President Barack Obama said The 99 are "superheroes who embody the teachings and tolerance of Islam,"
while the New York Post responded, "Cancel The 99 before it starts." Join its creator, Naif al-Mutawa A'94 (executive producer,
Founder and CEO of Teshkeel Media Group), as he takes you through his entrepreneurial journey post-Tufts and learn why The 99 is making history. Sponsored by The International Center.
October 23, 2012
Campus Center, Room 203 | 8:00pm8:30pm
Program:
If you would like to participate in the planning and organizing of Tufts' China-US Symposium, please come to the general interest meeting where we will explain what it is about and what things you can do, including: programing, marketing, operations, and financing. This is informational only, if you are curious come to see if you could be interested. Last year, we had more than 15 speakers from around America and the world, and more 450 attendees from Tufts, the Fletcher School, and other area universities. If you're interested in US-China security, economic, and cultural relations, stop by the meeting to find out more, or shoot an email if you have any questions! This is a symposium organized by both Fletcher and Tufts undergraduate students. The 2013 Symposium will examine the role of trust in the economic, security, and cultural relationship between the United States and China.
October 26, 2012
Cabot 206 | 12:00pm1:30pm
Program:
Join PJTT and the DLC in a lunchtime discussion of the changing situation in Syria
Ben Emmerson will share his impressions on the deteriorating situation in Syria and provide perspective from someone who is directly involved in international efforts to address the situation there. Ben Emmerson has more than 25 years of experience in domestic and international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. He was Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and Special Adviser to the Appeals Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the Khmer Rouge tribunal).
Hosted by The Project on Justice in Times of Transition, the Institute for Global Leadership, and the IR Director's Leadership Council
Webcasting technology is giving Tufts students an on-the-ground view of the realities of life in the Middle East.
Elizabeth Hoffman, Tufts University
Published August 14, 2012
The same technological advances that are changing the way the world communicates are bringing Tufts students face-to-face with the cradle of civilization.
Since the fall of 2003, Tufts’ Experimental College has offered a student-led class enabling Tufts students to connect with their peers in the Middle East. Three years later, that class is becoming part of the political science curriculum at Tufts.
Charlie Sennott, Vice President, Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost, lectured in the introductory class of the Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice last week. An award-winning foreign correspondent for many years with the Boston Globe, he discussed his Emmy-award winning coverage of the Egyptian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as helping students think about how to approach their independent projects for the semester.
Join the Institute for Global Leadership for a discussion on • key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare) and their impact • the long-term growth potential of the federal health care law and what might follow • alternatives to Obamacare and what comes next
with
John McDonough, Harvard School of Public Health
John McDonough is professor of public health practice at the Harvard School of Public Health and director of the new HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership. Between 2008 and 2010, he served as a Senior Advisor on National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Between 2003 and 2008, he served as Executive Director of Health Care For All, Massachusetts’ leading consumer health advocacy organization, where he played a key role in passage and implementation of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law.
Michael Miller, Community Catalyst
As Strategic Policy Director, Michael Miller focuses on providing policy and strategy support to state-based consumer health advocacy groups. Over the course of his career, he has developed expertise in the areas of Medicaid, SCHIP, Medicare, and developing state-level options to expand coverage for the uninsured, small group and non-group insurance reform, long term care financing and delivery, managed care reform, and hospital community benefits and uncompensated care.
Stuart Altman, Brandeis University
Stuart Altman is the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy Management. He is an economist whose research interests are primarily in the area of federal and state health policy. He served 12 years as Chairman of the congressionally legislated Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPac), formed to advise Congress and the Administration on the functioning of the Medicare Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) Hospital Payment System. He is also Chair of The Health Industry Forum, which brings together diverse group leaders from across the health care field to develop solutions for critical problems facing the healthcare system.
Moderator: Philippe Villers
Philippe Villers is the co-founder of Families USA. He has served as its President and as a member of the Board of Directors since the inception of Families USA in 1981. He is deeply committed to Families USA’s mission of achieving universal access to high quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. He is President of GrainPrto Inc, a green, not only for profit company. He currently also serves on the ACLU President’s Committee, Amnesty International USA’s Executive Directors Council, and on the Board of United Villages as well as the the External Advisory Board of the Institute for Global Leadership.
October 11, 2012
Crane Room | 7:00pm9:00pm
Program:
Join Amnesty International and Love146 for a discussion with Natalie Jesionka, founder of the Prizm Project and Shatter the Looking Glass Magazine, and learn more about human trafficking in Southeast Asia and ways to combat it! 7 PM in Crane Room.
October 10, 2012
Braker 118 | 8:00pm
Program:
Join ALLIES and the Truman Security fellows for an information introduction to military structure and culture!
Since he first read about Lagos, Nigeria in a New Yorker article by George Packer, Samuel James has been drawn to the country. A Synaptic Scholar at the IGL, he first traveled to Lagos with three other Synaptics during the winter of his sophomore year in 2006-07. Since then, he has returned to Nigeria for at least several months each year, first recording the urban challenges of Lagos, especially for those removed from formal government and economic structures, and then, over the last couple years, spending significant time in the Niger Delta.
