| Topic |
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
Location |
| Mexico |
Minister Mario Chacon
Deputy Chief of Mission at the Mexican Embassy to the United States |
Previously Completed (Sept. 19) |
12:00N |
Inn at Reading |
| Israel |
Freda Keet
Author and one of the few women war reporters to cover the war along the Suez Canal and the Yom Kippur War |
Previously Completed (Oct. 25) |
12:00N |
J.C.C. |
| Missile Defense |
Jack Spencer
Policy Analyst - Defense & National Security Heritage Foundation |
Previously Completed (Nov. 14) |
12:00N |
Inn at Reading |
| China |
Dr. Ben Stavis
Director of Asian Studies
Temple University |
Previously Completed (Dec. 11) |
12:00N |
Inn at Reading |
| Russia |
Kevin Murphy
Berks Community Foundation
Mr. Murphy's subject will be: "Reemerging Russian Society" |
Previously Completed (Jan. 16) |
7:30 PM |
The Highlands at Wyomissing |
| World Health |
Jim Thompson: Manager, Strategic Planning for Artificial Heart Development,
Arrow International, Inc.
"The Role of International Medicine in the Evaluation of Cardiac-assist Devices" |
Previously completed (Feb 13) |
12:00 N |
Inn at Reading |
| WAC in the Schools |
"Conflict Resolution"
An Exercise in Conflict Simulation and Resolution conducted by representative students from area High Schools
Mentored by Albright College Students under the guidance of representatives from the United States Institute of Peace.
Luncheon to Follow
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Previously completed (March 5) |
9:00 AM |
Albright College |
| Annual Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. |
The emphasis this year will be on the Republic of Turkey including a briefing at the Turkish Desk of the U.S. Department of State, and concluding with a visit and briefing at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey.
For a change of pace, we will also visit the National Geographic Society's headquarters and attend the current program in their "Tuesdays at Noon" series, featuring, on this date, the television classic: "Four Americans in China" (Four Americans explore China as it opens to the West). Total cost ($60.00 for Council members, $70.00 for non-members) includes boxed light breakfast on the bus and a buffet luncheon at Bistro Med, a Washington restaurant specializing in Mideastern and Turkish dishes. |
Previously Completed (Mar. 26) |
7:00 AM; Return approximately 7:00 PM |
Departing from Berkshire Mall Parking Area (in front of SEARS Auto Center) |
| Annual Awards Dinner |
Honoring Berks County's designated International Citizen of the Year: Robert M. Cardy, recently retired Chairman and CEO of Carpenter Technology Corp.
Keynote Speaker: Mahdvi Verma, International Law Attorney specializing in India/Pakistani relationships |
Previously Completed, (April 13) |
Cash Bar 6:30 PM, Dinner 7:30 PM |
Berkshire Country Club |
| Argentina |
Jorge Monteleone,
Writer and Literary Critic
"Aspects of the Argentine Imagination"
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Previously Completed (April 23) |
12:00 N |
Inn at Reading |
| Sudan |
Jemera Rone,
Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C. Counsel since 1998 and Sudan Researcher since 1993
In addition to her work in Sudan, Ms. Rone has visited and investigated human rights abuses in more than 15 other countries. She is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and a cum laude graduate of Rutgers University Law School |
May 16 |
12:00 N |
Inn at Reading |
| 2002-2003 |
The above program will be the final event in our 2001-2002 schedule.
If you have never attended any of our programs, we hope that the scope of this year's series and the quality of the speakers we present may interest you in joining the World Affairs Council, or, at least, attending some our events during the coming season. Watch this space for announcements of our new series commencing in September, 2002. |
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