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SUMMARY:The Impact on Japan and Geo-strategic Challenges in Asia: Two Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:  \nTune in to hear two different perspectives on the challenges of Japan and how they will set out to solve them. Join us in this special event! It will be a GREAT one!! \nVisit the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati website to register: \nhttps://jasgc.org/en/events/#!event/register/2021/3/2/the-impact-on-japan-of-geostrategic-challenges-in-asia-two-perspectives
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/the-impact-on-japan-and-geo-strategic-challenges-in-asia-two-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Global Education,Virtual Seminar
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SUMMARY:Teacher Training - Using Sustainable Development Goals in the Virtual Classroom
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for the first 2021 teacher training. We will have special guests joining us from Bangladesh\, Malaysia\, Nepal\, Philippines\, and Sri Lanka! You will have the chance to meet and interact with peers from around the world in education. Don’t miss out!! \nPlus it is free to sign up & you will get CEU credit!
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/teacher-training/
CATEGORIES:CEU Credit,Global Education,Virtual Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T190000
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SUMMARY:Too Much and Never Enough: Climate Change and Water Insecurity - Our discussion with Ambassador Kenneth Brill
DESCRIPTION:  \nNational and international security\, stability and prosperity will face novel challenges in the coming decades.  Rivalry between the “great powers” (U.S.\, China\, and Russia)\, as well as between regional states\, will remain a feature of 21st Century international relations.  But novel transnational issues\, such as climate change\, cyber space\, and pandemic diseases\, will establish the context in which rivalries between states play out; at the same time\, these transnational challenges will require global cooperation to prevent them from becoming potentially existential threats to human well being. \n  \nClimate change is the most all encompassing of transnational threats. The natural world\, which is the basis for all human societies\, had adapted to one set of climatic conditions\, but is now adapting to new and still changing climatic conditions.  That adaptation\, the historical data show\, will change the nature and location of the global water supply\, whether frozen or liquid\, as well as sea levels.  This will lead to various kinds of water insecurity\, which\, in turn\, will increase state fragility and failure\, increasing the potential for instability and potentially domestic and cross-border conflict.  To give an example of the scale of the issue\, a 2015 National Academy of Sciences study suggested that an increase in global temperatures of 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit — a business-as-usual scenario — could lock in enough eventual sea-level rise to submerge land currently home to 470 to 760 million people globally by the end of the century.   Asia would be the hardest hit region\, but more than 20 million people would be affected in U.S. coastal areas.   \n  \nAmbassador (ret.) Ken Brill will discuss how climate change is producing water insecurity\, the various forms that insecurity can take\, what regions globally are most prone to experiencing water insecurity\, what the long term implications of growing water insecurity are\, how these issues are being addressed currently and\, and what more can be done manage water-related challenges to stability and prosperity. \n  \nAbout Ambassador Kenneth Brill\n \n  \nAmbassador (ret.) Kenneth C. Brill was a career Foreign Service Officer whose overseas posts were in Africa\, the Middle East\, South Asia\, and Europe.  His domestic assignments included African and Middle Eastern issues\, acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)\, and staff jobs for senior State Department  policy officials.   \n  \nBrill served as Ambassador to Cyprus for President Clinton and Ambassador to the IAEA and the UN Office in Vienna for President George W. Bush.  In his final Foreign Service assignment\, he was asked by the first Director of National Intelligence\, John Negroponte\, to establish and lead the U.S. National Counterproliferation Center\, an organization providing strategic leadership to the U.S. Intelligence Community in countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and preventing WMD terrorism.  After retiring from the Foreign Service he has worked with non-partisan NGOs in various capacities on issues ranging from nuclear security and strengthening America’s diplomacy to fragile states and climate change.   \n  \nBrill is a graduate of Ohio University and received his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He and his wife\, Mary\, have two children and one granddaughter.  His op-eds have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, USA Today\, Politico\, and The Hill.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/too-much-and-never-enough-climate-change-and-water-insecurity-our-discussion-with-ambassador-kenneth-brill/
CATEGORIES:Global Education,Social Justice,Virtual Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="The World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky":MAILTO:info@cincyworldaffairs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Samantha Power: Discussing “The Education of an Idealist”
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\nSamantha Power will discuss her New York Times-bestselling memoir and offer insight on a range of pressing global issues.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a virtual conversation with Samantha Power\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. In this intimate and thought-provoking dialogue\, Samantha Power will discuss her New York Times-bestselling memoir\, The Education of an Idealist\, and offer insight on a range of pressing global issues. \nThis memoir asks the question: What can one person do? At a time of upheaval and division\, Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question —and a call for a clearer eye\, a kinder heart\, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. \nThemes discussed in the memoir are aligned with social issues explored in the Humanity Gallery within the Holocaust & Humanity Center’s museum at historic Union Terminal. In The Education of an Idealist\, Power explains how she coined the term “upstander\,” and how we all have the opportunity to be upstanders in unique ways. Upstanders are individuals who stand up for others and their rights. They fight against injustice and unfairness\, and they use their character strengths to inspire action and become the best of humanity today. \n“Every day\, almost all of us find ourselves weighing whether we can or should do something to help others\,” Power writes in the book. “We decide\, on issues large and small\, whether we will be bystanders or upstanders.” \nHumorous and deeply honest\, The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life and shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way\, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics\, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world\, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power’s memoir is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism—and of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference. \nThe Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center is proud to host this event in conjunction with its Cincy Upstander Project. Through generous funding from the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile\, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation\, the Cincy Upstander Project aims to inspire our community to become upstanders through a city-wide art campaign\, monthly programs\, museum tours\, giveaways\, and training opportunities. \nWhen you purchase the Special Admission Package ($30)\, you receive: \n• Admission to “An Evening with Samantha Power: Discussing ‘The Education of an Idealist’ and What It Means to Be an Upstander” \n• Your own copy of “The Education of an Idealist\,” provided by Joseph-Beth Booksellers and the Holocaust & Humanity Center \n• Exclusive access to HHC’s Book Club. Hosted by our museum staff in early March\, you can discuss the book in a casual format with other community members in preparation for Samantha Power’s lecture. \n• A chance to win Cincy Upstander shirts\, posters\, masks\, and museum tickets during HHC’s March giveaway event \nGeneral Admission\, without a copy of the book\, is $10. \nAbout Samantha Power \nSamantha Power is a Professor of Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. From 2013-2017\, Power served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s cabinet. From 2009-2013\, Power served on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power began her career as a journalist\, reporting from places such as Bosnia\, East Timor\, Kosovo\, Rwanda\, Sudan\, and Zimbabwe\, and she was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School. Power’s book\, “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World (2008) and The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (2019)\, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Economist\, NPR\, and TIME. Power earned a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/an-evening-with-samantha-power-discussing-the-education-of-an-idealist/
CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Virtual Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center":MAILTO:sweiss@cincyhhc.org
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SUMMARY:Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Climate Change?
DESCRIPTION:The 2020-2021 Foreign Policy Forum Series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. \nClimate change is one area where politics\, economics\, and science come together to create an all-encompassing challenge that must be met by leaders worldwide. Unfortunately\, it is clear that the causes\, effects\, and policies needed to counter climate change are a point of contention\, as everything regarding climate change has become politically divisive. Global issues require global responses and there is no agreement on whether or how the international community can coordinate approaches to the many challenges involving energy\, environment\, and fiscal responsibilities. Molly Williamson\, a retired Foreign Service Officer and current scholar with the Middle East Institute\, will explore key factors confounding policy makers and political leaders\, both foreign and domestic. \nMolly Williamson is a retired Foreign Service Officer\, who served six different presidents\, and achieved the rank of Career Minister. Williamson speaks extensively on energy\, economic and demographic factors affecting foreign policy formulation\, US-Middle East relations\, especially regional unrest\, the Israel-Palestine conflict\, Iran and nuclear challenges\, and the interagency process. \nShe is a scholar with the Middle East Institute and the National Council on US-Arab Relations\, a consultant\, and frequent guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University\, the Defense Institute of Security Cooperation\, and the National Joint Staff College. Williamson has had a unique combination of policy positions in four Cabinet departments in the U.S. government as well as numerous diplomatic assignments in and about the Middle East. Williamson was the Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy with global responsibilities at the nexus of foreign policy and energy policy. \nThis webinar is free\, but advanced registration is required.\nRegister HERE.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-climate-change/
CATEGORIES:Global Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Cleveland Council on World Affairs":MAILTO:ccwa@ccwa.org
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