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Arts Event: Congolese Filmmaker and Social Activist Petna Ndaliko

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Petna Ndaliko, one of seven internationally recognized Congolese filmmakers, will show two short films and engage in a discussion about the conflict in the Congo with a specific focus on media coverage and representation of the Congo people.

Petna Ndaliko in his own words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVU-ncIcGc

This event is cosponsored by Congo Global Action, Friends of Congo, and the Institute for Policy Studies. Visit Congoweek.org or call 202-584-6512 for more information. You can also contact IPS at 202 234-9382×232.

Panel Discussion: The Future of U.S. Military Involvement in Africa: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The United States Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM) officially began one year ago. This new command has been active in its first year training troops throughout the continent, providing supplies, and even building schools. AFRICOM has both raised great support and harsh criticism throughout Africa and in the United States.

Panelists:

Ambassador William J. Garvelink, US Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prosper Bunzigiye, Congolese Human Rights Activist
Lauren Ploch, Congressional Research Services
Moderated by Emira Woods, Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies

For more information and to RSVP, please contact Alyssa (Alyssa@staging.ips-dc.org)

This event is co-sponsored by SAIS African Studies and the Institute for Policy Studies.

Public Briefing: Obama, Ghana, and U.S.-Africa Policy

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As President Obama heads to Ghana for an historic visit, leading Africa advocacy organizations urge a new U.S. engagement with Africa based on mutual interests and mutual respect.

The Institute for Policy Studies and allied organizations will host a public briefing and press conference covering proposals for a bold transformation of U.S. Africa policy. Issues covered include peace and security, trade and development, agriculture, HIV/AIDS and health.

Speakers:

Bishop Akolgo, Integrated Social Development Ghana (ISODEC)
Charles Abugre, Christian Aid
Nii Akuetteh, Africa Analyst, former Executive Director of Africa Action
Dan Volman, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety
Matthew Kavanagh, Health GAP (Global Access Project)

Moderator: Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus.

Light refreshments will be served. Please call (202) 234-9382×232 to RSVP or for more information.

Event cosponsors include Africa Action, TransAfrica Forum, African Faith and Justice network, American Friends Service Committee, Mennonite Service Committee, Africa Security Research Institute, Health GAP, Global Aids Alliance, Friends of the Congo, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, Jubilee USA, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, African Alliance for the 21st Century, African Network for African Development, Third World Networks-Africa, Integrated Social Development Ghana (ISODEC), and Blackcommentator.com.

 

Roundtable Discussion: The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Africa

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The Institute for Policy Studies and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Present a roundtable discussion, moderated by Foreign Policy In Focus co-director Emira Woods, that will attempt to answer some of the following questions:

What is the impact on women, workers, and small-holder farmers? What are the challenges but also the opportunities that the crisis presents for the continent? What is Africa’s economic outlook? Is the continent in a better position to weather this crisis than it was in the ’80s and ’90s? Could the crisis bring an end to the Washington Consensus? What are the opportunities for structural change that meets the needs of people and the planet?

List of speakers:

Jose Gijon, Chief Africa economist and Head of the Africa Desk, OECD Development Centre Regina Amadi, Former Head of Africa, International Labor Organization Tony Avignan, Economic Policy Institute Briggs Bomba, Associate Director, Africa Action Leonce Ndkumana, Director of Development Research, African Development Bank

This event is co-sponsored by Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Africa Action, Transafrica Forum John Hopkins School of Advanced Studies, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, American University’s Africa Council, and the Foreign Policy In Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies.

Conference: Women and the Changing Global Outlook

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Join the British Embassy and National Geographic Society for the Second Women’s Empowerment Conference on May 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The conference will explore key issues related to Women in Africa as identified by the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 3 to promote gender equality and empower women. This year’s theme is "Women and the Changing Global Outlook."

The event has a powerful line up of speakers, including:

Baroness Valerie Amos of Great Britain
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai
CARE Ambassador and philanthropist Sheila Johnson
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union
Emmy Award Winner Tracey Neale
FPIF Co-Director Emira Woods

And many more. This FREE conference promises to be an enlightening and inspiring event that will help to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in Africa.

Register at www.wec.eventbrite.com or call (202) 518-7523.
 

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