All posts by Chanel Roche

EVENT: Talk with Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Ron Suskind

Columbia Events, Invitation, Speakers

The Disciplines Series: Evaluation, Value, and Evidence

Narratives of Earned Hope: Or the Ways Adversity Can Build Compensatory Strengths

With Ron Suskind

http://heymancenter.org/events/narratives-of-hope/

Wednesday, March 25,  6:15pm

Pulitzer Hall (formerly Journalism Hall), World Room

On March 25, the Heyman Center will present a talk with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind on “Narratives of Earned Hope: Or the Ways Adversity Can Build Compensatory Strengths.” The talk will cover Suskind’s new book Life, Animated about his autistic son and go back to his older works like A Hope in the Unseen.

 

INVITE: Author Talk with Lucette Lagnado

Chats, Invitation, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Outside Events

You have been invited to an Author Talk with Lucette Lagnado. The lecture will take place on Monday, March 16 from 11:30 am — 12:30 pm at the Jewish Museum.

 Celebrated writer Lucette Lagnado returns to the Museum to share her recent research on the Jews of Tunisia.  The author will focus on the shrinking Jewish community of the nation’s capital, Tunis, and the more stable, flourishing, population in the city of Djerba—two contrasting worlds in one Arab country.  She regularly contributes to the Wall Street Journal, and is currently researching her next major literary project. The travel journals she compiled in Tunis, and a discussion of the role research plays in her writing process, will form the foundation of the lecture.

Ms. Lagnado is the author of the memoirs The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit and The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn. She was the recipient of the 2008 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the 2004 Miker Berger Award from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and was a finalist for the 2004 Selden Ring Award from the Selden Ring Award from the University of Southern California.

 Tickets to the event can be purchased here, and include admission to museum exhibits.

INVITE: 2015 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage

Conferences, Invitation, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Q&A, Speakers

New YorkForeign Press Center
U.S. Department of State


WHAT:          On the Record Briefing Followed by Question and Answer Session

TOPIC:          2015 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage

SPEAKERS: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel; Ms. May Phyu on behalf of the 2015 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Awardees

 WHEN:          Friday, March 13, 2015; 11:00 a.m.

 WHERE:       799 UN Plaza (SW Corner of East 45th Street and First Avenue)

RSVP:            Please rsvp to NYFPC@state.gov by 3:00pm on Thursday, March 12.

 BACKGROUND:  The Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award annually recognizes women around the globe who have demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment, often at great personal risk.  This year’s recipients reflect women’s roles as agents of change and leaders in many of the crises and challenges facing the world today, from countering violent extremism to promoting security and recovery from the Ebola Virus Disease. Since the inception of this award in 2007, the Department of State has honored 86 women from more than 50 different countries.

The honorees are reconvening in New York March 11-14 to participate in the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, reflect on their visit, and discuss ways to work together to improve the lives of women and girls around the world. Click here to view a message from the honorees. Following the opening remarks, there will be a question and answer session with the speakers and honorees in attendance.

 This year’s honorees are:

Captain Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan Air Force (Afghanistan)**

Ms. Nadia Sharmeen, journalist, women’s rights activist (Bangladesh)

Ms. Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra, Founder and Director, Oficina Jurídica para la Mujer (Bolivia)

Ms. May Sabe Phyu, Director, Gender Equality Network (Burma)

Ms. Béatrice Epaye, President, Fondation Voix du Coeur (Central African Republic)**

Ms. Marie Claire Tchecola, nurse, Ebola survivor and activist (Guinea)

Ms. Sayaka Osakabe, Founder and Representative, Matahara Net (Japan)

Ms. Arbana Xharra, Editor-in-Chief, Zeri (Kosovo)

Ms. Tabassum Adnan, Founder, Khwendo Jirga (Pakistan)

Ms. Majd Chourbaji, External Relations Director, Women Now for Development Centers (Syria)

University Life: Sexual Respect and Community Citizenship

Community Service, Healthcare Issues, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Major memos, Notes From, Part-time Students, School requests

From: Executive Vice President Suzanne Goldberg, Office of University Life

“Join the Conversation.” This is what the Sexual Respect and Community Citizenship Initiative poster urges. Hopefully you have seen it on College Walk or in buildings around campus. With a handful of days left before spring break—and the March 13 deadline for the Sexual Respect and Community Engagement conversation, I am writing with some updates and thoughts about how the Initiative is going.

For starters, I want to remind you that the Sexual Respect Initiative is one part of a broader University-wide focus on what it means to be a member of the Columbia University community. A central aim of this particular initiative is to encourage learning, thought and action on the link between sexual respect and community membership here.

So far, student response—in workshops, the arts, and all other options±has been impressive and inspiring. Thousands of students across the University have attended workshops, trainings, and film screenings through student organizations, academic departments, and sessions listed at http://bit.ly/SexualRespectCJS, with many more to come this week.

More than 200 submissions have come in through the Arts Option, which invites students to creatively express their understanding of “sexual respect” in the context of Columbia. The submissions are quite extraordinary –thought-provoking poetry, prose, visual art, plays, video, and more, accompanied by deeply thoughtful statements about what motivates or underlies the work.

We see the same in the serious thought and care given to reflections submitted as part of the “video and reflection” option. I just finished reading a large set of de-identified reflections and am impressed, again, by the profound ways in which so many students are considering the role of sexual respect in their own lives at Columbia. In the coming weeks, we will post faculty members’ responses to these reflections as another part of continuing this conversation.

For some students, complaints about the initiative have been the path to engagement, prompting important conversations about what sexual respect has to do with community citizenship at all.

With permission, I will quote from one student’s comment: “I’m embarrassed to admit it but I walked in with the attitude that these types of educational seminars, while well-intentioned, don’t do anything to fix the problem. All the education in the world won’t convince a rapist not to rape and everyone else who gets dragged into it feels like they’re wasting their time. But I realize I missed the point completely. The important thing is to educate the average person about the dangers of sexual assault and to create a culture of prevention. If we can learn how to recognize the warning signs that an assault might occur and encourage intervention, instead of feeling awkward about it, we as a community can prevent assault before it begins.”

Dissent, at its best, is yet another path to engagement. For me, it is especially exciting to see dissent inspire creation, as has happened repeatedly though students proposing ideas for new workshops, becoming trained as facilitators, and creating new forms of art that might be used to educate and engage others.

The Initiative provides many additional ways for students to weigh in, add suggestions, and make recommendations. Every student receives an evaluation survey after completing the “affirmation of participation” on CourseWorks, and the Sexual Respect website invites your narrative comments.

Hundreds of evaluations have already come in, and these will be used, along with research on learning theory, sexual violence prevention and more, to develop future programming. Wonderfully, too, many students have indicated that they want to become more involved; if you are interested, please share your contact information on the otherwise anonymous evaluation form.

I could go on, but in the interest of time, I will close by referring back to this Initiative’s core principle:

This initiative focuses on the ways in which an ethic of sexual respect is integral to University community membership. The programming and public conversations place the University’s core commitment to mutual respect alongside other bedrock University commitments, including intellectual exchange and ethical leadership. Through your engagement, both in thought and action, we can create a community and campus in which all can participate freely and fully in the robust, pluralistic life of this great University.

I look forward to your participation.

Women’s History Month Walking Tour – Women’s eNews

Alumni, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Outside Events, Speakers

AN INVITATION FROM WOMEN’S eNEWS

We would love it if you could join us in March for Women’s eNews “Women’s History Month Walking Tour,” which kicks off this Sunday, March 1, at 11 a.m. (Details below). The tours will also take place every Sunday in March at 11 a.m. Betsy Wade ’52 and James Boylan teamed up for the research and the writing to develop the tour, so I know it will be first-rate!

 The March 1, 2015, tour begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m. Meet in the lobby of 6 Barclay Street, New York, NY, 10007. Tour tickets are $20; seniors $15; students free.

For reservations or more information, contact Meagan Lee Butler, 1-212-244-1720, openingtheway@womensenews.org or visit the tour’s official web page: www.womensenews.org/openingtheway

On Sunday, March 1, at 4 p.m., Women’s eNews will host a screening of  “Iron-Jawed Angels,”  followed by a panel discussion. The film portrays Alice Paul’s strategy and sacrifice to gain women’s suffrage in the United States. The panelists are Tanya Melich, author of the “Republican War against Women,” and  Glynda Carr from Higher Heights for America, which is dedicated to increasing the voting power of African American women. Snacks and drinks will be served.

* Donations accepted for the 4 p.m. film presentation at Women’s eNews HQ, 6 Barclay, 6th floor.

  For reservations or more information, contact Meagan Lee Butler,  1-12-244-1720, openingtheway@womensenews.org or visit the tour’s official web page: www.womensenews.org/openingtheway

Women’s eNews is an award-winning nonprofit news service (registered as a 501(c)3 with the IRS) – and dedicated to coverage of women’s rights, women’s health and other topics with significant impact on the lives of women and girls.

INVITE: Panel on Labor Rights and Human Trafficking

Business School, Columbia Events, Speakers, Speeches

To commemorate the UN World Day of Social Justice 2015 you are kindly invited to attend a panel discussion on labor rights and human traffickingat Columbia University hosted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and moderated by University Professor Joseph Stiglitz. (cocktail reception to follow).

When: Thursday February 19, 2015 from 3:00-5:30pm
Where: The Calder Lounge (Uris Hall, Columbia Business School)

The Speakers will be:

Moderator – Professor Joseph Stiglitz

Beate Andrees – Head, ILO Special Action Programme on Forced Labour
Yves Veyrier – Secrétaire confédéral, Force Ouvrière
Marcia Eugenio – Director, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking,U.S. Department of Labor

Please join us for this lively discussion and observance of the World Day of Social Justice.

If you are planning to attend, please send an RSVP to st2936@columbia.eduas space is limited.

“Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.

Observance of World Day of Social Justice should support efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-being and justice for all.”

 

INVITE: PANEL – Where are all the gay CEO’s

Business School, Columbia Events, Invitation, Speakers

How many CEOs are willing to be publicly identified as gay?
In April 2014, Apple CEO Tim Cook told the world, “I’m proud to be gay.”  

How many other CEOs can you name saying the same?

 Join the Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board and Cluster Q for:

 “And then there were two:”

Where are all the gay CEOs?

Thursday, February 12th
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Warren Room 310

Lunch will be provided
Register Here

 For more background about LGBTQ issues in the business world, please read this New York Times article HERE

 On August 14, 2014, C1 Financial CEO Trevor Burgess rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate his company’s first day of trading. A short time later, he received a message from Jason Grenfell Gardner, the CEO of pharmaceutical company IGI Laboratories. It read: “And then there were two.”

There are over 5,000 publicly traded companies in the US. But Grenfell-Gardner and Burgess remain two of only three CEOs who are willing to be publicly identified as gay.

So where are all the others?

Come listen to author and New York Times business columnist, James B. Stewart, Trevor Burgess and Jason Grenfell-Gardner share their experiences and give their views on one of the most powerful, lingering taboos of the American C-suite.

James B. Stewart, Bloomberg Professor of Journalism, Columbia Graduate School of Journalist; Author and New York Times Columnist

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author James B. Stewart combines the skills of an investigative reporter with the style and sensibility of a novelist, examining events in finance, law, and politics that shape American society. The San Francisco Examiner called him “the journalist every journalist would like to be” and The Daily Beast named him one of the 15 “most important writers on business and economics.” Stewart’s New York Times column, “Common Sense,” appears weekly in the Business Day section. He provides skillful coverage of corporate America and Wall Street, often exploring the use and abuse of power at the highest levels of business and government. The author of 11 books, Stewart’s New York Times bestseller, DisneyWar, about Michael Eisner’s reign at the company, won the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book. His other bestsellers include Blood Sport and Den of Thieves, the definitive account of 1980s Wall Street insider trading scandals. A Harvard-educated lawyer, Stewart is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School.

Jason Grenfell-Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer of IGI Laboratories, Inc.

Mr. Grenfell-Gardner is the President and Chief Executive Officer of IGI Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE MKT: IG), where he is transforming the organization into a leading specialty generic pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining IGI, Mr. Grenfell-Gardner spent over eight years at Hikma Pharmaceuticals, PLC, and its subsidiaries including West-Ward Pharmaceuticals in the United States. He served in a number of roles, most recently as SVP of Sales and Marketing. Before joining Hikma, Mr. Grenfell-Gardner worked throughout Central and Eastern Europe as a partner at Trigon Capital, a boutique investment bank, focused on mergers and acquisitions. During his time in that region, Mr. Grenfell-Gardner served as Chairman of the Board of Sanitas Pharmaceuticals, as well as other board positions. He holds an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and an MBA from INSEAD.

Trevor R. Burgess, President & Chief Executive Officer of C1 Bank

Mr. Burgess is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of C1 Bank and its parent C1 Financial (NYSE: BNK) having founded its predecessor in 2009. In 2013, he was named the Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year in the Financial Services Category and in 2014 was named American Banker’s Community Banker of the Year. Mr. Burgess is a co-inventor of the technology for which C1 Bank has filed seven patent applications. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Burgess worked as a Managing Director for Morgan Stanley, where, among other responsibilities, he executed initial public offerings as an investment banker in the Equity Capital Markets division. Prior to his nearly ten years at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Burgess worked as a management consultant at Monitor Company. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 1994.  Trevor and his husband Gary live in St Petersburg, Florida with their daughter Logan.

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The purpose of the Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board is to foster a culture and safeguard a tradition of principled leadership throughout the Columbia Business School community. The Board fulfills its purpose by developing, implementing and monitoring programs that cultivate leadership, build character, and promote ethical decision making, which, in turn, enable Columbia Business School students to become productive, moral, and caring participants in their companies and communities.

Cluster Q is Columbia Business School’s LGBTQ association. As a proactive and dynamic student group on campus, Cluster Q strives to foster a positive learning environment and build a professional network for all students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and significant others regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Cluster Q hosts Ally Week bi-annually to educate the Columbia Business School Community on LGBTQ issues and to support an inclusive environment. Cluster Q also leads a variety of events and workshops, attends conferences, and fosters connections with professionals throughout the business and LGBTQ community.

INVITE: Overseas Press Club of America

Invitation, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Speakers

Event Name:  Toujours la Différence: Why French and American Satirical Cartoonists Are Different. Are Pictures Multilingual?

Event Date and Time:  12 February 2015 – 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Event Location:  Club Quarters, 40 West 45th Street

Event City:  New York

Event Fee:  FREE

The horrific attacks on journalists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo have underlined differences in the French and American approach to satire. While defending the right to freedom of expression, many American media declined to publish cartoons from the French magazine that mocked the prophet Mohammed.

Join the OPC Feb. 12 for a discussion on how the French and Americans views of deliberately offensive humor vary and why, and whether there should be limits on satirical cartoons and writing.

Panelists are: Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News, a three-time winner of the OPC’s Thomas Nast award for best cartoons on international affairs and the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning; Guénola Pellen, editor-in-chief of France-Amérique; Felipe Galindo, aka FEGGO, a Mexican cartoonist working in the U.S. and published in The New Yorker, The New York Times and many others; Asra Nomani, A Muslim feminist author, former Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam.

Moderating the discussion is Jacqueline Albert-Simon, U.S. Bureau Chief for Politique Internationale and a governor of the OPC.

The program begins at 6:30 pm. Stop by for a reception at 6:00 p.m.

Please RSVP by emailing patricia@opcofamerica.org or calling the OPC at 212 626-9220.