here.
Please see and share with others our townhall flyer in PDF and DOC format as well as townhall posters in PDF or DOC format for maximum impact and publicity. The new speaker posters in DOC and PDF format are the best attention getters.
Suggested Reading:
• U.N. Reform Report from Kofi Annan
• BBC Article Summary of U.N. Reform Report
• Economist editorial on UN reform plan
• Criticism of UN reform plan from Claudia Rosett, a journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
• Poll on International Public Attitudes toward UN Reform
• See previously posted news articles about reform as well
Distinguished Panelists:
Dr. Manfred Wogugu - UNO, Formerly of the U.N. for 20 years, Professor of Black Studies
Michael Kelly - Creighton University, Associate Professor of Law. Equal Justice in the Balance: America's Legal Response to the Emerging Terrorist Threat - Author, Nowhere to Hide: Defeat of the Sovereign Immunity Defense for Crimes of Genocide &
the Trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein - Author
Dr. Sajda Qureshi - UNO, Professor of Information Systems and Quantative Analysis. Information Technology for Development - Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Sung Pae - Bellevue University, Professor of Political Science
Moderator: Katie Tamisiea - UNO, Model United Nations - Director
Background:
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is a non-partisan student organization on more than 175 university campuses that promotes global understanding by coordinating town hall meetings on America’s role in the world and by publishing opinion pieces and reports on issues of global importance. Through these efforts, AID seeks to inspire a more collaborative U.S. foreign policy and a new generation of internationalist leaders who can lead America in an increasingly interdependent world.
Updated: Speaker Bios:
Dr. Mandred Wogugu worked for over 20 years as a United Nations Expert teaching and advising on population and development issues in Africa. Between 1989 and 1999 Dr. Wogugu served as the International Labor Organization’s Population and Development Advisor to the Govenments of Uganda and Botswana respectively. Prior to this period, he has taught Demography at the United Nations Regional Institute For Population Studies, at the University of Ghana, Legon. Dr. Wogugu has also participated and led some UN-sponsored technical advisory missions to South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leon, The Gambia and Mozambique.
Michael Kelly is an Associate Professor of Law at Creighton University. He received his LL.M. (Masters of Law) in International & Comparative Law with distinction from Georgetown University in 1996, his Juris Doctor in 1994 and Bachelor of Arts in 1990 from Indiana University. Following graduation from law school, Professor Kelly served as an attorney in the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Professor Kelly is author of the forthcoming book “Nowhere to Hide: Defeat of the Sovereign Immunity Defense for Crimes of Genocide & the Trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein” (Peter Lang Pub. 2005), and co-author of the book “Equal Justice in the Balance: Americas Legal Responses to the Emerging Terrorist Threat” (Univ. of Mich. Press 2004). He has published articles on a variety of issues, including international use of force theory, federal law governing disposal of Native American remains, extradition, and the international black market in art and antiquities. Professor Kelly has presented his ideas on United Nations Security Council reform at the Academic Council of the U.N. System in New York and at the Irish Association of Law Teachers in Derry. His Op-Ed columns have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Diego Union Tribune, Detroit News, Chicago Sun-Times and Houston Chronicle.
Dr. Qureshi is a professor in Information Systems and Quantative Analysis at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her research interests lie in the effects of IT on economic and social development. As part of this, Dr. Qureshi edits a journal in this area, “Information Technology for Development” and works regularly with experts from the various UN agencies (ITU, UNDP, UNESCO and FAO). A particular activity that is taking up a lot of time lately is WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) organised by the UN’s ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and the Tunisian Government. For this event, she and her Journal’s board members are currently organising 15 panels and workshops as a global event on IT for Development to take place in November 2005. Dr. Qureshi is currently working with the Secretary General of the United Nation’s ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Task Force on a memorandum of understanding with UNO to share research data and carry out studies in this area. (more background on website)
Dr. Sung Pae is a professor of political science and the department chair at Bellevue University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science form the University of Kansas with a specialization in Comparative Politics and International Relations, and an area of speciality in East Asia. At Bellevue University was also the chair for the Division of Social Sciences from 1981-2000. He has 2 publications concentrated on Korea, including “Testing Democratic Theories in Korea” published in 1986 and “Korea Leading Developing Nations: Economy, Democracy, and Welfare” published in 1992. Dr. Pae has also most recently served as a particpant in a round table for a conference at the University of Oxford in August of 2004.
Moderator Katie Tamisiea is a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and was director of the 2005 Model United Nations conference at UNO, a program which aims to introduce area high school students to the experience of international debate and compromise, and seeks to encourage in these emerging leaders the development of global perspectives and the desire to work cooperatively toward realistic and diplomatic solutions for our world.
Brought to you in association with: The Stanley Foundation, American Democracy Project, Amnesty International, Asian American Cultural Society, UNO College Democrats, Goodrich Student Organization, Pan African Student Organization, UNO Republicans, Goodrich Program, International Studies and Programs, Dept. of Political Science, UNO Student Government
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( 3 / 269 )Videoconference - US and UN - April 14th
Monday, April 11, 2005, 01:03 PM
We will be hosting another international videoconference on Thursday April 14th from 8:00-9:45am in Allwine Hall Room 308, on the UNO campus. All are invited and free food will be available. This discussion will address "The Future of U.S. and U.N. Relations" and will be a great opportunity to share and exchange viewpoints with students abroad in Bulgaria, Panama, and 2 other non-US sites. Please see and share with others our videoconference flyer in PDF and DOC format.
Suggested Reading:
• U.N. Reform Report from Kofi Annan
• BBC Article Summary of U.N. Reform Report
• Economist editorial on UN reform plan
• Criticism of UN reform plan from Claudia Rosett, a journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
• Poll on International Public Attitudes toward UN Reform
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( 3 / 280 )Meeting Friday the 8th 2pm
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 08:58 AM
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We will be meeting at Don Carmelo's on 35th and Farnam Friday, April 8th at 2pm.
The meeting will have many topics to cover including :
1. Questions for our speakers at the April 29th town hall meeting on US-UN Relations.
2. Providing clear understanding of Officer duties.
3. Discussion of Saturday's Peace Expo
4. Participants in the April 14th teleconference.
Last but certainly not least we will be looking for a Publicity Chairperson. This person will have the responsibilities of :
- Providing information to all upcoming events to the proper sources
- Go personally to classes and speak or schedule a speaker for classes
- Oversee the creation of Flyers
- Be the media liason for AID Omaha (i.e. Radio, Television, Newspapers)
If you know anyone or if you are interested in this position please contact one of the officers or bring them to a meeting.
See you Friday-Craig
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( 3 / 262 )Peace & Justice Expo - Saturday April 9th
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 12:34 PM
Omaha Americans for Informed Democracy along with 56 other organizations will take part in the 2nd annual Omaha Peace & Justice Expo. The event takes place from 1:00 - 6:00 pm on April 9th at the Lewis & Clark Middle School - 6901 Burt St, in Omaha (map). Admission is free with a suggested $5 donation. All EXPO Information is available on ProgressiveOmaha.Com.
The keynote speaker will be, AMY GOODMAN - the award-winning journalist, host of "Democracy Now!", and author of "The Exception to the Rulers". The keynote address will begin at 1:00 pm entitled "Independent Media in a Time of War" -- SEE and LISTEN to the Online Presentation!!!
Other UNO organizations include: Amnesty International, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, and the UNO School of Social Work.
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