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INVITE: Conference on Political Satire and Press Freedom in Latin America

Conferences, Speakers, Speeches

Conference on Political Satire and Press Freedom in Latin America at The Cooper Union on October 15

 

What:                      Press freedom in Latin America is constantly under threat. As a result of the attacks by some politicians and organized crime, the job of a social communicator is not only increasingly difficult to do, but in some cases it could mean a one-way ticket to death. A recent study by the American Organization Freedom House reports a drastic deterioration of the conditions of Latin American journalists.

 

                                     “Bitter Laughter” a free, public conference about political satire and press freedom in Latin America will feature some of the region’s best political cartoonists as well as two keynote speakers to present the history of Latin American political satire and its current form. The conference will be in English and in Spanish, with English supertitles as needed.

 

Who:                        Cartoonists include:

 

Keynote Speakers:

  • Enrique del Risco(Cuba) — writer and academic from New York University from Cuba
  • Elisa Tótaro (Venezuela) — director and co-founder of Equipo70, a political and Institutional communications firm

 

When:                     Saturday, October 15, 2pm – 6pm

 

Where:                   The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Audito

41 Cooper Square, NY, NY  10003

 

More:                      The conference, which is co-sponsored by ViceVersa Magazine, a weekly online publication showcasing the talent and achievements of Hispanics in the United States, and by the Dept. of Continuing Education and Public Programs of The Cooper Union, is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested at http://bit.ly/2cumPcx.

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: The Paley Center for Media

Fun Stuff, Invitation, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Speakers, Speeches

You are cordially invited to attend a

Paley Media Council Breakfast
with
Andrew Rashbass

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
Andrew Rashbass has been chief executive of Reuters since July 2013. Before that, Rashbass was chief executive of The Economist Group. Before becoming CEO, he was the publisher of The Economist and prior to that he was managing director of Economist.com. Before joining The Economist Group in 1997, Rashbass worked at Associated Newspapers. He started his career at Andersen Consulting, now called Accenture. Read More ->

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.