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SUMMARY:SFS Intec and its International Footprint with Jerry Simcik
DESCRIPTION:Jerry Simcik\nSFS Intec and its International Footprint\nJerry Simcik is the Director-Human Resources for the SFS Group North America. A Berks County native\, he has been with SFS for the past 22 years. The SFS Group is a global market leader for mechanical fastening systems and precision formed components. Based on a focused set of core technologies we serve diversified end markets\, including the automotive\, construction/construction supply\, electrical/electronics\, aerospace and medical components industry. In addition to the development and manufacture of products under the SFS intec\, GESIPA\, Unisteel and Tegra Medical brands\, the SFS Group offers distribution and logistics solutions under the SFS unimarket brand throughout Europe. The SFS Group world HQ is in Heerbrugg\, Switzerland. We have more than 80 sales offices and manufacturing sites in 26 countries in Europe\, North America and Asia. Nearly 9\,500 employees worldwide generated sales of CHF 1.63 billion (USD $1.64billion) in 2017. SFS has thrived and grown in mature markets around the world by employing a common set of corporate principles that apply to every country\, location\, culture and people. These principles guide our business decision making throughout the world\, including here in the US.   To Register: Call (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org Cost to attend: $10 all attendees
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/sfs-intec-and-its-international-footprint/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T133000
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SUMMARY:Syria: Why it Matters\, What Can Be Done. Ambassador Fred Hof
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE\nAmbassador Fred Hof\nSyria: Why it Matters\, What Can Be Done\nSponsored by: Diversity\, Inclusion\, Global Committee of the Y \nFrederic C. Hof has been a soldier\, diplomat\, CEO\, author\, and the Director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.  He is currently on the faculty of Bard College and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Hariri Center. A native of New York\, Ambassador Hof received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an MA in National Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School.  He studied Arabic in Tunisia and\, as a US Army officer\, served overseas in Vietnam and Lebanon.  He concluded his military service in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  In the private sector he would become CEO of AALC Ltd.\, an international business consulting firm\, and would later establish a Syria practice at the Atlantic Council’s Hariri Center\, before becoming the Center’s Director in 2016. Ambassador Hof has written extensively on Middle Eastern political and security issues.  His published works have focused on Arab-Israeli boundary and water disputes and the Syrian crisis.  He served on the Department of Defense commission that investigated the 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut\, drafting portions of the final report.  He was chief of staff of the 2000-2001 Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee (investigating the October 2000 Palestinian intifada) and principal drafter of the report submitted by former US Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to President Bush and Secretary of State Powell.  He received the rank of ambassador in 2012 while serving as advisor to the Secretary of State on political transition in Syria. Ambassador Hof’s diplomatic mediation work has dealt with Jordanian-Israeli water issues\, Israeli-Syrian peace\, Lebanese-Israeli natural gas and exclusive economic zone disputes\, and Palestinian-Israeli security matters.  Among his military and civilian decorations is the Purple Heart.  He and his wife\, Brenda\, reside in Silver Spring\, MD\, and Kerhonkson\, NY.   To Register: Call (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org Cost to attend: Members $23 Non-Members $30 Without Meal $10 Ambassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/syria-why-it-matters-what-can-be-done/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181024T090000
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SUMMARY:Globalization through Model UN with WAC Scholarship Winner Emma Hopler
DESCRIPTION:Emma is a Senior in high-school at Wyomissing Area Jr/Sr High School. In her sophomore year she was accepted to the All-American Model United Nations team has since traveled to 3 different countries including Hungary\, Poland and China\, with the help and sponsorship of the World Affairs Council. On these trips she represents various countries while debating solutions to issues currently facing the global community. \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\n$10 all attendees
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/model-un-with-wac-scholarship-winner-emma-hopper/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T093000
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SUMMARY:How the Untapped Power of Women and Girls Can End World Poverty with Susan Markham
DESCRIPTION:How the Untapped Power of Women and Girls Can End World Poverty\nSusan Markham\nSusan Markham most recently served at the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. In this position\, she advised Agency leadership on gender policy issues\, led cross-sectoral program efforts in resilience\, adolescent girls’ education and energy\, and represented the Agency to the White House and other departments\, governments\, civil society organizations and private partners. Previously\, she led the efforts of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) a non-partisan organization\, to increase women’s political participation globally as voters\, activists\, candidates and officeholders. In this role\, she was especially proud of her work in Afghanistan\, Iraq and Yemen to help women find and use their voices in their countries. \nSusan worked earlier in her career in U.S. politics bringing to life her Master’s thesis that focused on women running for political office. At EMILY’s List\, she ran the Political Opportunity Program (POP) that recruited\, trained and supported women running for office at the state and local office. She also managed the Campaign Corps program that brought young people into the political process to engage them in elections. \nSusan now works and lives in Washington\, DC with her family and two dogs. She’s earned degrees from George Washington University (Master’s of Arts) and THE Ohio State University (Bachelor of Arts\, Political Science and International Studies)\, but looks forward to learning new things every day. \nLocation: \nAlbright College\, McMillan Student Center South Lounge\nWhen you enter the student center\, the room immediately to your right is the South Lounge.\nA registration table will be right outside the room. \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend is $10 for members and non-members.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/susan-markham/
LOCATION:Albright College\, McMillan Student Center South Lounge\, 13th and Bern Streets\, Reading\, PA\, 19612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea: Moving Beyond Summit Diplomacy with Jenny Town
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea: Moving Beyond Summit Diplomacy\nJenny Town\nSponsored by: Suh \nSudhir Dalal\, CPA \nFor video recording\,\, click HERE \nEducation:\nMaster of International Affairs from Columbia University; BA in East Asian Studies and International Relations from Westmar University \nBackground:\nJenny Town is a Research Analyst at The Henry L. Stimson Center and the Managing Editor and Producer of “38 North\,” a web journal that provides policy and technical analysis on North Korea. She is the former Assistant Director of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies where she focused on North Korea\, US-DPRK relations\, US-ROK alliance\, and Northeast Asia regional security. She is an expert reviewer for Freedom House’s Freedom in the World Index\, where she previously worked on the Human Rights in North Korea Project. She is an Associate Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS\, a Member of the National Committee on North Korea\, an Associate Member of the Council of Korean Americans and a Senior Fellow for Korea Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. She serves on the Editorial Board for Inkstick\, an online foreign policy journal for emerging scholars. \n  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/jenny-town/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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SUMMARY:The Continuing Impact of Environmental Issues and Changes in the World Climate with Cathy Curran Meyers & David Osgood
DESCRIPTION:Cathy Curran Myers\, JD\nCathy Curran Myers is a member of the faculty of Alvernia University\, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental sustainability\, public policy\, conflict resolution\, leadership and law\, and serving as the program coordinator for the MA in Leadership degree. Prior to her appointment at Alvernia\, Ms. Myers was the Executive Director of the Bucknell University Environmental Center for interdisciplinary research\, scholarship and teaching of environmental perspectives and sustainability. Ms. Myer’s career in environmental law and policy spans three decades and includes executive level management in government\, business\, and academia. \nHer government service included serving as Deputy Secretary for Water Management in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)\, where she shaped the water policy of the commonwealth from 2003-2009. During her tenure Ms. Myers represented Governor Rendell on interstate water resource agencies\, from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River Basin. In 2003 Ms. Myers had the distinction of leading the Pennsylvania delegation in the international negotiations that culminated in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact and Sustainable Water Resources Agreement. \nIn addition to 20 years of public service\, Ms. Myers spent a decade practicing environmental law as a partner in a major Philadelphia law firm\, and launched and led their Harrisburg office. \nShe received her BA in Environmental Economics and an MA degree in Environmental Biology from Smith College and her JD from Dickinson School of Law . Ms. Myers is trained as a mediator\, and is the immediate past Chair of the City of Reading Environmental Advisory Council. \nDavid Osgood\nDavid received his PhD in Environmental Science from University of Virginia. His research has focused on natural marsh development on Mid-Atlantic and SE US barrier islands with an emphasis on hydrology\, nutrient dynamics\, and their influence on the developing plant community. His background also includes study of Phragmites and other non-native plant species and their impact on the marsh ecosystem. More recently\, he conducts research on restoration of headwater streams and floodplain wetlands of coastal watersheds of the Mid-Atlantic US. He has traveled regularly throughout Latin America where he teaches and conducts research into conservation of natural resources in a cultural context. He is a full professor at Albright College in Reading Pennsylvania where he serves as director of the environmental science program and teaches classes on issues in environmental science\, principles of ecology\, wetlands ecology\, watershed hydrology\, and Latin America and the environment. \n  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\n$10 all attendees
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/climate-change-with-cathy-curran-meyers/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180912T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180912T133000
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SUMMARY:Strategic Security Issues for the 21st Century with Nicholas Eftimaides
DESCRIPTION:For video playback\, click HERE \nSponsored by: Sam and Rosie DeWald\nNicholas Eftimiades recently retired from the US Department of Defense. His 34 year government career includes employment in CIA as a Technical Operations Officer\, Special Agent in the US Department of State\, Bureau of Diplomatic Security\, and a Senior Intelligence Officer in Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Mr. Eftimiades held positions in analysis\, human and technical intelligence collection\, and program management. He had overseas assignments in Vienna\, Frankfurt\, Moscow\, London\, and Tokyo. His long career in DIA includes senior assignments as the Chief of Counterterrorism Operations\, Transnational Issues Division\, Futures Division\, and Space Division. He has been awarded the National Intelligence Council Achievement Award and DIA Director’s Intelligence Award – that agency’s highest recognition of achievement. He distinguished himself numerous times in the senior ranks of the intelligence and defense communities. As a subject matter expert Nick was called upon to provide Congressional testimony and briefings to the Cox Commission\, the Joint Economic Committee\, President’s Commission on the Moon\, Mars\, and Beyond\, and individual meetings with Congressional Members and staff. \nMr. Eftimiades was also a Senior Research Fellow at King’s College War Studies Department\, London UK. He has an M.S. Strategic Intelligence\, National Defense Intelligence College; and a B.A. East Asian Studies\, George Washington University. Mr. Eftimiades has authored books and number of scholarly articles on national security\, technology\, and space issues. Nick’s book “Chinese Intelligence Operations\,” is an examination of the structure\, operations\, and methodology of the intelligence services of the People’s Republic of China. To date\, it remains the only scholarly analysis of China’s intelligence services and operational methodology. \nNick is a frequent lecturer and public speaker on future technology\, space\, and national security issues. He has appeared as an expert on CBS Evening News\, Dateline NBC\, ABC’s Day One\, BBC\, BBC America\, National Public Radio\, and dozens of other television and radio broadcasts. He has been quoted in hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the world. \nExpertise: Intelligence Operations\, Terrorist Operations\, National Security Space\, Diplomacy\, Asia Security issues \n  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/nicholas-eftimaides/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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SUMMARY:Peter Rye\, President
DESCRIPTION:International Business: Brentwood Industries\nBrentwood began putting down roots in foreign countries nearly 20 years ago starting with Thailand. Today\, we operate in the Czech Republic and India also with a Mexico facility soon to open. Even our US based operations enjoy sales to foreign countries amounting to approximately 30% of the whole\, including over 30 years of selling to China. \nMany of our product relate to infrastructure such as power generation\, water and waste-water processing and storm-water management. These are things that all countries need\, especially countries that are advancing in their desire to live as we do. Our opportunities abroad come from interest in these products. As demand builds in a region over time\, we begin to consider the need to be local. Despite having preeminent products in our niches\, we will always encounter both indigenous competition and competition from other foreign companies\, whether European or Chinese\, that results in price pressure. Often\, we choose to be a pioneer in establishing local manufacturing and setting customer expectations on performance and value rather than wait to become a “me too”. This requires a long term view and patience. \nBrentwood is more comfortable in foreign lands and cultures than many US companies. My parent\, sister and I emigrated from Denmark. Since Denmark is so small\, its economic development is dependent on commerce with foreign countries. Operating abroad is natural. Brentwood has become a magnet for foreign born workers because we need their language skills\, cultural understanding and openness. Also\, emigrating is an inherently entrepreneurial act. Entrepreneurship is something we value.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/peter-rye-president/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180613T090000
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SUMMARY:Bonnie Rohde
DESCRIPTION:Tariffs\, Trade\, and Tribuations\nBonnie is an Instructor of Business at Albright College \nD.B.A.: Wilmington University (in progress)\nM.B.A.: Saint Joseph’s University (international business)\nB.S.: Albright College (computer science and marketing)\nA.S.: Lincoln Technical Institute (electronics technology) \nData Science Certification Johns Hopkins University through Coursera\, 2015 \nMasters Certificate – Project Management\, Stevens Institute of Technology & Lucent Technologies School of Business\, 1998 \nCertified in Total Quality Management as a Trainer\, Facilitator\, Team Leader\, and Team Member\, AT&T School of Business and Technology\, 1987
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/bonnie-rohde/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180516T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180516T130000
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SUMMARY:Professor Alexis Jardine
DESCRIPTION:Similarities and Differences Between PA Dutch and Latino Cultures\nAlexis Jardine is a Professor\, Coordinator of the Spanish Department\, and Co-Chair of the Multicultural Awareness Initiative at Reading Area Community College.  Alexis attended the Andres Bello University in Venezuela earning a bachelor’s degree in Education.  Prior to coming to the US\, Alexis worked for the Embassy of Japan and the Embassy of Canada.  She has earned four Masters Degrees in Education and studied and lived in Barcelona Spain.  She is the author of No Barriers! College Success Strategies for Hispanic Students\, a text book published by Kendall/Hunt in 2003. Alexis specializes in the development of Spanish language curriculum and cultural training for business executives\, hospitals\, and embassy staff.  She enjoys traveling to South American and Europe.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/professor-alexis-jardine/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T130000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Tara O
DESCRIPTION:North Korea\nFor video replay Part 1: click HERE \nFor video replay Part 2: click HERE \nDr. Tara O is an Adjunct Fellow at the Pacific Forum CSIS. She is the author of The Collapse of North Korea: Challenges\, Planning\, and Geopolitics of Unification. She serves on the board of directors of the International Council on Korean Studies and was the editor-in-chief of its journal International Journal of Korean Studies (IJKS). A retired Air Force officer\, she worked on national security\, intelligence\, alliance\, and political-military issues at the Pentagon\, the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea\, and the U.S. European Command\, as well as intelligence agencies. She also worked counterterrorism\, counterproliferation\, and satellite issues. She worked in a variety of capacities\, including analysis\, liaison\, and leadership. \nAs a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy\, she taught strategy and military operations. She was a faculty researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies. Her research areas include the Korean contingency and unification\, U.S. alliance relationships in Asia\, human rights in North Korea\, and the social integration of North Korean defectors. \nPrior to the military\, she also worked in the public\, private\, and non-profit sectors\, including the U.S. Agency for International Development in Nairobi\, Kenya\, working on drought assessment and food aid; the Asia Foundation in Bangkok\, Thailand and Vientiane\, Laos\, assisting the Laos Central Bank as it transitioned from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy; Bank of America\, managing syndicated loans to Latin America; the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica\, California\, assessing potential global flash points; and the United Nations Association of the USA in New York\,analyzing international economic institutions. \nShe holds a BA in International Relations from the University of California at Davis\, an MPA in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University\, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-tara-o/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T130000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Stepanka Magstadt
DESCRIPTION:Human Trafficking\, A Global Problem\, A Local Solution\nA migration historian educated in the U.K.\, the United States\, and the Czech Republic\, she is currently teaching courses dealing with Global Human Trafficking\, Sex Trafficking and Domestic Violence she developed. Stepanka is the Director of the Center for the Study of Human Trafficking in South-Central Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on identifying vulnerabilities to Sex Trafficking and Domestic Violence.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-stepanka-magstadt/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T130000
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SUMMARY:Thomas Wright
DESCRIPTION:The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power\nFor video replay Part 1\, click HERE\nFor video replay Part 2\, click HERE \nThomas Wright the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. He is also a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Previously\, he was executive director of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs\, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago\, and senior researcher for the Princeton Project on National Security. \nWright works on U.S. foreign policy and grand strategy\, Donald Trump’s worldview\, the future of Europe\, and Asian security. His book “All Measures Short of War: The Contest For the 21st Century and Future of American Power” was published by Yale University Press in 2017. \nWright has a doctorate from Georgetown University\, a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University\, and a bachelor’s and master’s from University College Dublin. He has also held a pre-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a post doctoral fellowship at Princeton University. Wright’s writings have appeared in the American Political Science Review\, Orbis\, Survival\, The Washington Quarterly\, Financial Times\, International Herald Tribune\, and The Washington Post\, as well as a number of international newspapers and media outlets. \nWright’s affiliations include the Fulbright Commission\, Ireland\, vice chair and board member International Politics Reviews\, Palgrave Macmillan\, editorial board.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/thomas-wright/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T150000
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SUMMARY:From Coexistence To Shared Society
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Federation of Reading sponsored event. April 9\, 2018 – 7:00 PM – Reform Congregation Oheb Shalom\, 555 Warwick Dr. Wyomissing. Free and open to the public\nMohammad Darawshe\nFrom Coexistence To Shared Society \nMohammad Darawshe is the Director of Center for Equality & Shared Society\, Givat Haviva. The lecture will focus on efforts of institutions in Israel to move from social interactions between Jewish and Arab youth to a more substantial engagement between both societies\, bringing examples demonstrating abilities to engage in collaborative efforts serving both interests. Mr. Darawshe will touch on what can be down on the social\, economic\, and political arenas to build islands of success in Jewish Arab relations\, and how these efforts manage to engage mainstream leadership from both communities.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/from-coexistence-to-shared-society/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T150000
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SUMMARY:Race\, Perserverance and Catholicism
DESCRIPTION:Alvernia Lecture – 7:00 PM – McGlinn Conference Center @ Alvernia U.\nDr. Darren Davis\nRace\, Perserverance and Catholicism \nDr. Darren Davis is a nationally recognized scholar in political behavior and racial politics.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/4598/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180407T130000
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SUMMARY:Paulo Sotero
DESCRIPTION:Click HERE to see this presentation on line. \nChallenges Facing Brazil Including a Possible Impeachment and an Oil Corruption Scandal \nPaulo Sotereo is the director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Scholars. An award winning journalist\, from 1989 to 2006 he was the Washington correspondent for Estado De S. Paulo\, a leading Brazilizn newspaper.. Sotero has been in Washington\, D.C. since 1980\, where he has been a corrrespondent for Istoe weekly magazine and the financial newspaper Gazeta Mercantil. He is a frequent guest comentator for the BBC\, CNN\, Al Jezeera\, Voice of America\, National Public Radio\, Globo News Television and the Brazilian Radio Network – CBN. Sotero holds a Bachelors’s degree in History from Catholic University of Pernambuco\, an a Master’s in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University in Washington\, D.C. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Affairs\, Georgetown University\, and is currently on the adjunct faculty of the Elliot School of International Affairs\, George Washington University.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/paulo-sotero/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180314T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180314T090000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T134335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T142724Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Joseph Braude
DESCRIPTION:Broadcasting Change: Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Change\nSponsor:\nThe Reading Eagle Company\nJoseph Braude\, a Senior Fellow with FPRI’s Program on the Middle East\, is a Middle East scholar and author whose research appears in print and on air\, in Arabic as well as English. He studied in the departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale and Near Eastern Studies at Princeton. He developed his Arabic to broadcast quality through years of living and working in the Gulf states and North Africa\, and added fluency in Farsi to his knowledge of Persian literature as a graduate student at the University of Tehran. \nHis first book\, The New Iraq (Basic Books\, 2003)\, examines the challenge of civil society development in the country following the US-led invasion. His second\, The Honored Dead (Random House – Spiegel & Grau\, 2011)\, presents an unprecedented investigation of the inner workings of an Arab security service: Braude was embedded for half a year in an investigative unit of the Moroccan federal police in Casablanca\, where he read case files\, attended interrogations\, and accompanied police on nighttime forays into the shantytown. \nSince July 2010\, Joseph Braude’s weekly program in Arabic\, Risalat New York (Letter from New York)\, has aired nationally on Morocco’s MED Radio. He appears frequently as a commentator on Al-Arabiya and other satellite television networks. He writes a biweekly column in Al-Majalla\, the largest-distribution magazine in the Arabic language\, and contributes regularly to the daily newspaper Asharq Alawsat. In the United States\, he has written for The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The American Interest\, Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, and The New Republic. He provides commentary on public radio programs\, and produces documentaries on current affairs in the Middle East for PRI’s America Abroad. He hosts the English-language podcast Eye on Arabia\, a light-hearted roundup of reporting and analysis from the Arab world. He is also a contributing editor at Tablet. \nJoseph Braude is Advisor at the Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center in Dubai\, a think tank specializing in Islamist movements across the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to leading seminars and contributing research to its monthly book\, he conducts outreach on behalf of the Center in the United States and elsewhere. \nAs a consulting advisor\, Joseph Braude has assisted non-profit groups\, government\, and private companies in matters related to Middle East policy\, public diplomacy\, security sector reform\, and counterterrorism. He has worked with the United States Agency for International Development\, the US State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs\, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty\, and Pyramid Research.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-joseph-braude/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T023000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T033000
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CREATED:20180407T135606Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Solomon Lausch
DESCRIPTION:The Peace Corps: JFK to Today\nDr. Lausch will review the history of the Peace Corps since its establishment in 1961 by executive order of President John F. Kennedy.  A panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers\, Solomon Lausch\, Carla and Michael Mannix\, and Alexa Tyler Bordner\, representing respectively the first decade\, the middle years\, and the recent years of Peace Corps activity around the world will present their perspectives and anecdotal accounts of their years of service.  The program will conclude with an engaging Question and Answer session with the audience. \nDr. Lausch is well known to all of us as a member of the board of directors of our World Affairs Council\, as executive director of Berks Business Education Coalition (BBEC) and as past superintendant of the Schuylkill Valley School District. \nDr. Lausch began his professional career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Micronesia\, teaching English as a second language.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-solomon-lausch/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Restaurant & Bakery\, 1245 Penn Ave\, Wyomissing\, PA\, 19610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180218T190000
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CREATED:20180219T150239Z
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SUMMARY:Judge Jeffery Sprecher
DESCRIPTION:Sentencing Reform & Prison Overcrowding\nJudge Sprecher will be discussing what improvements have occurred in the six years since the publication of his book\, Justice or Just This?. This will be an update on a presentation he delivered to the World Affairs Council several years ago. \nJudge Sprecher presides on the Berks County Court of Common Pleas since 1991.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/judge-jeffery-sprecher/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T135909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180407T135909Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nina Kollars
DESCRIPTION:War and Technology\nSponsored by Sam Dalal\nDr. Nina Kollars is Assistant Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College. As a graduate of Ohio State University’s Department of Political Science\, Kollars’ most recently published research has been featured in Security Studies\, Journal of Strategic Studies\, & Survival. Central themes in her work are innovation\, adaptation\, and organizational design. She is currently working on a book manuscript that focuses on the efforts of war practitioners and organizational responses to their insights and creativity. She is a non-resident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point Military Academy\, a member of the Committee for the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy\, an editorial board member of the Special Operations Journal and a committed professor to her students. Before entering academia\, Kollars completed analyses for the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress and the World Bank.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-nina-kollars/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180109T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180110T150602Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Shreeyash Palshikar
DESCRIPTION:For video playback\, click\nHERE \nDangerous Neighborhood: A Historical Background of the India-Pakistan Tensions\nSponsored by Weik Capital Management\nDr. Shreeyash Palshikar is an Assistant Professor of History at Albright College. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Chicago\, where he received a Fulbright fellowship to research in India. He also holds a B.A. from Amherst College\, and did a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University. Before coming to Albright two years ago\, he served in the intelligence community as a South Asia political analyst. \nDr. Palshikar works on language politics and democracy in South Asia\, with a focus on modern India. He is currently completing a manuscript analyzing how formation of linguistic states relates to the development of India’s democracy with a special focus on the area around Bombay/Mumbai city. He has previously analyzed how vernacular propaganda helped create emotional appeal for an opposition political coalition\, and revealed how a contemporary political party appropriated rhetoric of a 1950s regional-linguistic movement. He teaches courses on World History\, South and East Asian History and the global history of magic
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-shreeyash-palshikar/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T142808Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Paul Esqueda
DESCRIPTION:For video playback\, click\nHERE \nVenezuela – Derailed Democracy?\nAlso reference the December 18\, 2017 New York Times article\, “Venezuela – Overwhelmed by malenution\, mortality of children.” \nDr. Paul D. Esqueda is the Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn State Berks and a Professor of Engineering. His areas of interest are project management\, negotiations\, and operations management. He has a particular interest in developing negotiation case studies. For the last 30 years\, Esqueda has been primarily dedicated to administration in academic institutions. Past positions include Division Head of Engineering\, Business\, and Computing at Penn State Berks; Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA) in Caracas\, Venezuela and President of the Engineering Research Institute also in Caracas. Esqueda served as a consultant for the European Union to review the European Union Latin American Scholarship Program from 2003-2008. He was part of a 20 expert panel (10 from Europe and 10 from Latin America) that met every year in Brussels to audit the program and advise the EU on the development of the program.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-paul-esqueda/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T190000
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SUMMARY:Philip J. (P.J.) Crowley
DESCRIPTION:For video playback\, click\nHERE \nRed Line: Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States\nSponsored by Mountain Springs Restaurant and Captains Cove Bar and Lounge\nIn this book\, RedLine -Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States\, former Deputy Secretary of State P. J. Crowley\, one of America’s most insightful national security commentators\, unpacks the legacy of American triumphs and failures in Iraq . He argues that presidents have fallen victim to the Iraq Syndrome—the disconnect between politics\, policy\, strategy\, and narrative—that has hampered America’s foreign policy in the Middle East and hotspots throughout the world. In order to maintain America’s global leadership role\, Crowley argues that the next president must realign American’s national security politics\, policies\, strategies\, and narrative for the long term. \nPhilip J. (P.J.) Crowley is a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at The George Washington University\, where he currently teaches courses on public diplomacy and crisis communications. P.J. appears frequently as a national security commentator on national and global television networks. His opinion pieces have been published in a wide range of print and on-line outlets\, including The Washington Post\, The Guardian and the BBC. \nHe served as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State between 2009 and 2011 under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was the primary U.S. government interlocutor with major media regarding the impact of the release of classified diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks. He resigned from that position after making public comments critical of the government’s pre-trial treatment of Private First Class Bradley/Chelsea Manning. Atlantic Magazine named him as one of 21 Brave Thinkers in 2011. \nAfter leaving the State Department\, P.J. held the 2011-2012 Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and School of Public Affairs\, Dickinson College and the Army War College. While there\, he authored The Rise of Transparency and Decline of Secrecy in the Age of Global and Social Media for the Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs. \nBefore joining the Obama administration\, P.J. was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress\, with a particular focus on homeland security in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. He authored a number of detailed analyses on security issues\, including Safe at Home\, a national security strategy to protect the American homeland\, improve national preparedness and rebuild the U.S. standing in the world. He remains engaged on these issues as a member of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group. His most recent analysis in this area is Homeland Security and the Post-9/11 Era\, published by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. \nP.J. is a retired Air Force colonel and is a veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1991. He served on the National Security Council staff at the White House as a special assistant to President Clinton and deputy press secretary. He deployed to NATO Headquarters in Brussels during the 1999 Kosovo crisis to support then NATO Secretary General Javier Solana\, helping to develop a strategic communication capability in support of the NATO campaign.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/philip-j-p-j-crowley/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171017T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171017T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T143335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180407T143335Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Bonnie Rohde
DESCRIPTION:NAFTA and Asia Trade\nDr. Bonnie Rohde is a business instructor at Albright College. She is a Business Educator & Data Scientist in business intelligence\, operations management\, entrepreneurship and globalization. Rohde has more than 20 years experience in business planning\, information systems and telecommunications prior to joining Albright in 2006.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-bonnie-rohde/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T143642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T203055Z
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SUMMARY:Ron Granieri
DESCRIPTION:For Video playback Part 1\, click\n HERE \nFor Video playback\, Part 2\, click\nHERE \nEurope: Old Continent\, New Challenges-Post Election EU\nSponsored by Sam and Rosie DeWald\nRon Granieri is the Executive Director of Foreign Policy Research Institute’s (FPRI) Center for the Study of America and the West\, Editor of the Center’s E-publication The American Review of Books\, Blogs\, and Bull\, and Host of Geopolitics with Granieri\, a monthly series of events for FPRI Members.  He is a specialist in Contemporary German and International History with degrees from both Harvard and the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of a Federal Chancellor Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is a member in the American Council on Germany’s Young Leader Program. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania\, Temple University\, Syracuse University\, Furman University\, and the University of Tubingen. He is the author of The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer\, the CDU/CSU\, and the West\, 1949-1966 (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books\, 2003)\, and is currently completing a book entitled: The Fall and Rise of German Christian Democracy\, From Detente to Reunification\, for Oxford University Press.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/ron-granieri/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170919T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T143918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180407T143918Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Randall Newnham
DESCRIPTION:Brexit Questions\nDr.Randall Newnham is an Associate Professor of Political Science atPenn State Berks. His research focuses on the role of the economic aid and sanctions as foreign policy tools. Recent articles include Coalition of the Bribed and Bullied?  US Economic Linkage and the Iraq War Coalition and Nukes for Sale Cheap? Purchasing Peace with North Korea (both in International Studies Perspectives\, 2004 and 2008). He has a special interest in Germany\, Eastern Europe\, and the former Soviet Union. This is seen in his book\, Deutsche Mark Diplomacy: Positive Economic Sanctions in German-Russian Relations (PSU Press\, 2002)\, and several recent articles on German\, Polish\, and Russian foreign policy. Dr. Newnham teaches introductory courses in International Relations\, Comparative Politics\, and American Government. He also teaches advanced courses on “The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union” and International Political Economy as part of PSU Berks’ four-year Global Studies degree.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-randall-newnham/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121616
CREATED:20180407T144228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T161658Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. David Titley\, Rear Admiral (Ret.)
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change Erodes National Security\nFor video playback\, click HERE \nDr. David Titley currently is Professor of Practice in the Department of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University\, and founding Director of Penn State’s Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk.  The Center helps organizations and citizens prosper and succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s weather and climate environment by taking advantage of all the skill in weather and climate forecasts. \nDr. David Titley served as a naval officer for 32 years and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral.  Dr. Titley’s career included duties as commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; oceanographer and navigator of the Navy; and deputy assistant chief of naval operations for information dominance.  He also served as senior military assistant for the director\, Office of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. \nWhile serving in the Pentagon\, Dr. Titley initiated and led the U.S. Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change.  After retiring from the Navy\, Dr. Titley served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Operations\, the chief operating officer position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \nDr. Titley serves on numerous advisory boards and National Academies of Science committees\, including the CNA Military Advisory Board\, the Center for Climate and Security and the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. \nDr. Titley is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.   He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska\, Fairbanks.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-david-titley-rear-admiral-ret/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T200000
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CREATED:20180407T144618Z
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SUMMARY:Ambassador Charles Ray
DESCRIPTION:The Need for a Stronger Diplomatic Force – American Diplomacy at Risk\nCharles A. Ray is a retired Foreign Service Officer who served 30 years in the US Foreign Service\, and before that\, 20 years in the US Army. During his army service\, including two tours in Vietnam\, he served in Military Intelligence\, Special Operations\, and Public Affairs\, with tours of duty in Germany\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Panama\, as well as posts throughout the U.S.\, and retired in 1982 with the rank of Major. \nDuring 30 years in the Foreign Service\, he was posted to China\, Thailand\, Sierra Leone\, Vietnam\, Cambodia\, and Zimbabwe. His overseas assignments included service as Deputy Chief of Mission in Sierra Leone during that country’s transition to democratic rule\, he was the first US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam\, and was ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe. From 2006 to 2009\, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs and Director of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office. \nSince retirement from public service\, he has been a full time freelance writer and consultant\, and is the author of more than 60 books of fiction and non-fiction\, including three books on leadership. He is a frequent blogger and contributor to several Internet news and content sites. Ray is also a photographer and artist\, and has worked as a journalist and artist for a number of publications in the US and abroad. During the late 70s he was editorial cartoonist for the Spring Lake (NC) News\, a weekly newspaper near Fort Bragg\, NC. He was the first chairman of the American Foreign Service Association’s Professionalism and Ethics Committee. He runs a workshop on professional writing for Rangel Scholars at Howard University each summer\, and has lectured at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University\, speaking on global hotspots and the History of American Diplomacy. He has also done consulting work for the Department of Defense on personnel recovery (working with the Angel Thunder PR exercise) and as an interagency subject matter expert during army unit pre-deployment training. \nRay is a member of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)\, the Association of Black American Ambassadors\, and the American Academy of Diplomacy. \nA native of Texas\, Ray now makes his home in North Potomac\, MD\, a suburb of Washington\, DC.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/ambassador-charles-ray/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T200000
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CREATED:20180407T144903Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jose Esparza
DESCRIPTION:The Global Challenge of Confronting Emerging Epidemics: From AIDS to Zika\, and Beyond\n  \nJosé Esparza is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Institute of Human Virology\, University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also the current President of the Global Virus Network (2016). From 2004 to 2014 he was Senior Advisor on HIV Vaccines and Vaccines at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle\, WA. From 1986 to 2004 he was with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva\, Switzerland\, were he coordinated an international effort to develop HIV vaccines. From 1974 to 1985 he worked at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC)\, becoming Professor of Virology and Chairman of Microbiology and Cell Biology. Esparza received his MD degree in Venezuela in 1968 and a PhD in Virology and Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston\, Texas\, in 1974. He has published over 185 scientific articles in medical virology\, vaccinology and HIV/AIDS. He is a member of the Venezuelan Academy of Medicine and serves in several international scientific advisory boards. He is also a vaccine consultant for several companies.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/dr-jose-esparza/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T200000
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SUMMARY:David Satter
DESCRIPTION:Putin and Russian Corruption \nSatter was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago and from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. From 1976 to 1982\, he was the Moscow correspondent of the Financial Times of London. He then became a special correspondent on Soviet affairs of The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a fellow of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has been a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. \nIn the 1990s\, Satter wrote extensively about post-Soviet Russia. In an article in The Wall Street Journal Europe\, April 2\, 1997\, he wrote: “When the Soviet Union fell… the moral impulse motivating the democratic movement had to become the basis of Russia’s political practices. The tragedy of the present situation is that Russian gangsters are cutting off this development before it has a chance to take root.” \nDavid Satter is the author of four non-fiction books about Russia\, It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past (2011)\, Age of Delirium: the Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union (1996)\, Darkness at Dawn: the Rise of the Russian Criminal State (2003)\, and The Less You Know\,The Better You Sleep (2016).
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/david-satter/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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