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From the Center for Career Education:

Idealism in Action Forums
Thursday, June 15th, 2006, 3 to 5 PM
Various Locations on Campus

Idealism in Action Forums (IDA’s) will provide opportunities for national, local and City Year alumni leaders who are creating positive social change in a variety of sectors, including government, non-profit, and business, to share their insight with City Year corps members and other alumni. Leaders will share their experience as agents for change and discuss issues in depth. Previous IDA topics have included education, South Africa, social entrepreneurship, and youth development.

Idealism in Action Forum Topics:
Innovations in Education
Local & State Government
Social Entrepreneurship
Running a Social Enterprise
Responding to Global Issues of Poverty and Conflict
Renewing Our Neighborhoods: The Future of American Cities
Women and Leadership
Speak Up, Act Out, Sing On: Changing the World Through the Arts

Visit this site to sign up or to find out more information.

From the Center for Career Education:

The Global Forum on Service, Democracy, and Reconciliation
Sponsored by Citigroup
Thursday, June 15th, 2006, 7 to 9 PM
Francis A. Levien Gymnasium in the Dodge Physical Fitness Center

Featuring:
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Jim Wolfensohn, Chairman of the International Advisory Board, Citigroup Inc.

The Global Forum will offer participants the unique opportunity to learn from the perspectives of prominent world leaders on some of the most critical issues facing citizens of the world today: poverty, democracy, religious and racial divides, and HIV/AIDS and the role citizen service can play in addressing these issues. Hard-hitting remarks from influential leaders of diverse sectors will provide context for these difficult issues, challenging all in attendance to work towards their solutions. Audience members–especially the 1,100 City Year corps members–will be encouraged to participate in this important dialogue through a question and answer session that concludes the program. The event will also feature the presentation of City Year’s highest honor, the Lifetime of Idealism Award.

RSVP or for more info.

This just in from Columbia News. Visit CCYVP for more info.

Community Research Group and the Columbia Center for Youth Violence Prevention invite you to the 10th anniversary re-release and discussion of the report “Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Violence in Washington Heights.”

The symposium aims to re-examine the history of violence in our neighborhood, highlight what has been done to address it and identify what tasks lie ahead. Following a presentation of the report and other historical data, members of the original advisory board will participate in a panel discussion. Following that discussion, the audience will break into smaller groups for assessment and planning.

The event will be held June 15, from 9 AM to 1 PM, at Columbia University Medical Center, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavillion, first floor auditorium.

To RSVP, call Karen Rose Scutt at (212) 305-8213 or email her at kr2019@columbia.edu.

This just in from the CCE:

City Year Event: Service Day
10 AM to 4:30 PM
After the kick-off event, the volunteers will come together for an inspiring Day of Service in Harlem and the South Bronx. Volunteers will be deployed throughout the city of New York to transform neighborhoods through powerful physical service projects, such as painting murals and building community gardens.

Please register for the event at https://www.cityyear.org/cyzygy/registration/registration.cfm.

This just in from Columbia News:

Columbia University, Jumbie Records and the 92nd Street Y are presenting North America’s only festival of xylophone music from across the African continent. This event features new and traditional music for an amazing variety of African xylophones. The family-friendly event will be held on Saturday, May 6th, 2006, from 1 to 3 PM, in 301 Philosophy Hall.

For more information, call (800) 525-0843 or visit http://www.JumbieRecords.com.

This just in from the Political Science Department:

The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies presents: “Healing the Wounds of War and Personal Trauma: Lessons from South Africa” a lecture by Father Michael Lapsley.

May 3rd, 2006, from 12:30 to 2 PM
1302, International Affairs Building

Father Michael Lapsley was born and raised in New Zealand. He went to South Africa in 1973 as a young Anglican priest determined to oppose the racism and oppression of apartheid. In 1976 at the insistence of the apartheid government he left South Africa. For many years he served as a chaplain and spiritual advisor to the anti-apartheid movement in exile. In 1990, while living in Zimbabwe, he was sent a letter bomb from South Africa. He survived an immense explosion which was intended to kill him but lost both hands and the sight of one eye.

With the fall of apartheid, Father Michael returned to South Africa and eventually became Chaplain of the Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture in Cape Town. In 1998 he became the founding director of the Institute for Healing of Memories, an organization which conducts healing and reconciliation workshops in South Africa and other conflict ridden societies worldwide.

Nelson Mandela has said, “Michael’s life represents a compelling metaphor: …a foreigner who came to our country and was transformed… (His) life is part of the tapestry of the many long journeys and struggles of our people.”

As some of you might have noticed the demonstration today, “Stop Hurricane Columbia” seeks to defend the community by stopping displacement and keeping Harlem affordable and diverse. For more information about the campaign, please contact bfrappy24@aol.com or (212) 666-6426.

In the other news, take note of this wonderful youth media network called Youth Out Loud. See http://www.youthoutloud.net for more information.