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Greetings!
Happy New Year!
New Year's resolutions - it's that time of year again... a chance to change ourselves, change our lives, maybe even change the world.
Wait no more! UCCD offers numerous opportunities to connect with and learn about the world around us and beyond our boarders.
>Participate in Home Hospitality and invite International Visitors to your home for dinner and conversation.
>Attend a National Geographic photographer's lecture on Impact: From the Front Lines of Global Health on Tuesday, January 12, 7:30 p.m.
>Join the International Book Group and learn how place - in every aspect of the word - shapes and defines us, with Eric Weiner's Geography of Bliss.
>Listen to this month's Global IQ with The Economist audiocast and learn how Facebook and Twitter are transforming the way people live, work, socialize and engage in political activity.
>Bring your own lunch and join us for this month's Global Lunch Forum to learn how leaders from Angola, Cambodia, Cyprus, Iraq, Macedonia, Moldova, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe use NGOs to strengthen leadership, develop volunteerism, and advance missions.
>Finally, join UCCD staff on Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. for breakfast and learn about the roles and responsibilities of being a Citizen Diplomat. Orientation is required for new Home Hosts.
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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.
Italy - Home Host secured
Jan 21, 22, or 23: 1 Delegate examining Emergency & Disaster Management
Multiregional Project* - Home Hosts secured
Jan 23 or 24: 8 Delegates examining Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) &
Civic Activism
Multiregional Project* - Home Hospitality not requested
Jan 27-Feb 1: 17 Delegates examining Film in the U.S.
France - NEEDED: 1 Home Host
Feb 4 or 5: 2 Delegates examining Counter-terrorism and the U.S. Justice System
Europe* - NEEDED: 2 Home Hosts
Sat, Feb 13: 6 Delegates examining Religion & Community Activism
*For a list of participating countries, please visit our website.
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2009/2010 World Affairs Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 7:30pm
Impact: From the Front Lines of
Global Health
Ms. Karen Kasmauski,
National Geographic Photographer
For the last 10 years, Karen Kasmauski has captured on film the personal side of numerous global health crises: AIDS, malnutrition, and immunization. In this sweeping view of the human condition, Ms. Kasmauski finds the personal stories behind the headlines, blending a warm human sensitivity with a photographer's eye for detail to distill global issues into resonant images. 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.
Overflow parking available at Sugar House Stake House
1100 E. 1700 South | Salt Lake City,
Utah 84105
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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 on:
Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 p.m.
The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner
The King's English Bookshop
1511 South 1500 East | Salt Lake City, Utah 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. |
Global IQ with The Economist - Tweeting @Davos
 The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (UCCD), in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth (WACDFW), invites you to join a monthly online audiocast that connects you with journalists of The Economist magazine and allows you to learn, and ask questions, about pressing global issues. This program is offered free of charge to UCCD members.
Join us for this month's Global IQ with The Economist on:
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:30am
Tweeting @Davos: The Power of Social Networking
Featuring Martin Giles, U.S. Technology Correspondent,
The Economist
Occurring just
before the world's leaders gather in Davos for the World Economic
Forum, this audiocast discussion between Jim Falk, president of the
WACDFW, and The Economist's U.S. Technology Correspondent
Martin Giles, will provide a sneak preview of the magazine's special
report on social networking. They will examine the trends behind these
profound social media changes and consider their implications for
individuals, businesses and governments.
For more information and to register, please visit our website.
Global IQ with The Economist is brought to you by the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth (WACDFW), and sponsored by Texas Capital Bank, in association with The Economist, and in cooperation with the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). |
Global Lunch Forum: NGOs & Civic Activism
Global Lunch Forums
provide you the opportunity to meet with International Visitors in an
informal lunchtime roundtable discussion, and to gain insights into a
broad range of international issues.
The Forums are held monthly, and are free and open to all. RSVP is not required. Bring your own lunch (cookies and bottled water are provided) and join us for this month's roundtable discussion on:
Friday, January 22, noon-1:30 p.m.
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) & Civic Activism
Westminster College
Gore School of Business, Room 134
1840 South 1300 East | Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
Map it with Google!
(No classes on Fridays. Ample parking available.)
Delegates from Angola, Cambodia, Cyprus, Iraq, Macedonia, Moldova, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe will discuss how they use NGOs to strengthen leadership, develop volunteerism, and advance missions. Learn more.
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Member Orientation Breakfast
 Are you a longtime, new or prospective member of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy? Are you a first-time Home Host? (Orientation is required for new Home Hosts.) Have you ever wondered about the benefits and responsibilities of being a Utah Citizen Diplomat? If so, this orientation is for you!
Join UCCD staff on Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. for breakfast and an one-hour informative session to learn about:
- Mission & history of UCCD
- Programs & events
- Benefits & responsibilities of membership
- Volunteer opportunities
The orientation will be held in the Executive Conference Room (2nd Floor) in the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business at Westminster College. Map it with Google! For more information or to register, simply reply to this email or call 801-832-3272. |
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New Face in the Community Relations Branch
UCCD is pleased to welcome Diane Crow to her interim role as the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV)/Council for International Visitors (CIV) [UCCD is a CIV]
Liaison in the U.S. Department of State Office of International Visitors
Community Relations Branch. Ms. Crow recently returned to the Office of
International Visitors from a temporary assignment coordinating public
diplomacy efforts for a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mosul, Iraq. She is also a part time Program Officer in the Voluntary Visitors Division.
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Community News
>Kitka
January 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Austad Auditorium, Weber State University
Women's vocal ensemble Kitka draws on the centuries-old tradition of eastern European female vocal music. Internationally praised for its mastery of Balkan vocal techniques, Kitka has exposed millions to the haunting beauty of this unique repertoire, astounding audiences with lush harmonies, asymmetric rhythms and stunning dissonances.
Tickets: $15/Adults, $12/Students and Seniors
For more information, please visit wsuculturalaffairs.org.
>Facing the Mountains: Breakthroughs to New Racial Landscapes by Dr. Shakti Butler
January 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College
As part of the 2009-2010 Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series, Dr. Shakti Butler, Documentary Film Producer & Director,
will discuss how she uses documentary film and dialogue groups as vehicles for addressing and working to eliminate racism, sexism, classism and homophobia. Dr. Butler has directed and produced documentaries such as The Way Home, Light in the Shadows, and Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. Butler also created and implemented a national public dialogue program - Heart-to-Heart Conversations - aimed at facilitating learning and sharing about race and culture while she was the executive director of World Trust Educational Services.
Cost: Free Admission
For more information, please visit westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents | |
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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