Wednesday, September 30, 2009

[RED DEMOCRATICA] NOTICIAS : RED/UTAH : David Utrilla Consul Honorario del Peru en UTAH

 


Utah recibe nuevo Cónsul Honorario del Perú
South Ogden, Utah,
30 de septiembre de 2009.-


El día de hoy, Utah le da la bienvenida a David Utrilla como el miembro número 31 del Cuerpo de Cónsules de Utah.
Después de su nombramiento oficial por el Presidente del Perú, Dr. Alan García, y de haber recibido las credenciales correspondientes por parte del Departamento de Estado de los EE.UU., el Sr. Utrilla está listo para cumplir sus funciones formales como Cónsul Honorario del Perú en el Estado de Utah.

Solo después de México, la comunidad de inmigrantes peruanos es la segunda más numerosa en Utah. Hasta este momento, el Consulado más cercano se encontraba en Denver, Colorado. Por este motivo, todos los documentos oficiales se tenían que procesar por correo, o las personas tenían que esperar que el Consulado itinerante visite la ciudad dos veces al año, o se tenía que viajar a Denver. Debido a esta tremenda necesidad, en la noche previa a cada visita del Consulado itinerante, se formaban largas colas y solo se podía atender a las primeras 200 personas, por lo que muchas terminaban yéndose sin ser atendidas.
Adicionalmente, el pueblo y el Gobierno del Perú están muy agradecidos con las muchas organizaciones humanitarias de Utah que brindan ayuda a la gente del Perú que vive en estado de pobreza.
Estas organizaciones no solo ayudan a las personas con sus necesidades básicas, sino que les dan esperanzas sobre su futuro ya que las ayudan a convertirse en personas independientes y a preservar su dignidad. El Cónsul Utrilla planea ayudar y apoyar a las organizaciones con esta labor.

Utrilla manifestó sentirse honrado y emocionado por haber recibido este prestigioso cargo: "Deseo ayudar a la comunidad peruana aquí en Utah y fortalecer todas las relaciones entre Utah y el Perú".
Lew Cramer, Presidente del Word Trade Center, dijo: "El Sr. Utrilla conduce sus negocios con una rigurosa gestión e integridad, y al mismo tiempo dedica un gran esfuerzo y recursos para recompensar a las comunidades que le dieron la oportunidad de triunfar como empresario".
Como Cónsul Honorario del Perú, Utrilla tendrá dos funciones principales: Establecer y fortalecer lazos así como también ayudar y promover a la comunidad local.
Con el fin de establecer lazos, el Cónsul Utrilla actuará como el funcionario oficial para apoyar el desarrollo económico, científico, académico, comercial y cultural entre las dos comunidades. Con el reciente tratado de libre comercio, Utrilla promoverá el comercio bilateral para impulsar el crecimiento estratégico de las empresas; establecerá importantes conexiones en los negocios y la política; apoyará la educación y los avances tecnológicos; y, divulgará la cultura, cocina, tradiciones, turismo y estilo de vida de las personas y comunidades que representa.

Utrilla nació y creció en Lima, Perú, y es el quinto de ocho hijos. En 1994, y siguiendo su sueño de convertirse en el dueño de su propio negocio, David emigró a los Estados Unidos. En 1995, fundó U.S. Translation Company en Ogden, Utah, y actualmente sigue siendo su Presidente.
Posee vínculos muy profundos con el Perú y Utah, tanto en lo personal como en lo profesional. Ya que parte de su familia sigue en el Perú, Utrilla viaja a su país de origen varias veces al año para vacacionar, hacer negocios y con fines altruistas.

La experiencia del Cónsul Utrilla en el Perú le permite comprender las diferencias culturales entre las prácticas comerciales estadounidenses y peruanas. También se mantiene al tanto de las leyes y reglamentos que gobiernan a las organizaciones en el Perú, así como de los beneficios y dificultades para hacer negocios allí. Gracias a esto, ha logrado establecer muy buenas relaciones con personas claves en la toma de decisiones importantes, funcionarios del gobierno y empresarios.

El Cónsul Utrilla tendrá su oficina, línea telefónica y correo electrónico exclusivos para asuntos del Consulado. El Consulado estará ubicado en Salt Lake City. Las personas que necesiten comunicarse con el Sr. Utrilla, pueden hacerlo al correo electrónico
consul@peruutah.com.
 
 
 
"UNA COMUNIDAD UNIDA ES UNA COMUNIDAD FORTALECIDA"
LA RED DE PERUANOS EN UTAH LE DA UNA CORDIAL BIENVENIDA A NUESTRO CONSUL HONORARIO
DAVID UTRILLA Y AL MISMO TIEMPO LE DESEAMOS EXITOS EN SUS LABORES, COMO  LIDER Y REPRESENTANTE
DE LA COMUNIDAD PERUANA.
 
Maclovia Perez
801-833-2793
Coordinadora  Red de Peruanos en Utah
E-mail:redperuenutah@gmail.com
http://redperuenutah.blogspot.com
Corresponsal  Red Democratica del Peru

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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Una mentira mas que importa..

 

UNA MENTIRA MAS QUE IMPORTA

 

Garcia Perez lleva la mentira en la sangre cuando dice: "Para eso hemos creado el concepto de los núcleos ejecutores, que son el grupo de ciudadanos, que en cualquier parte pueden recibir directamente dinero del gobierno central, del gobierno regional, del municipio y hacer su obra, sin estar esperando favores políticos, sin estar esperando que se fijen en ellos" Esta es una mentira mas grande que un platillo volador en marte. Estos fueron la base del programa FONCODES I y II durante el primer gobierno del chino AFF. Lo puede confirmar el BID, el Banco Mundial y el KFW Aleman. AGP no solo es un mentiroso de polendas sino un falsificador con cara dura. Es como decir que  el Chino es el creador del sistema de las AFP's cuando todo el mundo sabe que fue Chile. O peor aun, considerarse el creador de la frase del perro del hortelano. Que chistoso. Confirmado, tenemos un bufon en palacio que muchos se reiran y que saben que  las obras masivas de los nucleos ejecutores quedaron grabadas en los letreros de FONCODES a los largo del territorio hasta encumbrar a esta entidad del estado  en el primer lugar en la region en este tipo de obras sociales. Justo es reconer las buena obras. Hoy convertida en el refugio de los apristas en la repartija del poder incapaz de hacer lo que ya se hacia.

 

Lo que realmente pasa es que lo que pasa siempre en los anuncios del Jefe de Estado cuando alguien le canta una tonada como recien salida del horno: son patinadas mediaticas  sin compromiso del aparato burocratico del Estado. Cada quien hace lo que le da la gana. El es solo el lider de la corrupcion y sin CREDIBILIDAD. Necesitamos combatirla hasta lograr CORUPCION CERO con lideres nuevos  que incentiven la honestidad, funcionarios sin carnet y representantes preparados y capaces con una nueva PROPUESTA QUE ENTUSIASME con una nueva filosfia basada en el compromiso de patriotas peruanos para luchar contra la corrupcion y la pobreza como parte de la reconstruccion de un estado que cambie en forma absoluta la nueva forma de ejecutar polticas de desarrollo y crecimeinto sin diferencias ni exclusiones de su gente. Mas que anuncios pomposos e incoherentes en cada show de los medios ayayeros, necesitamos politicas publicas efectivas y eficaces establecidas por un equipo de gentes preparadas comprometidos con ejercer un buen gobierno con oportunidades para todos.

 

Tolerancia cero con la corrupcion. Hay que desinfectar palacio. Limpiar la suciedad del congreso y sacar a los jueces corruptos.

 

Keiko sabe y sabia que su educacion era con dinero de la corrupcion. Se quedo callada y hoy nuestro sistema podrido  permite esta atrocidad de ser representante. En USA los hijos de Madof- el mas grande estafador- seran denuciados por la fiscalia gringa y pronto seran encrerrados de por vida. Keiko y sus hermanos deberian trabajar gratis hasta el final.

 

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[RED DEMOCRATICA] NOTICIAS : Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids

 

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September 30, 2009

Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids

LOS ANGELES — A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired.

The firings at the company, American Apparel, have become a showcase for the Obama administration's effort to reduce illegal immigration by forcing employers to dismiss unauthorized workers rather than by using workplace raids. The firings, however, have divided opinion in California over the effects of the new approach, especially at a time of high joblessness in the state and with a major, well-regarded employer as a target.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, called the dismissals "devastating," and his office has insisted that the federal government should focus on employers that exploit their workers. American Apparel has been lauded by city officials and business leaders for paying well above the garment industry standard, offering health benefits and not long ago giving $18 million in stock to its workers.

But opponents of illegal immigration, including Representative Brian P. Bilbray, a Republican from San Diego who is chairman of a House caucus that opposes efforts to extend legal status to illegal immigrants, back the enforcement effort. They say American Apparel is typical of many companies that, in Mr. Bilbray's words, have "become addicted to illegal labor."

"Of course it's a good idea," Mr. Bilbray said of the crackdown. "They seem to think that somehow the law doesn't matter, that crossing the line from legal to illegal is not a big deal."

In July, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, opened audits of employment records similar to the one at American Apparel at 654 companies around the country. John T. Morton, who, as assistant secretary of homeland security, runs ICE, said the audits covered all types of employers with immigrant workers, including many like American Apparel that were not shadowy sweatshops or serial violators of labor codes.

The investigation at American Apparel was started 17 months ago, under President George W. Bush. Obama administration officials point out that they have not followed the Bush pattern of concluding such investigations with a mass roundup of workers. Those raids drew criticism for damaging businesses and dividing immigrant families.

Immigration officials said they would now focus on employers, primarily wielding the threat of civil complaints and fines, instead of raids and worker deportation.

"Now all manner of companies face the very real possibility that the government, using our basic civil powers, is going to come knocking on the door," Mr. Morton said.

The goal, he said, is to create "a truly national deterrent" to hiring unauthorized labor that would "change the practices of American employers as a class."

The employees being fired from American Apparel could not resolve discrepancies that investigators discovered in documents they had presented at hiring and in federal Social Security or immigration records — probably because the documents were fake. Peter Schey, a lawyer for American Apparel, said that ICE had cited deficiencies in the company's record keeping, but that the authorities had not accused it of knowingly hiring illegal workers. A fine threatened by the agency was withdrawn, Mr. Schey said.

After months of discussions with ICE officials, the company moved on its own to terminate the workers because, Mr. Schey said, federal guidelines for such cases were "in a shambles." The Bush administration proposed rules for employers to follow when workers' documents did not match, but a federal court halted the effort and the Obama administration decided to abandon it.

With its bright-pink, seven-story sewing plant in the center of Los Angeles, American Apparel is one of the biggest manufacturing employers in the city, and makes a selling point of the "Made in U.S.A." labels in its racy T-shirts and miniskirts. Dov Charney, the company's chief executive, has campaigned, in T-shirt logos and eye-catching advertisements, to "legalize L.A.," by granting legal status to illegal immigrants, a policy President Obama supports.

Since the audit began, Mr. Charney has treaded carefully, eager to show that his publicly traded company is obeying the law, and to reassure investors that the loss of so many workers will not damage the business, since production has slowed already with the recession.

But Mr. Charney is also questioning why federal authorities made a target of his company. Over the summer he joined his workers in a street protest against the firings. Because the immigration investigation is still under way, Mr. Charney declined to be interviewed for this article but did respond in an e-mail message.

The firings "will not help the economy, will not make us safer," he said.

"No matter how we choose to define or label them," he said, illegal immigrants "are hard-working, taxpaying workers."

On a recent visit to American Apparel's factory floors here, amid the whirring of sewing machines and the whooshing of cooling fans, a murmur of many languages rose: mostly Spanish, but also Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Portuguese. Masseurs were offering 20-minute massages for sewers in need of a break.

But there was also a mood of mourning, as work was interrupted with farewell parties. The majority of workers losing their jobs are women, most of whom are working to support families. Many departing workers have been with the company for a decade or more.

Executives said many workers had learned skills specific to a proprietary production system that allows American Apparel to make 250,000 garments a week in Los Angeles, while keeping prices competitive with imports from places like China.

Some workers who are leaving said the company had been a close-knit community for them. Jesús, 30, originally from Puebla, Mexico, said he was hired 10 years ago as a sewing machine operator, then worked and studied his way up to an office job as coordinating manager.

"I learned how to think here," said Jesús, who would not reveal his last name because of his illegal status.

The company provides health and life insurance, he said, and he earns about $900 a week, with taxes deducted from his paycheck.

Like many others, Jesús said his next move was to hunt for work in Los Angeles. He will not return to Mexico, he said, because he is gay and fears discrimination.

"There they treat you and judge you without even knowing you," Jesús said.

He said several job offers from mainstream garment makers in this country had been withdrawn once he was asked for documents.

"Being realistic," he said, "I guess I'm going to have to go to one of those sweatshop companies where I'm going to get paid under the table."

ICE has made no arrests so far at the factory. But Mr. Morton of ICE said the agency would not rule out pursuing workers proven to be illegal immigrants.

Mr. Schey said company human resources managers had added new scrutiny to hiring procedures. But workers facing dismissal pointed to the line of job applicants outside the factory one recent day, who, like many of them, were almost all Spanish-speaking immigrants.

"I think the Americans think that garment sewing is demeaning work," said Francisco, 38, a Guatemalan with nine years at the plant who is being forced to leave.

A top supervisor, he is training new employees to replace him.



 
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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Wilson Center Update

 

 
  OCTOBER 2009 NEWS AND EVENTS (September 30, 2009)
Wilson Center Events, September 30 – October 29
Wilson Center News
Scholars in the Media

WILSON CENTER EVENTS, September 30 – October 29

Wednesday, September 30
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The German Elections: The State of the Polity and Prospects for German Foreign Policy, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Berlin Office, German Marshall Fund and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center


Thursday, October 1
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
What's Next? Perspectives From Afghan Civil Society, Mary Akrami, Afghan Women Skills Development Center; Orzala Ashraf, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan; Palwasha Hassan, International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development


3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War, W.R. Smyser, Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar, Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University; Mary Beth Stein, Associate Professor of German and International Affairs, The George Washington University; R. Gerald Livingston, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, German Historical Institute; Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project


12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Reporting From Kenya: U.S. Editors Cover Health, Environment, and Security, Andrea Crossan, Radio Producer, "The World," BBC/PRI; Stephanie Hanson, Associate Director and Coordinating Editor, CFR.org, Council on Foreign Relations; Margaret McElligott, Senior Producer, washingtonpost.com


Friday, October 2
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Engaging China in New Energy Cooperation, David Mohler, Senior VP and CTO for Duke Energy, Peggy Liu, Chairperson, Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), Steve Papermaster, JUCCCE Co-Founder, U.S. Steering Committee Chair


10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Serbian Foreign Policy and the Possibility of Cooperation within the Western Balkan Region, Aleksandar Vucic, Deputy President, Serbian Progressive Party


12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Rediscovering Multilateralism: Toward a Cooperative Approach to Middle East Reform, Audra Grant, RAND Corporation; Hanane Zelouani Idrissi, National Endowment for Democracy; Almut Moeller, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy; Andrew Albertson, POMED Executive Director


Monday, October 5
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The U.S., Hamas, and the Pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Elliot Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Middle Eastern Affairs, George W. Bush Administration; Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations and Founder and Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management, American University and Senior Adviser on Conflict Resolution and the Middle East, The Carter Center; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Uncertain Future: Sino-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, Herman Pirchner, Jr., President, American Foreign Policy Council


2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Dynamisms and Disfunctions of Turkey's Civil-Military Relations After Ergenekon: Why Do They Matter?, Umit Cizre, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Joshua Walker, Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, German Marshall Fund


3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Road to Copenhagen: Progress and Challenges on Sustainable Development in Chico Mendes's Homeland, Arnóbio (Binho) Marques, Governor, Brazilian Amazon State of Acre; Foster Brown, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center; Adriana Gonçalves Moreira, World Bank Senior Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Development Department for Latin America and Caribbean Region; Moderator Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Shifter, Vice-President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue


Tuesday, October 6
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
China and Climate Security, Linda Jakobson, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Murray Scot Tanner, China Specialist, Center for Naval Analyses


Wednesday, October 7
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Translating Ivan Cankar in the 21st Century: Historical and Literary Perspectives on Slovene Political and Social Evolution, John Cox, Professor of History and Department Head, North Dakota State University


Thursday, October 8
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Energy Company of the Future, A Director's Forum with Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell


9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Road to Rio: The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide, Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Donovan, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Robert Buckley, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation; Mathew Chandy, Senior Urban Adviser, CHF International; Celine D'Cruz, Coordinator, Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and Associate Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), Mumbai


3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Germany 1989: A New Kind of Revolution?, Axel Klausmeier, Director, Berlin Wall Memorial in Berlin, Germany and Author, Wall Remnants, Wall Traces; Rainer Klemke, Director, Berlin Senate Working Group on Museums with Federal Participation, Memorials and Contemporary History; Ilya Gayduk, Coordinator, Cold War Group, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences; Pawel Machcewicz, Professor of History, the University of Warsaw; Konrad Jarausch, Professor of European Civilization, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Friday, October 9
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia, Vladislav Zubok, Associate Professor of History, Temple University, Michael David-Fox, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park, and Eric Lohr, Associate Professor of History, American University


12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956, Pawel Machcewicz, Professor of History, University of Warsaw; Charles Gati, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies and Foreign Policy Institute Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University


9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Book Launch: Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America, Enrique Peruzzotti, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Traffic Jam: Gender, Labor, Migration and Trafficking in Dubai, Pardis Mahdavi, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College


Tuesday, October 13
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Distorted Mirrors: Americans and Their Relations With Russia and China in the Twentieth Century, Eugene Trani, President Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center


4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Strait Talk: United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis With China, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Professor of History, Georgetown University


Wednesday, October 14
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Covering Climate: What's Population Got to Do With It?, Dennis Dimick, Executive Editor, National Geographic Magazine; Emily Douglas, Web Editor, The Nation; Andrew Revkin, Environmental Reporter, The New York Times (invited)


9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Copyright Law in Canada and the United States: The Digital Challenge, Barry Sookman, Partner Co-chair, Technology Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto; Eric J. Schwartz, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP, and Former Acting General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office


Thursday, October 15
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Back from the Brink? Prospects for Inter-Korean Dialogue, Past and Present, Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project, Jongdae Shin, Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Sunwon Park, Northeast Asia Energy and Security Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution


Monday, October 19
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy, David Hoffman, Contributing Editor, The Washington Post


12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Return of the Foxbats: New Light on the Climax of Soviet Military Intervention in the Middle East, 1969-1972, Isabella Ginor, Research Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Gideon Remez, Research Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace; Craig Daigle, Assistant Professor, City College of New York


2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Inclusion of Civil Society Stakeholders in Comprehensive Peace Processes: A Practical Analysis, Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity; Michael Lund, Consulting Project Manager, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity; Carla Koppell, Director, Institute for Inclusive Security; Anthony Wanis-St. John, Assistant Professor, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University SIS; Elizabeth McClintock, Founder and Manager, CM Partners


9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
A Discussion With Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán, Felipe Herrera Beltrán, Governor of Veracruz, Mexico


3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: In Praise of Deadlock: How Partisan Struggle Makes Better Laws, Author W. Lee Rawls, Senior Counsel to the Director, FBI; Richard Baker, Former Senate Historian; Richard Cohen, Congressional Correspondent, The National Journal


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Shaping Lithuania's White House: From the Former Communist Party Leader Algirdas Brazauskas to the Newly-Elected Baltic "Iron Lady" Dalia Grybauskaite, Ausra Park, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Simmons College


Tuesday, October 20
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sexual Violence Against Minors, Jim Mercy, Special Adviser for Strategic Directions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Jama Gulaid, Country Representative, UNICEF Swaziland


6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Werwolf Sutra, Yuri Andrukhovych, Poet and Novelist, Ivano-Frankivsk


Wednesday, October 21
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Reaching Out at a Time of Economic Crisis: External Anchors and Internal Dynamics in the Western Balkans, Jens Bastian, Senior Economic Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece


2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Why Europe Fears Its Neighbors, Fabrizio Tassinari, Head of Foreign Policy and EU Studies Unit, Danish Institute for International Studies, and Non-Resident Fellow, John's Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations, and Former Contributing Scholar, Southeast Europe Project, Woodrow Wilson Center


Thursday, October 22
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Our Common Energy Future, The Honorable William K. Reilly, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fixing a Broken Immigration System: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Reform, Day 1, Elena Letona, NALACC; Ruth Milkman, Professor of Sociology, UCLA; Dowell Myers, Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; Mae Ngai, Professor of History, Columbia University; George Sanchez, Professor of American Studies, University of Southern California


Friday, October 23
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fixing a Broken Immigration System: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Reform, Day 2, David Abraham, University of Miami School of Law; David Bacon, Photographer and Journalist; Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University; Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute; Richard Foltin, Legislative Director and Counsel, American Jewish Committee; Gary Gerstle, James G. Stahlman Professor of American History, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer Gordon, Professor of Law, Fordham University; David Gutiérrez, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego; Cindy Hahamovitch, Professor of History, College of William and Mary; Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA; Christian Joppke, Professor of Politics, American University of Paris; Miriam Jordan, Wall Street Journal; Maria Elena Letona, Associate Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities; Dowell Myers, Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of American Studies, Brown University; Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, NALEO


Monday, October 26
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Main Trends in Contemporary Russian Literature, Marina Tyurina Oberlander, Philologist, Poet, and Translator, Washington, D.C.


1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dialogues With Mexico: Senator Santiago Creel, Santiago Creel Miranda, Senator, National Action Party (PAN)


3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Murder in the Name of Honor, Rana Husseini, Journalist and Author, Murder in the Name of Honor


Tuesday, October 27
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, Mary Sarotte, University of Southern California; Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Adviser


3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge, Laurie Mazur, Director, Population Justice Project; John Bongaarts, Vice President, Population Council; Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray, Associate for International Programs, Moriah Fund; Roger-Mark De Souza, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations, Sierra Club


Wednesday, October 28
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Department of Defense's Strategic Energy Opportunities, Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute; Chairman Emeritus, Fiberforge, Inc.


3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Australia: Re-Calibrating Relations With the Major Powers, James Cotton, Wilson Center Australian Scholar


Thursday, October 29
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
After the Greek Elections: Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S.-Greece Partnership, Nikolas Karahalios, Chairman, Forum 2020, and Former Secretary for Political Planning and Program Development, New Democracy Party, Greece


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WILSON CENTER NEWS

The Woodrow Wilson Center Welcomes the 2009-2010 Class of Fellows
The staff and scholars of the Woodrow Wilson Center welcome the 2009-2010 fellowship class who arrived on Sept. 8. The 24 fellows include scholars and practitioners from the United States, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Israel, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan.

Wilson Center Welcomes New Director of Marketing and dialogue Host
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars welcomes the arrival of John Milewski, the new director of marketing and host of dialogue, the Center's radio and television program.

Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America
A new book published by the Woodrow Wilson Center Press examines participatory institutions in five Latin American democracies.

New From the CWIHP Book Series: Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956, by Pawel Machcewicz
A new book published by the Woodrow Wilson Center Press narrates the social history of Communism in 1956 Poland.

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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA

Playing Into His Hands
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler published a piece in The Daily Beast that unpacks the meaning of Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment site. He also wrote stories about a private dinner in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted at the plant and about the announcement that the United States will join talks next month about Iran's nuclear program. (9/29)

Obama's test in Afghanistan
Public Policy Scholar Maleeha Lodhi published an op-ed in Pakistan's The News about the challenges President Obama faces in Afghanistan. (9/29)

Don't Canonize William Safire, He Could Never Live Down His Nixon Roots
Public Policy Scholar Jamie Stiehm wrote an essay for US News World Report about conservative columnist William Safire, writing that Safire's work for President Nixon is hard to live down. She also wrote a piece remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy in The Huffington Post. (9/29)

Remembering William Safire
Public Policy Scholar Marty Tolchin remembered the late William Safire, conservative columnist and speechwriter to President Nixon, on NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. (9/28)

A Long-Term Fix for Medium-Range Arms
Fellow Dinshaw Mistry published a letter to the editor in The New York Times, responding to an op-ed about a global ban on medium-range missiles. (9/25)

40 Years of Ambiguity
Public Policy Scholar Avner Cohen wrote an op-ed in Haaretz about Israel's nuclear ambiguity and its effect on U.S.-Israeli relations, 40 years after a nuclear weapons meeting between Golda Meir and Richard Nixon. (9/25)

Toward Peace in the Middle East
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about the Sept. 22 trilateral talks between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He also published an article in Politico about the historically grim outlook on the Arab-Israeli conflict. (9/25)

When the Mind Falters, Is Sex a Choice?
Senior Scholar Marie-Therese Connolly published an op-ed in the Outlook section of The Washington Post about what constitutes sexual consent or assault when an elderly person with dementia is involved. (9/20)

My Prison, My Home
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari published the book My Prison, My Home this month. She discussed her imprisonment in Iran and current events in the country on several programs and in several publications, including Charlie Rose, The Takeaway, and The Diane Rehm Show. Fellow Margot Badran reviewed the book in The Washington Times, and the book also informed an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer and a review in Inside Higher Ed.

Going Gaga Over Grain
Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman published an op-ed in Dawn about Pakistan's charm offensive to depict agriculture as the solution to the region's insecurity. (9/17)

Preparing for Copenhagen
Brazil Institute Director Paulo Sotero appeared on The Diane Rehm Show to discuss the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen. (9/17)

Harper Goes to Washington
Canada Institute Director David Biette appeared on BNN to discuss U.S.-Canada relations in light of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting with President Obama. (9/16)

Rethinking Our Iran Strategy
Public Policy Scholar Robin Wright and International Security Studies Director Robert Litwak co-authored an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about rethinking the United States' Iran strategy in light of the crackdown that followed the presidential election. (9/13)

Commentaries by Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton, director of the Wilson Center, writes regular commentaries on foreign policy and Congress. Last month he published "Aim for Counterterrorism Without the War Cries," "Members of Congress Need to Travel," and "Toward a Better U.N."

Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Health Care Reform Challenge Appears More Jagged Up Close" and "High Theater Rules at Joint Sessions of Congress."

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