2010 Vivaldi
by Candlelight
A Benefit Concert
Featuring the
Vivaldi Virtuosi with Gerald Elias, Music Director
Sat, Dec. 18, 2010, 8pm
First Presbyterian Church
12 C Street
Salt Lake City, UT
Sponsorships Available
Call (801) 832-3270
or email Jennifer
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Greetings!
At we enter the final phase of our Fall Appeal, please take a moment to consider a donation to the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. As a UCCD member, you have the opportunity to meet and interact with emerging leaders from around the world. And attend, as our guest, the World Affairs Lecture Series. Think about the many benefits that you receive as a member of our organization, and give generously. Your support ensures that we will continue to bring over 400 International Visitors to Utah each year for short-term professional and cultural exchanges, and to provide the quality programming you rely on.
DONATE TODAY. Your tax-deductible gift will go to work immediately. Thank you for your generous contribution.
Laura Dupuy Executive Director
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Incoming International Visitors to Utah
 International Visitors are participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. All International Visitors are accompanied by U.S. Department of State Interpreters and/or English Language Officers. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Audrey Anderson, Program Director, at aanderson@utahdiplomacy.org or (801) 832-3273.
OCTOBER 2010
Multiregional* - Home Hosts Secured
Oct 13-17: 4 Visitors examining Contemporary Challenges in Higher Education
Africa* - Home Hospitality not requested
Oct 13-17: 11 Visitors examining Transparency and Good Governance
NOVEMBER 2010
Europe* - NEEDED: 1 or 2 Home Hosts
Nov 7, 8 or 9: 4 Visitors examining U.S.-European Cooperation on Global Health Issues
Near East* - NEEDED: 3 Home Hosts for Thanksgiving Dinner
Thu, Nov 25: 10 Visitors examining Transparency in Government
Near East* - Home Hospitality not requested
Nov 30-Dec 4: 5 Visitors examining Food Security and Sustainable Development*For a complete list of participating countries, please visit www.utahdiplomacy.org
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Member Orientation Breakfast
Are you a longtime, new or prospective member of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (UCCD)? 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, October 29, 2010, 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. for breakfast and a 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/East) of the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business at Westminster College. Map it with Google! For more information or to register, call (801) 832-3272 or simply reply to this email.
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CHINA Town Hall on KCPW 88.3 FM
 Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:00 PM
CHINA Town Hall on KCPW 88.3 FM
Featuring a live webcast by
The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Amb. to the People's Republic of China
The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, in partnership with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR), is pleased to present, CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections. Join KCPW 88.3 and 105.3 FM on Monday, October 18 at 6 p.m. for the broadcast, live from Westminster College.
The program will feature a live webcast by Jon M. Huntsman Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the People's Repulic of China, moderated by Stephen A. Orlins, NCUSCR President. The national webcast will be followed by a presentation, and question and answer period, with visiting guest speaker, Joseph Borich, President of the Washington State China Relations Council, moderated by Brett Heimburger, Regional Director - Asia, with the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Learn more.
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Global I.Q. with The Economist
 Friday, October 29, 2010, 9:00 AM
International Business Hotspots
Featuring Robert Ward, Director
Global Forecasting, The Economist
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. Not a member yet? Register as a UCCD Member online.
For more information and to register, please visit our website.
Global I.Q. with The Economist is a program created 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).
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International Book Group
 Wednesday, October 20, 7:00 PM
The Lost City of Z, by David GrannFoster Faculty Lounge, Foster Hall Westminster College 1840 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Join the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's International Book Group and "try on another life for size"!
This month, follow renowned British explorer Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett as he embarks on a much publicized search to find the city of Z, site of an ancient Amazonian civilization that may or may not have existed.
For more information and to register, please visit our website.
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2010-2011 World Affairs Lecture Series
 Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7:00 PM
The Iranian Enigma:
Nuclear Pariah or Global Energy Resource?
Roxane Farmanfarmaian, PhD,
Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Politics and International Relations, Cambridge University
Iran's vast oil and gas wealth, and unpredictable government, make it a wily and increasingly powerful force in a highly unsettled region. Can Iran trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East or affect the global balance of power through its energy-based friendships with China and its neighbors, Iraq and Afghanistan? Learn more.
This lecture is presented as part of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, in partnership with Westminster College's Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series and American Express. All lectures are free and open to the public, and held in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall at Westminster College.
Overflow parking available in the neighborhood alongside 1300 East, and at the Sugar House Stake Center (1100 E. 1700 South | Salt Lake City, Utah 84105).
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UCCD Calendar
Mark your calendars for UCCD's upcoming events. For more information, please visit our Events Calendar.
Monday, October 18, 2010, 6 PMCHINA Town Hall featuring a live webcast by The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. Tune into KCPW 88.3 and 105.3 FM Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7 PMInternational Book Group The Lost City of Z Friday, October 29, 2010, 8:15 AMMember Orientation Breakfast Friday, October 29, 2010, 9:00 AMGlobal I.Q. with The EconomistInternational Business Hotspots Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7 PMWorld Affairs Lecture Series The Iranian Enigma: Nuclear Pariah or Global Energy Resource?Saturday, December 18, 2010, 8 PMUCCD's 28th Vivaldi By Candlelight - A Benefit Concert First Presbyterian Church, 12 C Street (& South Temple), Salt Lake |
World Affairs Councils of America
2010 National Conference
 As the Utah chapter of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA), the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy invites you to attend the 2010 National Conference, U.S. Foreign Policy: Into the Next Decade on:
November 4-5, 2010
World Affairs Councils of America
National Conference
U.S. Foreign Policy: Into the Next Decade
The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
This year's theme, U.S. Foreign Policy: Into the Next Decade, provides participants exclusive insight on the critical linkages between four main areas of U.S. Foreign Policy: Defense & Security, Human Security, Economics, and the Environment.
Download Flier here.
Download Full Conference Agenda here.
To view a complete schedule and register online, please visit WACA's website at: www.worldaffairscouncils.org/nationalconference.
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U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy
 The U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD), in partnership with the
U.S. State Department, and in support of more than 1000 U.S.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) conducting citizen diplomacy
activities, including the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, will convene a historic U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy on November 16-19, 2010 in Washington, DC.
The goal of the Summit and ten-year Initiative for Global Citizen
Diplomacy is to double the number of American volunteers of all ages
involved in international activities at home or abroad, from an
estimated 60 million today to 120 million by 2020.
Though registration for the summit is limited, you are cordially invited to
participate in this historic meeting... the first since President Eisenhower
held a similar meeting 55 years ago on September 11, 1956. Please click here for
more information, including registration and accommodations.
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Community News
Competing Loyalties: Religion in Communist China
Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 1-2:15 PM, UVU Library, Timpanogos Room
A Panel Discussion with Dr. L. Christopher Reardon, Melissa Inouye, and Michael Ing cosponsored with Religious Studies, will address how religious belief is connected to organized religion in China. Religious belief has experienced dramatic growth in the past two decades. With increased religious alternatives to the avowed atheism of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese government has sought to maintain control over that growth as a way to mitigate the inevitable competing loyalty that arises when believers seek to balance belief with political reality. This panel will focus on how different religions strike that balance while trying to maintain a semblance of religious independence.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
Info: www.uvu.edu/international or 801-863-8342
KENNEDY CENTER LECTURES
Brigham Young University
Fri, Oct 15, noon, Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium
Select Readings, Tomaz Salamun, poet
Wed, Oct 20, noon, 238 Herald R. Clark Building
The Moral and Strategic Imperative of Global Health and Development, by Washington Post's Michael J. Gerson
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
Info: www.kennedy.byu.edu or 801-422-3377
ANTHROPOLOGY FILM SERIES 2010
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke Auditorium
Wed, Oct 20, 6-8 PM
The Rabbit-Proof Frence - Australia (2002) Rated PG
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback. This Golden Globe nominee is the true stroy of 3 girls who walked 1500 miles to find their way home.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public Info: www.umfa.org or 801-581-3580
Zahra Charity Golf Tournament Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 10 AM, Thanksgiving Point Golf Course, Lehi The Zahra Charity is dedicated to the advancement of the science of neuro-rehabilitation in Morocco, Africa. With its second annual golf tournament fund raiser, Zahra Charity seeks to raise money to help traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke patients, as well as Children with disabilities. The tournament has a brand new Lexus for a hole-in-one on a Par 3. Cost: $100 per Person / $350 per team of 4 Info: www.regtix.com or 801-763-9660
United Nations Day in Utah Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6 PM Dinner, 7 PM Program Embassy Suites Hotel, 110 W 600 S, Salt Lake City United Nations Day in Utah will be celebrated by the United Nations Association of Utah (UNAU) with a keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Randle, who will talk about experiences in his hospital in Haiti, as well as the work of the United Nations following the earthquake. Also speaking, Dr. James B. Mayfield, professor emeritus of political science and Middle East studies at the University of Utah, and 2010 Utah State Chairman for UN Day. Dr. Kent Staheli, president of the Utah chapter of UNAU, will preside. Cost: Dinner $20, Program Free and Open to the Public Info: Reservations required at 801-277-7493 |
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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
Mark Mackay,
Communications and PR Intern
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