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| 27th Vivaldi by Candlelight
A Benefit Concert |
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Featuring the Vivaldi Virtuosi with Gerald Elias, Music Director.
Sat, Dec. 12, 2009, 8pm
First Presbyterian
12 C Street
Salt Lake City, UT
Sponsorships available
Call (801) 832-3270
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Greetings!
The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy has many new and exciting opportunities for you!
This month, participate in Home Hospitality and invite International Visitors from around the world to your home for dinner and meaningful dialogue.
Attend the World Affairs Lecture Series and learn about social entrepreneurship with Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, M.D., and co-founder of the Himalayan Cataract Project.
Host Westminster College International Students for dinner and help them learn about their new "home away from home."
New Program > And if you haven't already, join the International Book Group and learn about Gertrude Bell, a British writer, traveler, political analyst, and archaeologist who mapped and identified what later became Iraq.
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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. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Audrey Anderson, UCCD Program Director at aanderson@utahdiplomacy.org or (801) 832-3273.
OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2009
Australia - Home Hosts secured
Oct 24-28: 4 Delegates examining Climate Change & Water Management
People's Republic of China - Home Hosts secured
Nov 7-11: 5 Delegates examining Financial Issues
Philippines - NEEDED: 1 Home Host
Nov 8, 9, or 10: 1 Delegate examining Communications & Information
Latin America - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Sat, Nov 14: 4 Delegates examining Managing Public Health & Promoting Healthy Living
Kazakhstan - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Nov 15, 16, or 17: 4 Delegates examining Biotechnology Regulation
Uzbekistan - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Sat, Dec 5: 4 Delegates examining Women as Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Leaders
Israel - Hosting opportunity forthcoming
Dec 2-5: 4 Delegates examining National Parks: Regional Management & Nature Preservation
*For a complete list of participating countries, please consult our calendar. |
2009/2010 World Affairs Lecture Series
Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:30pm
Himalayan Cataract Project -
Restoring Sight &
Economic Independence
Geoffrey Tabin, M.D., Director,
Division of International Ophthalmology,
John A. Moran Eye Center,
University of Utah
The global distribution of visual impairment shows that 90% of the blind live in the developing world. While many public health problems cannot be prevented, one striking exception is cataracts. After summiting Mt. Everest, then coming across a Dutch team performing cataract surgery on a woman who had been needlessly blind for three years, social entrepreneur Dr. Tabin vowed to work to eliminate all preventable and treatable blindness from the Himalayan region, hoping to restore economic independence to millions. Learn more.
This lecture is presented as part of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's Ambassador John Price & Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, in partnership with Westminster College and the American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series. All lectures are free and open to the public, and held in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall at Westminster College. Map it with Google! |
Host International Students for Dinner Westminster International Student Hosting (WISH) program
UCCD and Westminster College's Diversity & International Center are once again partnering to provide Westminster's international students the opportunity to experience Home Hospitality. Volunteer now! Host exchange students for dinner and conversation, and help them learn about the local community and shape a positive view of the United States. When?
Saturday, November 21, 6-9 p.m.
Benefits for Home Hosts:
- Befriend students who are far from home
- Learn about other customs and cultures through the eyes of young men and women
- Help students shape a positive view of the U.S.
How it works
Individual students or groups of up to 4 students will be assigned to you. Once assigned, you will receive information about your guests. On the assigned date, you will pick up your guests at Westminster College's Circle in front of Converse Hall (Admissions) on the east side of campus off of 1300 East and return them to campus at 9 p.m.
Sign up!
Please call (801) 832-3272 or simply reply to this email. |
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New Program
UCCD International Book Group
Join the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's International Book Group and "try on another life for size"!
The International Book Group meets once a month on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the King's English Bookshop (1511 South 1500 East). The Group reads for pleasure to learn about other countries, customs, and cultures through fiction and non-fiction.
The International Book Group will meet for the first time on:
Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations,
by Georgina Howell
The King's English Bookshop
1511 South 1500 East | Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Register in person at the King's English Bookshop or email Wendy Foster Leigh, Book Group Leader. Registration is free and open to all. Books are available for purchase at the King's English. Indicate that you are a member of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy or of the King's English and receive a 10% discount. Learn more. |
Laura Dupuy, UCCD Executive Director, to represent Utah at The Hague
 Salt Lake City, October 20, 2009 - Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (UCCD), will represent Utah on a Citizen Diplomacy Tour to The Hague from November 1-5, 2009. The tour has been arranged by the National Council for International Visitors. This fourteen member delegation will study the impact of international exchange programs by meetings with key colleagues in The Netherlands, including The Hague Hospitality Center for International Media and Visitors. The delegation will enjoy an "insider's" view of The Hague, which is home to the International Court of Justice and the World Peace Center. While in The Hague, the delegation will be briefed by the staff of the U.S. Embassy, and be hosted at a reception at the U.S. Embassy, along with alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program. A meeting with the Mayor at Hague City Hall will be followed by a dinner hosted by the City. A briefing will take place at Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations . The tour will conclude with a visit to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a day trip to Delft to meet with Mayor Aboultaleb. Each year UCCD welcomes delegates from The Netherlands to Utah through the International Visitor Leadership Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. UCCD's mission is to promote global understanding and respect between the people of Utah and other nations. UCCD is a member of the National Council for International Visitors. Ms. Dupuy serves as Treasurer on the Board of Trustees of the National Council for International Visitors. |
Interview: Gerald Elias, Music Director, Vivaldi by Candlelight, by Ray Taras, Campaign for the American Reader
As part of the World Affairs Lecture Series:
Interview: Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter, "The War on Drugs", by Bryan Schott, UtahPolicy.com
Interview: Dr. Richard D. Erb, "The Global Financial Crisis: Toward Sustainable Recovery", by Lee Austin, Access Utah, Utah Public Radio |
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Community News
>Photo Exhibit: Faces of Mali - Village Life in West Africa
October 1-30, Salt Lake City & County Building, Level One
Photographs by Edgar Gomez-Palmieri & Yeah Samake
For more information, please click here. >Understanding International Interreligious Diplomacy
October 22, 7:30 p.m., Gore Auditorium, Westminster College
Students from Westminster and Utah Valley University will conduct a multimedia presentation and panel discussion entitled Understanding International Interreligious Diplomacy. The panel members will share their experience meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what they learned during their visit to New York City.
For more information, contact Jan Saeed at (801) 832-2232.
> Free Symposium: Freedom from Religion:
Rights and National Security October 23, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, U of U
Based on Professor Amos N. Guiora's new book, Freedom from Religion: Rights and National Security (Oxford University Press, 2009), this Symposium will explore the limits of tolerance of religious extremism in five countries and its impact on the current terrorism threat our world faces. By drawing on varied perspectives and disciplines - religion, cognitive science, history, philosophy, and law - the panelists will challenge conventional wisdom by asking whether the threat of future terrorism might be lessened by government's curtailing religious extremism.
The symposium can be viewed live via the Web at: dashboard.law.utah.edu/freedomfromreligion
>Bioneers Conference
November 6-8, Jewett Center, Westminster College
Bioneers will host three days of local workshops, plenary speakers (rebroadcast from Bioneers headwaters in San Rafael, Calif.), food, music, art and discussion. This year's conference will focus on human rights, living locally and sustainably, public transit, oil dependence, alternative economics and gardening. Registration is $120 for the general public and $40 for students. Scholarship and volunteer opportunities are available. For a full schedule of events, visit westminstercollege.edu/bioneers.
>The Power of One: Changing Your Life and Your Community
November 10, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College
As part of the 2009-2010 Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series, award-winning Patrice Gaines will give a lecture on diversity. Co-Founder of the Brown Angel Center, a nonprofit organization focused on supporting at-risk women and girls as they become financially independent, Gaines has used some of her own life experiences, including overcoming drug addiction and time in prison, to mentor and support others. An award-winning journalist and former Washington Post reporter, Gaines has written her autobiography, Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color - A Journey From Prison to Power and Moments of Grace: Meeting the Challenge to Change. A book signing will follow her presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents.
November 17-18, 2009, Salt Lake Palace Convention Center
The first ever Utah Multi-Cultural Business Expo (UMCBE) is designed to to showcase existing businesses, to build working relationships between businesses, and to put existing businesses in the presence of potential customers such as contracting officers, buyers, or procurement agents. Activities will include tradeshow, networking social, workshops, entertainment, and recognition luncheon.
For more information, to register, or reserve a booth, please visit umcbe.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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