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DATE: Mon, March 2, 2009
TIME: 7:30 PM
Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts and Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit our website. | |
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Incoming International Visitors to Utah
 International Visitors are participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program administered by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. All International Visitors are accompanied by Interpreters and/or Department of State Officers.
Home Hospitality is an opportunity for you to invite a group of up to 4 emerging leaders from around the world and their interpreter to your home for dinner and conversation. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Nina Busuladzic, Program Director, at (801) 832-3273 or nbusuladzic@utahdiplomacy.org.
Multiregional* - Home Hosts secured
Feb 25 - Mar 1, 6 Delegates, Accountability in Government & Business
MARCH 2009
South Asia* - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Mar 7-11, 6 Delegates, Human Rights Advocacy & Awareness
Multiregional* - Closing city: Home Hospitality not requested
Mar 18-21, 16 Delegates, Women & Justice
Sri Lanka - NEEDED: 1 Home Host
Mar 18-21, 1 Delegate, Public Sector Administration
Middle East* - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Mar 19-24, 7 Delegates, Young Business & Economic Leaders
Uzbekistan - Closing city: Home Hospitality not requested
Mar 31 - Apr 4, 6 Delegates, Youth & Civic Activism
*For a complete list of participating countries, please visit our calendar. |
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2008/2009 Amb. John Price & Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series
In partnership with Westminster College and the American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, UCCD presents an outstanding World Affairs Lecture Series designed to engage our citizens in conversations about key foreign policy issues and to create a globally savvy community. All lectures are free and open to the public, and held at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 South. For more information, please call (801) 832-3270 or visit our website.
Monday, March 2, 2009, 7:30pm
The Next American Century:
How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise
Nina Hachigian, Senior Fellow
Will America lose out as big powers like China and India gain strength? Or will our technological and economic interdependence create partnerships in facing the same global threats of terrorism, pandemic disease, nuclear proliferation and climate change? The world's biggest powers: China, India, Russia, the European Union, and Japan all want the same thing that America does - to keep its citizens safe and to be prosperous at home. Does America have more to gain from the rise of these powers than it has to lose? The fact is, America needs their help. |
International Visitor Snapshot: CHINA
By Jennifer Hefti, Director of Communications
Salt Lake City - In February, UCCD welcomed a 5-person delegation from the People's Republic of China to examine "Legal Issues." The Delegates were guests of the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. The Delegates' program objectives included introduction to the American legal and judicial systems; election, training, and retention of judges; and law enforcement and ethics.
The Delegates' professional appointments included George Billings, Division Chair, Salt Lake Community College's Utah State Prison Inmate Education program [pictured]; the Utah Department of State, Draper Site Prison; Scott M. Matheson Courthouse, Utah Supreme Court; and the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office of Diversity & Human Rights. The Delegates were also given the opportunity to attend the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Broadcast, Music & the Spoken Word, tour the Utah State Capitol, visit Park City, and spend a casual evening in the home of two UCCD Home Hosts. |
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2009 NCIV National Meeting
By Laura Dupuy, Executive Director
Washington, DC - Citizen Diplomacy: Sharing America - Experiencing the World was the theme of the 2009 National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) National Meeting held from February 11-14 in Washington DC. Attending from the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy was Laura Dupuy, Executive Director; Nina Busuladzic, Program Director; and Jennifer Hefti, Director of Communications and Community Outreach [pictured with U.S. Representative Jim Matheson].
The National Meeting is designed to offer hands-on training and provoke dynamic discussions, sharing of best practices, and productive networking that strengthen the International Visitor Leadership Program and the NCIV network. Participants included representatives from our 92 member councils located in all 50 states and our Department of State and Washington Program Agency partners. Continue reading. |
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Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg Addresses the National Council for International Visitors
Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg discussed the new Administration's foreign policy priorities in an address to the Ambassadors Luncheon Plenary of the National Council for International Visitors Annual Meeting, on February 12, 2009, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC. The Deputy Secretary addressed more than 500 delegates from 90 communities across the United States, who assembled February 12-14, to focus on the theme "Citizen Diplomacy: Sharing America - Experiencing the World." Continue reading. |
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Rick Steves Receives NCIV Citizen Diplomat Award
 The NCIV Citizen Diplomat Award honors an individual who, motivated by a deep understanding of world issues and a commitment to the exchange of persons and ideas, has achieved a recognized standard of excellence in furthering the cause of citizen diplomacy.
Reading about Rick Steves, it becomes readily apparent that his lifelong pursuits in both his professional and personal life perfectly fit the definition of a "citizen diplomat." "He helps American travelers connect much more intimately and authentically with Europe." "He encourages Americans to delve deep... and become 'temporary locals.' Read Mr. Steves' remarks. |
Recommendations 'To Restore Public Diplomacy as Vital, Viable Element of Smart Power'
Washington, DC, Feb 19 - Some seventy men and women, representing a broad spectrum of public diplomacy stakeholders and practitioners, are calling on the Administration and Congress to reinvent and restore public diplomacy as a vital and viable element of 'Smart Power'. The group today issued a set of ten recommendations to guide the new Administration and Congress as they seek to revitalize and adapt public diplomacy in the context of new geopolitical realities and new communications tools.
Participants included former and current public diplomacy practitioners and thought leaders from the State and Defense departments, the National Security Council, the White House, the intelligence community, foreign assistance, the arts, academe, business, Capitol Hill, state government, the traditional and new media (including print, broadcast and Internet), think tanks and institutes, NGOs and national private sector citizen diplomacy groups. Continue reading. |
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Utah Cares
 UCCD was recently featured on KCPW 88.3 FM - NPR Affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of "Utah Cares", a partnership between KCPW, the Utah Nonprofits Association and Utah Public Radio. "Utah Cares" features a series of stories from diversified nonprofits in an effort to increase the visibility of nonprofits across the state, and to inspire people to give to organizations and community groups that are essential to the health and well-being of Utah.
The radio spot featured storyteller Rosemary Baron [pictured], Educator and former Principal, Clayton Middle School. Listen to the broadcast. Scroll down to find the play button for UCCD. |
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Community News
Middle East Mosaic: Women's Roles in Islam
February 26, 7:00pm, Jewish Community Center
Join Dr. Shiren Mahdavi, Ph.D. as she explores the different roles of women in Islamic cultures. For more information, please visit www.slcjcc.org.
 CARE: A Powerful Noise Live
On Thursday, March 5, 8pm in honor of International Women's Day, CARE and NCM Fathom - in partnership with ONE and the UN Commission on the Status of Women - will present A Powerful Noise Live in 450 movie theatres nationwide. "A Powerful Noise" takes viewers into the lives of three women, making you cry with a young widow in Vietnam, hope with a mother in Bosnia and cheer with a matriarch in Mali. After the film, a live panel discussion broadcast live via satellite from New York City will feature Madeleine Albright - Former U.S. Secretary of State and Principal, The Albright Group LLC; Christy Turlington Burns, CARE advocate for maternal health and contributing editor for Marie Claire magazine, actress and activist, Natalie Portman; CARE President Dr. Helene Gayle, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, to name a few. For more information, including a complete list of participating theatres, how to purchase tickets and who the guest panelists are, please visit www.apowerfulnoise.org.
 SLC City Film Center
Women at War Film Series
The SLC Film Center presents Women at War. This series will look at the dramatic tales of sacrifice and heroism of women at war. As women, they take their place on the worlds battle fields, face extraordinary circumstances and unimaginable decisions as they fight for their country.
March 25 2009, 7:00pm, Sorenson Unity Center
LIONESS presents the untold story of the first group of women soldiers in US history to be sent into direct ground combat. With captivating detail, this probing documentary reveals the unexpected course of events that began with using US women soldiers to defuse tensions with local civilians, but resulted in the women fighting in some of the bloodiest counter-insurgency battles of the war. Together the women's candid narratives and scenes from the lives back home form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a female point of view. For more information, please visit www.slcfilmcenter.org. | |
Please submit your stories and pictures to UCCD's bi-monthly e-newsletter. Keep updated about UCCD by visiting our website. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Hefti,
Director of Communications & Community Outreach |
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