Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Fellowships Applications Due Time: 12:00PM Location: Stanford in Government Office - Haas Center for Public Service Deliver them to the correct box in the Stanford in Government office (State/Local, National, or International) on the first floor of the Haas Center for Public Service. | | | Thursday, February 7, 2008 Diplomacy: Humanitarianism in Action with The Honorable Richard L. Armitage Time: 7:30PM Location: Kresge Auditorium Free and open to the public. Stanford in Government proudly welcomes The Honorable Richard L. Armitage for an evening lecture entitled "Diplomacy: Humanitarianism in Action". Mr. Armitage served as Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell from 2001-2005. His additional public service experience includes serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East, and Special Emissary to Jordan's King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and has won numerous distinctions, including the Department of State Distinguished Service Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal. In a telling presentation about the challenges of diplomacy and providing humanitarian aid, Mr. Armitage will discuss several examples of U.S. humanitarian assistance, detailing how such actions relate to both policy goals and our nature as a generous nation. He will specifically address both HIV/AIDS assistance and the Millennium Challenge Account, as well as traditional U.S. aid mechanisms, describing his own experiences as the coordinator for U.S. Assistance to the former Soviet Union. Reception to follow. Cosponsored by: The Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies, The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the International Relations Program, the Stanford Journal of International Relations, and the Stanford Roosevelt Society. | | | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Social Activism in the Local Community Time: 7:00PM to 8:30PM Location: 550-550A Mr. Franklin Williams, a Santa Cruz community activist is coming to campus to talk about his experiences feeding the hungry in the community and connecting numerous non-profits to help people better lives. He will also be outlining the problems facing starvation here in the Bay Area through a multimedia presentation and sharing his experiences founding OnePointFive- a non-profit venture- to alleviate these problems. He is certainly quite the character and is an instructor at UC Santa Cruz. Event will be in 550-550A (Near Geology Corner), Tuesday 2/12 from 7-8:30 PM. We encourage you to come with an open mind as we hope to have a lively audience driven Q&A session! For more information please see attached flyer or http://stanford.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8428518859 This event is being co-sponsored by SPOON (Stanford Project on Hunger), STOP (Students Taking on Poverty), Stanford Night Outreach to the Homeless, Habitat for Humanity-Stanford Chapter, and Stanford in Government. In Collaboration with Haas Center for Public Service- Leadership Programs | | | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Third Annual "Insider's View to Stanford In Government" Time: 8:00AM to 5:00PM Location: State Capitol and the Leland Stanford Historical Mansion RSVP REQUIRED Stanford Alumni-in-Government Club of Sacramento, in partnership with the Stanford Public Policy Program and the Haas Center for Public Service present the Third Annual "Insider's View to Stanford In Government." (This is a FREE event! Transportation and lunch provided.)
Timeline:
8:15am: Bus departs Stanford for Sacramento
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Tour of the Leland Stanford Historical Mansion.
11:30 a.m. to Noon: Alumni-Student Mixer at the Leland Stanford Historical Mansion.
Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Luncheon Panel Discussion on the Stateís Current Affairs & Politics with California State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, MBA í80 at the Leland Stanford Historical Mansion.
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: "Classrooms Without Quizzes" including a global warming panel with Resources Agency Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Tony Brunello, Stanford lecturer Dr. Michael Wara, JD í06, Joe Nation, and another panel on state education reform with State Senator Joe Simitian at the State Capitol.
3:15 p.m.: Bus departs Sacramento for Stanford.
SPACE IS LIMITED | | | Thursday, February 28, 2008 How America Votes Time: 7:00PM to 8:30PM Location: 420-041 This panel is sponsored by Stanford in Government, a non-partisan political awareness organization, and would address some of the fundamental issues that are raised when US citizens go to the polls. Some of these issues include: Are Voting Machines reliable and can they be trusted? Are Elections to be bought and sold? Why do the same individuals keep getting elected? Does ballot placement affect election outcome? | | |
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