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March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 8 2009 11:30 am

 

Best.Doks Munich

ARRI KINO
Türkenstrasse 91
80799 Munich
Germany

9
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

10
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 10 2009 2:00 pm
End: Mar 10 2009 3:00 pm

“Challenges for Renewed Engagement in Somalia”

The conference will examine current developments in Somalia and the possibilities for greater U.S. and international engagement. Speakers will include a variety of Somalia experts from the region itself, distinguished policymakers, humanitarian representatives, and security analysts. The event will be moderated by Jennifer Cooke, director of the CSIS Africa Program, and David Smock, vice president of USIP's Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution.

Location: B-1 Conference Level, CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, Washington DC 20006

Please RSVP to Africa@csis.org to attend. Press and media please specify your credentials in your RSVP.
________________________________________
CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:15-8:45 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE
Senator Russell Feingold, chairman of the Subcommittee on African Affairs
 
 
9:00-9:45 a.m.
HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES AND ACCESS
John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs (invited)
Peter Goossens, Somalia Country Director, World Food Program (via DVC) (invited)
 
 
10:00-11:30 a.m.
CURRENT POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION
Jabril Abdulle, Director, Center for Research and Dialogue
Ken Menkhaus, Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Michael Weinstein, Professor, Purdue University
Chris Albin-Lackey, Senior Africa Researcher, Human Rights Watch (invited)

11:45 -12:45 p.m.
POSSIBILITIES FOR BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES
Bronwyn Bruton, Visiting Council on Foreign Relations Fellow, CSIS
Jabril Abdulle, Director, Center for Research and Dialogue
Abdi Samatar, Professor of Geography and Global Studies, University of Minnesota
Omar Faruk Osman, Secretary General, National Union of Somali Journalists 

1:00-1:45 p.m.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE
Ambassador Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, UN Special Envoy to Somalia

2:00-3:00 p.m.
OPTIONS FOR U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Phil Carter, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
John Prendergast, Co-Founder, Enough Project
 

 

11
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 11 2009 4:30 pm
End: Mar 11 2009 6:00 pm

Event: Enough Co-founder John Prendergast will be speaking on the anti-genocide movement at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta. 

Location: LeCraw Auditorium, 800 W. Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA

This event is part of the IMPACT Speaker Series at the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and a short reception.

RSVP not required.

Start: Mar 11 2009 7:00 pm
End: Mar 11 2009 10:00 pm

"A Call to Action for the Congo" Hosted by Dialogue...Start One!

Details

12
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 12 2009 11:00 am
End: Mar 12 2009 1:00 pm

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs will hold a Congressional Hearing entitled:
 

Africa: Great Lakes, Sudan and the Horn

Where 2359 Rayburn House Office Building   

When: 11:00 AM

Witnesses: John Prendergast, Co-Founder, Enough Project

David Shinn, Former Ambassador, and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

Suliman Baldo, Africa Director, International Center for Transitional Justice

The program will be webcast; for more information, click here.

Start: Mar 12 2009 6:00 pm
End: Mar 12 2009 9:00 pm

 

John Prendergast Speaking on Congo at EcoMom Alliance Event with Robin Wright Penn, Nicole Richie, Angie Harmon, Jeanne Tripplehorn.

This is a private event.

For more information about the Raise Hope for Congo: EcoMom Project click here.

13
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

Start: Mar 2 2009 3:00 pm
End: Mar 13 2009 3:59 pm

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

United Nations Headquarters, New York City

More information here.

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 13 2009 7:00 pm
When: Friday, 3/13 and Saturday 3/14, 7pm both days

Where: both events are taking place at the UCCS Dwire Auditorium, Room 121

Topic: Friday: film screening and discussion of "The Devil Came on Horseback" (Gretchen Steidle Wallace is the sister of Brian Steidle, the film's creator)

Saturday: Gretchen will give a lecture entitled "Survivors of Conflict, Agents of Change: How Africa's Women are Using Grassroots Social Entrepreneurship to Rebuild from Genocide"

Host: UCCS STAND

No RSVP needed, can contact Sarah at sstrickl@uccs.edu with questions 

Start: Mar 13 2009 7:00 pm

Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.

14
all day

 

March 2009
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway

Panel discussion with the filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støreto and former Secretary General of Amnesty International Norway Petter Eide to follow the screening.

More info
 

all day

A Season in the Congo

Youth Onstage! is proud to bring to the stage Aimé Césaire's epic drama A Season In the Congo as part of the 2008-2009 "Castillo Performs the World" theatre season. A Season In the Congo poetically chronicles the independence movement in the Congo and is one of the few plays written by the late Aimé Césaire, one of the great surrealist poets of the 20th Century. 

 

March 6 - April 5, 2009

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm

TDF accepted; group rates available.

For tickets and information call the Castillo Box Office

 212-941-1234

Order tickets online at www.castillo.org

 

 

Start: Mar 13 2009 7:00 pm
End: Mar 14 2009 7:00 pm
When: Friday, 3/13 and Saturday 3/14, 7pm both days

Where: both events are taking place at the UCCS Dwire Auditorium, Room 121

Topic: Friday: film screening and discussion of "The Devil Came on Horseback" (Gretchen Steidle Wallace is the sister of Brian Steidle, the film's creator)

Saturday: Gretchen will give a lecture entitled "Survivors of Conflict, Agents of Change: How Africa's Women are Using Grassroots Social Entrepreneurship to Rebuild from Genocide"

Host: UCCS STAND

No RSVP needed, can contact Sarah at sstrickl@uccs.edu with questions 

all day

Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.

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