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SUMMARY:Global Changemakers: International Women's Day Celebration 2019
DESCRIPTION:An astrophysicist\, global catalyst\, and a member of the team that made history by sequencing the first human genome\n  \nOn March 4\, we celebrate global changemakers in innovation: women at the forefront of discoveries\, innovation\, and movements that will shape the future of our world.\n  \nJoin us for a glimpse into our global future as we explore revelations in the cosmos\, the next big trends in global social impact\, and how these women are using innovation for the betterment of our world.\n\n Featuring: \nPriyamvada Natarajan\, Astrophysicist and Professor at Yale University\n\nPriyamvada Natarajan is an astrophysicist and Professor at Yale. She has made seminal contributions to our current understanding of the formation and growth of black holes and of the nature of dark matter by mapping it using gravitational lensing. Recipient of many awards & honors\, Priya is also the current chair of the Division of Astrophysics of The American Physical Society. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas that Reveal the Cosmos. Deeply invested in the public dissemination of science\, Priya serves on the Board of NOVA ScienceNow and is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.\n\nDiana Ayton-Shenker\, Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School; President & CEO of Global Momenta\n\nDiana Ayton-Shenker is an award-winning social entrepreneur who connects and convenes key partnerships\, resources and capital for global social impact. Named one of “25 Leading Women Changing the World” (Good Business New York)\, Diana is Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School\, and founding CEO of Global Momenta. She was the Inaugural Nazarian Social Innovator in Residence (Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania)\, Senior Fellow in Venture Philanthropy (Bard College)\, and was featured among 31 Inspiring Women in Nonprofit Management (UNC). As Fast Forward Fund founder\, Diana was honored by President Bill Clinton\, and selected as Social Venture Network (SVN) Social Innovation Award Finalist. She held senior positions with Mercy Corps\, Human Rights Watch\, and P.E.N.\, and taught at The New School\, Bard College\, the American University of Paris\, and Hunter College of the CUNY\, where she directed the first undergraduate program of Human Rights in the U.S. She has lectured at Harvard\, Yale\, Columbia\, Penn\, and many international gatherings. She is the author of the recent book\, A New Global Agenda: Priorities\, Practices\, & Pathways of the International Community (2018\, Rowman & Littlefield).\n\nModerator | Yu-Hui Rogers\, Senior Director\, Research Strategy\, Asia\, The Jackson Laboratory\n\n\nYu-Hui currently serves as the Senior Director\, Research Strategy\, Asia at the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) responsible for developing and managing JAX’s precision medicine research collaborations and efforts in Asia.  She was the Site Director for the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX-GM) for six years responsible for establishing and overseeing the overall administration and operation of JAX-GM. Prior to joining the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) in July of 2012\, she was the Vice President of Core Technology Development and Services at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). At JCVI\, Yu-Hui played a key role in the management and execution of large scale genomics and metagenomic sequencing projects and programs\, including the Human genome sequencing project\, and the NIH Roadmap Human Microbiome Project (HMP). Before joining the Venter Institute\, she was the Manager of Sequencing Research and Development at Celera Genomics and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Celera high-throughput sequencing pipeline that allowed the human genome sequence to be completed in 14 months. She is the recipient of the Connecticut Technology Council 2015 Woman of Innovation Award in the Large Business Innovation and Leadership category.  She was also named one of the Best and Brightest EMBs for the class of 2017 by Poets and Quants upon her graduation from Yale School of Management. \n\n\n5:00pm | Reception \n6:00pm | Event followed by Opportunity for Audience Q&A \n  \nPresented By: \n \nSponsored By: \nChris Healy\, Executive Director\, Connecticut Catholic Conference
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/global-changemakers-international-womens-day-celebration-2019/
LOCATION:University of Saint Joseph\, The Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities\, 1678 Asylum Avenue\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06117\, United States
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SUMMARY:Venezuela: An International Standoff
DESCRIPTION:Space Limited!\nIf tickets are sold out\, please contact Amanda Jolly\, Program Director\, at ajolly@ctwac.org or (860) 241-6118 to be added to the wait-list.\nRecently Venezuela has dominated the headlines and the international stage. Countries are choosing sides\, protests are raging\, humanitarian health crises are piling up\, and there is no definitive end in sight. Join us and Dr. Alejandro Velasco\, a professor and historian of modern Latin America at NYU Gallatin\, as we explore what happened in Venezuela and what the future holds for the South American country. \n  \nFeaturing: \n \nAlejandro Velasco is a historian of modern Latin America whose research and teaching interests are in the areas of social movements\, urban culture and democratization. His book\, Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela (University of California Press\, 2015)\, couples archival and ethnographic research to examine how residents of Venezuela’s largest public housing community pursued full citizenship during the heyday of Latin America’s once-model democracy. \nBefore joining the Gallatin faculty\, Professor Velasco taught at Hampshire College\, where he was a Five College Fellow\, and at Duke University. His teaching record includes interdisciplinary courses on contemporary Latin America\, including seminars on human rights\, cultural studies\, and urban social movements; historical methods courses on 20th-century revolutions; graduate history courses on urban political history and workshops with primary and secondary school educators. Professor Velasco’s research has won major funding support from the Social Science Research Council\, the American Historical Association\, the Ford Foundation\, and the Mellon Foundation\, among others\, and he has presented widely at both national and international conferences and symposia.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/venezuela-an-international-standoff/
LOCATION:Connecticut Learning Lab\, 1049 Asylum Avenue\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Diplomat Reception 2019
DESCRIPTION:Over 20 nations will be represented. Be in the room for Connecticut’s premier global event. \nJoin us on the red carpet to welcome diplomats from around the world to our state. Network\, make exclusive business contacts\, and meet a new global connection at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. \nEnjoy food and drink while mingling with the diplomats from the greater Connecticut region. \n\nFeaturing:\nBangladesh\nConsul General Sadia Faizunnesa\, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York \nBrazil\nAmbassador Fernando Barreto\, Consul General of Brazil in Hartford \nCanada\nTitle TBA \nChina\nDeputy Consul General Dr. Yumin Zhao\, Deputy Consul General of China in New York \nGermany\nHonorary Consul Janet Danisman\, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany \nGhana\nConsul General Samuel Amoako\, Consul General of the Republic of Ghana in New York \nHungary\nHonorary Consul Christopher Ball\, Honorary Consul of Hungary in Connecticut \nIndia\nMr. Devi Prasad Misra\, Consul (Trade\, Commerce & Education) in New York \nJapan\nHonorary Consul General Gregory Boyko\, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Connecticut \nKazakhstan\nConsul General Zhanibek Abdrashov\, Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in New York \nMexico\nActing Consul General Vivian Juárez Mondragón\, Acting Consul General of Mexico in New York \nNepal\nConsul General Pushpa Raj Bhattarai\, Consul General of Nepal in New York \nNigeria\nConsul General  Benaoyagha B. M. Okoyen\, Consul General of Nigeria in New York \nPakistan\nConsul General Naeem Cheema\, Acting Consul General of Pakistan in New York \nPeru\nConsul General Eduardo Gonzalez\, Consul General of Peru in Hartford \nDeputy Consul General Maria Arce \nPoland\nHonorary Consul Darek Barcikowski\, Honorary Consul of Poland in Connecticut \nQatar\nConsul General Nasser Ibrahim Allenqawi\, Consul General of Qatar in New York \nRomania\nHonorary Consul Dana Bucin\, Honorary Consul of Romania in Connecticut \nRussia\nHead of Division Oleg A. Melnik\, Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in the USA \nRwanda\nMr. Kagenza Rumongi\, Communications Expert at the Permanent Mission of Rwanda in New York \nTurkey\nConsul General Ceylan Özen Erişen\, Consul General of Turkey in Boston \nUnited Arab Emirates\nConsul General Majid Al-Suwaidi\, Consul General of the United Arab Emirates in New York \nUnited Kingdom\nVice Consul Joy Kinnear\, Trade & Investment Officer at the Department for International Trade of the UK in Boston \n*with additional guests as confirmed \n  \nSponsorsed By \n \n \n  \nSponsorship Opportunities Available \nTo discuss Sponsorship Opportunites\, please contact CEO Megan Torrey at mctorrey@ctwac.org
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/diplomat-reception-2019/
LOCATION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, 600 Main Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Friendship Across Difference: A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Parvez Ahmed
DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY\, MARCH 24 | 7 TO 9 P.M.\nWest Hartford Conference Center at Town Hall\n50 South Main Street | West Hartford\nValidated parking is available in the Town Hall lot.\nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC\nRSVP by Monday\, March 18 at bit.ly/Friendship324\nOr call 860.727.6103 \nWhat issues and forces divide the American Jewish and Muslim communities\, including challenges in the Middle East? What could unite them? Join us for an important dialogue with bestselling Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi and Muslim American commentator Parvez Ahmed\, Ph.D. \n  \nYossi Klein Halevi is the author most recently of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor\, a heartfelt plea for peace and new dialogue based on common ground in faith\, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a frequent contributor to the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, The Times of Israel and many more. \nDr. Parvez Ahmed is a Professor of Finance at the University of North Florida\, a Fulbright Scholar\, and a former fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. He contributes regularly to Huffington Post and has been published in the Miami Herald\, The Times of Israel and many other papers. \nMegan Clark Torrey\, Chief Executive Officer of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut\, will moderate the conversation\, which will include a Q&A. \n  \nSponsored By
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/friendship-across-difference-a-conversation-with-yossi-klein-halevi-and-parvez-ahmed/
LOCATION:West Hartford Town Hall\, 50 S Main St\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107
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SUMMARY:Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor: A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Ghaith Al-Omari
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 25 | 7 to 9 p.m.\nUConn Storrs Campus | Konover Auditorium at Dodd Research Center\nThe Thomas J. Dodd Research Center is located at 405 Babbidge Road.\nPaid parking is available in the South Garage at 505 Jim Calhoun Way. \nJoin us for a fascinating and important conversation about the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians with bestselling Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi and former Palestinian Authority advisor Ghaith Al-Omari. \nFree and open to the public\nRSVP by Monday\, March 18\nVisit bit.ly/Letters325 or call 860.486.5131 \nYossi Klein Halevi is the author most recently of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor\, a heartfelt plea for peace and new dialogue based on common ground in faith\, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a frequent contributor to the New York Times\, Wall Street\nJournal\, The Times of Israel and many more. \nGhaith Al-Omari is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Mideast Policy and nonresident fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine who served as a high-level advisor in the Palestinian Authority. \nDaniel Weiner\, Vice President for Global Affairs and Professor of Geography at the University of Connecticut\, will moderate the conversation\, which will include a Q&A. \n  \nSponsored By
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/letters-to-my-palestinian-neighbor-a-conversation-with-yossi-klein-halevi-and-ghaith-al-omari/
LOCATION:UConn Storrs Campus\, Konover Auditorium at Dodd Research Center\, 405 Babbidge Road\, Storrs\, Connecticut
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