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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
or email
More information is available on our website. | |
Greetings!
Explore the world with the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, no plane tickets required.
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 Dr. Tabin's quest to eradicate preventable and curable blindness from the Himalayan region, while restoring economic independence to millions.
Hear from Ms. Hanna Jahns, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Regional Development in Poland at the November 13 Global Lunch Forum.
Read and discuss Michael Ondaatje's memoir, Running in the Family, recounting his return to the island of Sri Lanka in the late 1970s at the November 18 International Book Group.
Finally, call (801) 832-3270 to sponsor or reserve tickets for UCCD's signature fundraising event,Vivaldi by Candlelight - A Benefit Concert, on Saturday, December 12, 8:00 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church. Thank you. Your support means the world to us!
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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.
People's Republic of China - Home Hosts secured
Nov 7-11: 5 Delegates examining Financial Issues
Philippines - NEEDED: 1 Home Host
Nov 9 or 10: 1 Delegate examining Communications & Information
Poland - Home Host secured
Nov 11-14: 1 Delegate examining Economic & Business Development
Latin America - Home Hosts secured
Nov 11-17: 4 Delegates examining Managing Public Health &
Promoting Healthy Living
Syria - NEEDED: 3 Home Hosts
Nov 29, 30 or Dec 1: 9 Delegates examining Urban Planning
Israel - Home Hosts secured
Dec 2-5: 4 Delegates examining National Parks: Regional Management &
Nature Preservation
Uzbekistan - Home Hosts secured
Dec 2-8: 4 Delegates examining Women as Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Leaders
Uzbekistan - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Dec 10 or 11: 5 Delegates examining Rural & Urban Planning
Ukraine - No Home Hospitality requested
Dec 10-15: 4 Delegates examining Disability Rights in the U.S. |
2009/2010 World Affairs Lecture Series
Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:30pm
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! |
Global Lunch Forum
Economic Development in Poland:
A Local Perspective
 Global Lunch Forums provide UCCD Members the opportunity to meet with International Visitors in an informal lunchtime roundtable discussion. These Forums offer our members the opportunity to gain insights into a broad range of international issues.
The Forums are held once a month, on Fridays, and are free and open to all. RSVP is not required. Bring your own lunch (bottled water is provided) and join us for this month's roundtable discussion on:
Friday, November 13, noon-1pm
Economic Development in Poland: A Local Perspective
Ms. Hanna Jahns, Secretary of State,
Ministry of Regional Development, Poland
Westminster College
Gore School of Business, Room 134
1840 South 1300 East | Salt Lake City, UT 84105
(No classes held on Fridays. Ample parking available.)
Ms. Hanna Jahns, in the last nine years, has risen from an entry-level position at the Ministry of Regional Development to become Secretary of State responsible for international relations and cooperation, coordination of the national development plan, and coordination of national regional policy. Learn more. |
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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 second time on:
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 p.m.
Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
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. |
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International Education Week Website Launch
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has launched its International Education Week (IEW) 2009 website, which includes promotional materials, an interactive quiz, and opportunities to post and view planned events around the world. IEW 2009 will take place November 16-20, 2009. IEW also has a Facebook page and group this year, both of which can be accessed through the IEW website. The website is located at: http://iew.state.gov. ECA encourages all individuals and institutions interested in international education and exchange activities, including schools, colleges and universities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, associations, and community organizations to participate in celebrating IEW 2009. |
October 23, 2009 | Read Highlight
This Salt Lake Tribune highlighted the upcoming lecture by Dr. Geoffrey Tabin of the Himalayan Cataract Project.
The paper related that Tabin is a professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Director of the Division of International Ophthalmology at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. In 1994, after summiting Mt. Everest, he co-founded the Himalayan Cataract Project with Dr. Sanduk Ruit to eradicate preventable and curable blindness through high-quality care, education and establishment of a world-class eye-care infrastructure. |
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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.
>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.
>U.S. - Iran Relations with Ambassador Nick Burns
November 9, 10:30 a.m., Hinckley Caucus Room (OSH 255), U of U
Should the international community engage with Iran and how? Ambassador Nicholas Burns will attempt to answer this question at the November 9 Hinckley Forum. Ambassador Burns is former Under Secretary of the State and Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Atlantic Council, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.
The lecture is free and open to all. For more information, please visit mec.utah.edu
>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.
>Utah Multi-Cultural Business Expo 2009
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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