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Ms. Barlow is Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, author of The Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, 2005 winner of the Right Livelihood Award, and senior advisor on water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly. She is also founder of the Blue Planet Project which works internationally for the right to water. Maude chairs the board of the Washington-based Food & Water Watch and is also an executive member of the San Francisco-based International Forum on Globalization and a Councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. The program Is free of charge and open to the public. There will be light refreshments served at before the program. Go to http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/ for a campus map and directions. April 17, 2010 - Teacher Study Tour of Turkey orientation program will be at the Dyson Center, Room 113 at Marist College. The morning session is for participants only but the membership of the WAC may attend the afternoon program beginning at 1:30 with the screening of the film, "Desperate Hours" a film that details how Turkey assisted Jews who were forced out of Hitler's Germany. The producer of the film, Victoria Barrett, will be at the afternoon session and will describe the making of the film and answer questions on the film's content. April 19, 2010 – 7:00 p.m. "Celebrating 200 Years of Gringo Diplomacy." Curtis Kamman, former U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Bolivia, and Colombia, at 300 Rockefeller Hall of Vassar College.
After retirement, he taught a course on diplomacy and US foreign policy at Notre Dame for five hears (2001-2006). He is married and lives in Pier Cove, near Saugatuck, Michigan. For directions and a campus map, go to Vassar College Map & Directory. May 4, 2010 - 6:00 p.m. “IBM Corporate Service Corps and the Philippine Red Cross: A Volunteer’s Perspective” presented by Lillie Ng, an Advisory IT Specialist with IBM Global Business Services, Application Innovation Services practice.
This program will be held at the Marist College Boathouse on the Marist College Campus, Poughkeepsie, NY. Parking is available at a lot adjacent to Boathouse - take Marist College Main Entrance (in front of Lowell Thomas Center) and continue towards the river, under small tunnel, directly to Boathouse parking area. Campus Guide & Map This is a Members Only event. Reservations are required! Dinner is $35.00 per person and your reservation must be received by April 24th. Make checks payable to "World Affairs Council, MHV" and mail to: John Moriarty, Treasurer, 167 Apple Hill Rd., Hurley, NY 12443. May 19, 2010 – 7:00 p.m. "A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today" by David Andelman, a revealing look at the powerful lessons the Treaty of Versailles has for us today. Presented at The Henry A. Wallace Visitor & Information Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park. This program is co-sponsored with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. For a map and directions, click HERE.
January 28, 2009 – 7:00 p.m.
Dutchess Theater, Dutchess Community College Theater March 25, 2009 – 5:30 p.m. Vassar College, Villard Room (Main Bldg.). "Helping the Obama Administration Achieve its Global Agenda and Meet is Commitment to Girls's and Women's Health and Human Rights" presented by Adrienne Germain, President of the International Women’s Health Coalition.” Co-sponsored with Vassar College Women’s Studies Program. The World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley is presenting this program with co-sponsorship from departments, programs, offices, and student organizations at Vassar College. These include the Vassar College Economics Department, Health Service, Health Education Office, International Studies and Women’s Studies Programs, Vassar College Amnesty International, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Operation Donation, P.E.A.C.E., UNICEF, and the Vassar Uganda Project. Co-sponsors from the Hudson Valley community include the American Association of University Women, Poughkeepsie Branch; Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill; Hudson River HealthCare; League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region; and Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley. To view our program flyer, click Adrienne Germain Program Flyer For directions and a campus map, go to Vassar College Map & Directory. The Villard Room is located in the Main Building, #22 on the map. April 21, 2009 at 6:00 p.m “Afghanistan on the brink: Political turmoil, rising insecurity and shrinking humanitarian space” presented by Alex Mundt. The meeting will be at the St. Andrews Café of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park. This is a Members Only event. Reservations are required! Dinner is $35.00 per person and your reservation must be received by April 12th. Make checks payable to "World Affairs Council, MHV" and mail to: John Moriarty, Treasurer, 167 Apple Hill Rd., Hurley, NY 12443. You can make a tentative reservation by e-mail to wacmhv@hvworldaffairscouncil.org but your check will be your confirmation. Need DIRECTIONS or a CAMPUS MAP? Afghanistan emerged from its bloodiest year since the fall of the Taliban with few certainties, except the widespread agreement that things will get worse before they get better. The past several years have witnessed the re-emergence of the opium-based economy, rising criminality, government inefficiency, endemic corruption and warlordism. Nearly 40 aid workers were killed in 2008, and more than half the country is inaccessible to humanitarian relief workers as a result of insecurity. With the deployment of an additional 17, 000 U.S. soldiers expected and a wide-ranging policy review currently under way, Alex will offer his insights on what went wrong and why and the challenges of assisting some of the millions of returned refugees and internally displaced persons in one of the world’s most insecure environments.
About UNHCR The
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United
Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate
international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.
Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It
strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find
safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily,
integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.
The talk is free and open to the public and is part of the orientation for 6 area high school teachers who will be departing for Turkey this summer on a Mid-Hudson Valley World Affairs Council and Turkish Cultural Foundation sponsored study tour for area high school educators. For directions and a campus map, go to Vassar College Map & Directory. The Multi-Purpose Room is located in the Main Building, #22 on the map.
Shahid Javed Burki, a professional economist and Rhodes Scholar who served as Finance Minister of Pakistan, is currently a visiting fellow with the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. He served at the World Bank for 25 years (1974-99) and is the author of “Changing Perceptions, Altered Reality: Pakistan’s Economy under Musharraf, 1999-2006” (2007). Mr. Burki is a frequent visitor to Pakistan and writes a weekly opinion column for one of its leading newspapers. Visit the DCC web site for a MAP of the campus and DIRECTIONS from just about anywhere you might happen to be.
Tues. Oct. 27,
2009 - 7
p.m., Panel Discussion:
“Is Today’s U.N. Prepared to Handle the New Dynamics of Multilateral
Diplomacy?”, at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor & Information Center, FDR
Library. Presenter: James P. Muldoon, Jr., Mr. Muldoon is the author of “Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today” (2005) and lectures on diplomacy and international affairs around the world. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (1999-2000) and was Visiting Scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in China (1996-1999). He lives in Toronto, Canada. The program was jointly sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Speaker
James Muldoon, New Paltz High students, & Moderator Richard Reitano Thurs. Nov. 12,
2009 -
6 p.m. Annual Meeting and
presentation: “Healthcare Lessons from Overseas and Canada: Is There Something We
Can Learn?”, at the
Escoffier Restaurant
of the Culinary Institute of America.
After dining at the Escoffier [in Roth Hall, the Main building], we will adjourn to the
Ecolab Theatre, in the Admissions Building (across from the Caterina de Medici Restaurant) for
a brief annual meeting, followed by the program presentation. This is a Members Only event. Reservations are required! Dinner is $35.00 per person and your reservation must be received by October 29th. Make checks payable to "World Affairs Council, MHV" and mail to: John Moriarty, Treasurer, 167 Apple Hill Rd., Hurley, NY 12443. You can make a tentative reservation by e-mail to wacmhv@hvworldaffairscouncil.org but your check will be your confirmation. Need DIRECTIONS or a CAMPUS MAP? Tue. Dec 1, 2009 - 7:15 p.m. "Turkey - A Mosaic" - Our Turkish Program participants in last summer's trip to Turkey will be telling and showing us about their experiences at SUNY New Paltz in Lecture Center 108. Patrick Healy, Maryann Williams, Karen Nichols, James Daley and Danielle DuBois will speak for about an hour and take questions for an additional hour. Go to http://www.newpaltz.edu/map/ for a campus map and directions. Sun. Dec. 6, 2009 - 2:00 p.m. [snow date Sun. Dec. 13 – 2:00 p.m] “Academic WorldQuest” [an area high school team competition] Joseph Lombardi, coordinator, at The Henry A. Wallace Visitor & Information Center, FDR Library. For a map and directions, click HERE
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Ambassador Kamman retired from the Foreign Service
of the Department of State in 2000, following a career that spanned 40 years.
His last three assignments were as Ambassador to Chile (1991-94), Ambassador to
Bolivia (1994-2000), and Ambassador to Colombia (1997-2000). Earlier, he served
twice in diplomatic assignments in the former Soviet Union, as well as in
Mexico, Hong Kong, Kenya and Cuba. His assignments in Washington were related to
the Soviet Union, East Africa and Eastern Europe. He is a graduate of Yale
University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He speaks Russian and
Spanish.
Ms. Ng designs
solutions to address business needs through the application of information
technology. As a consultant, she works with clients to define systems to
collect, synthesize and distribute information. She specializes in business
analytics, application architecture and systems integration. Ms. Ng recently
volunteered with the Philippines Red Cross as part of the IBM Corporate Service
Corps. She is a 2005 recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award and
leads the IBM Women in Technology New York City Chapter. Ms. Ng earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
Veteran
correspondent, commentator and historian David A. Andelman offers a compelling
new perspective on the origin of many of today's most critical international
issues. He turns the spotlight on a host of errors committed by World War I
peacemakers, from Woodrow Wilson to Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George,
as well as many of their young acolytes ranging from John Maynard Keynes to the
Dulles brothers (Allen and John Foster) and even Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Their deliberations and the document they produced led ultimately to crises from
Iraq to Kosovo and wars from the Middle East to Vietnam. He focuses, too, on the
small nations and minor players at Versailles, including figures such as Ho Chi
Minh and Charles de Gaulle, who would later become boldfaced names. With a
cautionary message for us today, he shows how world leaders dismissed repeated
warnings from their experts and laid the groundwork for a host of catastrophic
events, decades in the future.
Alex Mundt
Mon. 
senior Fellow of the
Division of Global Affairs of Rutgers University (formerly known as the Center
for Global Change and Governance), Respondents: Glen Johnson, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of Political Science,
Vassar College; Stephen Rock, Professor of Political Science, Vassar College;
David Woolner, Sr. Vice President of the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
and Associate Professor of History at Marist College. WAC member Richard Reitano served as our moderator.
Dr. Stephen C. Schoenbaum, Executive Vice President for Programs at the
Commonwealth Fund and Executive Director of its Commission on a High Performance Health System. For
Dr. Schoenbaum's bio, curriculum vitae, and a list of his publications
click
