Tuesday, April 21.Free and open to the public, but RSVP requested—please reserve your seat today.
Immediately following the screening, Fink discusses the film with Pulitzer Center Managing Director Nathalie Applewhite, and human rights lawyer Maurice Tomlinson.
Also participating will be Andrea Flynn, vice president of the M∙A∙C AIDS Fund, which supports the Pulitzer Center and its coverage of HIV/AIDS, and Suzanne Persard, the LGBT Thematic Specialist with a focus on the Caribbean at Amnesty International.
Reception follows screening and panel.
The Rise of the Killer Virus screens on Thursday, April 23, as the second in Pulitzer Center’s film series at New York’s Paley Center for Media. After the screening, director Carl Gierstorfer discusses the film along with Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer and two of the key medical researchers in the documentary who are seeking answers to the origins of HIV: Dr. Dirk Teuwen of Belgium, and Michael Worobey, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona.
Free and open to the public, but RSVP requested—please reserve your seat today. Reception follows screening and panel.
The documentary delves into the origins of HIV and is associated with Gierstorfer’s Pulitzer Center-supported reporting project “HIV’s Origins-And the Lessons for Today.”
Category Archives: Non-Columbia Events
INVITE: Author Talk with Lucette Lagnado
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
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)
Women’s History Month Walking Tour – Women’s eNews
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: Overseas Press Club of America
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.
INVITE: UN – “Orange YOUR Neighbourhood”
UN commemoration of the International Day to End Violence against Women, 25 November 2014
“Orange YOUR Neighbourhood”
What: This year’s theme to mark the International Day to End Violence against Women, 25 November, and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is “Orange Your Neighbourhood”. The colour orange, bright and optimistic, has been designated by the UN Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women to symbolize a better future without this pervasive human rights violation that affects as many as one in three women and girls worldwide. The iconic Empire State Building, the UN Secretariat building and large screens in Times Square in New York will be lit orange to mark the day, along with the official commemoration event at UN Headquarters.
You are invited to the following press opportunities:
24 NOVEMBER
Empire State Building Lighting Ceremony
10.30 – 11 a.m.
Empire State Building Lobby, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York
*RSVP required: goo.gl/forms/YJi37F2IeN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and actress Teri Hatcher, will “Flip the Switch” to illuminate the Empire State Building. Following the ceremony, there will be a photo opportunity at the observation deck. The Empire State Building will shine an orange light starting at sunset.
Lighting of the UN Secretariat building
7 p.m.
1st Avenue & 42th Street
At 7 p.m., the UN will be lit in orange; it is the first time that the two buildings –Empire State Building and UN Headquarters— will be lit simultaneously to highlight a cause. Photographers and camera crews should be located on 1st Avenue and 43rd Street.
On 25 November, the Nasdaq and Reuters Tower screens in Times Square, one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions, will light up in orange with UN Women messages.
25 NOVEMBER
Commemoration of the International Day to End Violence against Women
10.30 a.m. – 12 noon
Economic and Social Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Official commemoration at UN Headquarters to observe the Day. The event will include the participation of:
• Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
• H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative,
United Arab Emirates
• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director,
UN Women
• Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
• Chirlane McCray, First Lady, New York City
• Teri Hatcher, Actress
• Danai Gurira, Actress
Moderator: Amna Nawaz, Correspondent for NBC News
Panel Discussion: Violence against Women: Best Laws and Policies – Learning from the winners of the 2014 Future Policy Award
3 – 5 p.m.
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, UN Secretariat, New York
UN Women in partnership with the IPU and the World Future Council will hold a panel, followed by an interactive discussion, focusing on implementation of laws and policies, effective practices, gaps and the way forward in relation to the review of the Beijing Platform for Action at its 20th anniversary.
Speakers will include:
• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General,
UN Women
• Margaret Mensah-Williams, President, Coordinating Committee of Women
Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Marja Ruotanen, Director of Human Dignity and Equality, Directorate General of
Democracy, Council of Europe
• Michael Paymar, House of Representatives, Minnesota and Ms. Melissa Scaia,
Executive Director, Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP), Duluth
• H.E. Mr. Andreas Riecken, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of
Austria to the United Nations
• Nafissatou J Diop, Senior Adviser, Coordinator UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme
on FGM/C: Accelerating Change, UNFPA
Moderator: Ms. Alexandra Wandel, Director, World Future Council
Background:
Women are beaten in their homes, harassed on the streets, bullied on the Internet. Globally, one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence at some point in her life — mostly by an intimate partner. Of all women killed in 2012, almost half died at the hands of a partner or family member.
The International Day to End Violence against Women is commemorated worldwide on 25 November. The Day also kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an international campaign which runs until 10 December (Human Rights Day), inviting individuals and groups to mobilize and call for the elimination of violence against women and girls. This year’s theme, framed by the UN Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women, is “Orange YOUR Neighbourhood”.
Note to media: A TV feed for the official commemoration on the 25th will be accessible through UNTV at:
http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/pdf/UNTV_Transmission_Guide
Non-UN accredited media who wish to attend events at the UN should contact the Media Accreditation Unit: http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/contact
Join the conversation: Follow @SayNO_UNiTE and share your messages using the hashtags #orangeurhood and #16days.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. For more information, visit www.unwomen.org. UN Women, 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, New York. Tel: +1 646 781-4400. Fax: +1 646 781-4496.
INVITE: The American Justice Summit 2014
INVITE: The Paley Center for Media
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You are cordially invited to attend a Paley Media Council Breakfast Chief Executive, Reuters Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / 8:00 to 9:00 am Doors open at 7:30am 25 West 52 Street, New York City Andrew Rashbass
Moderated by Jeff Jarvis Jeff Jarvis is the author of Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live (Simon & Schuster, 2011), What Would Google Do? (HarperCollins 2009), and the Kindle Single Gutenberg the Geek. He blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com and cohosts the podcast This Week in Google. He is professor and director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. He advises media companies, startups, and foundations and is a public speaker. Until 2005, he was president and creative director of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications. Prior to that, Jarvis was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly; Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News; TV critic for TV Guide and People; a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner; and assistant city editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-reserved basis. This invitation is non transferable. To RSVP, please email mcrsvp@paleycenter.org. Please write “J-School Student” in the Subject Line.
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INVITE: Asia Society Documentary Screening
You’re invited to join Asia Society for the screening of some documentary films and discussions with filmmakers on China’s environmental issues. “Waking the Green Tiger: Documentaries from the Front Lines of China’s Environmental Crisis.” Free admission. Advance registration requested.
August 18-27, 2014
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
To register and for more information see link below:
Opportunity: Volunteer for IndyKids!
Volunteer for IndyKids!
Do you have a passion for children’s literacy and progressive journalism? IndyKids is a non-profit organization that produces the only national newspaper written by kids for kids, providing news from an angle that kids can understand and relate to. We help young students in grades four through eight improve writing, reading and research skills while learning about social justice issues and world events that aren’t covered by mainstream children’s media. We’re looking for dedicated volunteers who are writers or have a journalism background to become mentors for our kid reporters or editors for our printed newspaper.
Here are examples of our recent articles written by our youth reporters with the help of our mentors:
We were featured in Seen in NY by New Learning Times, an online publication from Teachers College, Columbia University.
We are currently looking for mentors for our next workshop.
Dates of the workshop are: Saturdays, September 13, September 20, and October 4, 2014
Time: noon-3pm Address: 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013 (Downtown Community Television Center http://www.dctvny.org/)
If you are interested, to volunteer as a mentor, please fill out an online application here.
To volunteer as an editor, please fill out an online application here.
For more information contact us at volunteer@indykids.org. We look forward to hearing from you!