March Events & Opportunities

Scholarships & Conferences:
Pat Tillman Military Scholarships, open to both veterans and active duty service men/women (Deadline: March 16)
United Nations Human Rights Indigenous Fellowship Programme

Lectures & Events
Minnesota Cuban Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theatre (2/23/12 - 3/29/12)
(Monday, March 5) UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi: "Back on the Agenda? The Imperative of the Middle East Refugee Question"
(Tuesday, March 6) International Women's Day
(Tuesday, March 6) David Cole: Constitutional Hope: The Surprising Resilience of Human Rights in the
Decade After 9/11, and Its Implications for Constitutional Theory and Politics of Rights
(March 7) Benefit Event for women artisans at Ten Thousand Villages, 5-8pm
(Friday, March 9) Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future - A Talk with David Cortright in honor of International Women's Day
(Tuesday, March 20) Luther Castillo: Voices of the Voiceless

• 7pm at Waite House, 2529 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN
• Doctor and activist will speak about the struggle of the Honduran people during the June 2009 coup

(Thursday, March 22) "Forty Years of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota" Exhibit and Panel Discussion
(March 27) Symposium: Ending Violence Against Women, sponsored by World Without Genocide

• 7-9pm William Mitchell College of Law

February Events and Application Deadlines

Academic Opportunities
Environmental Internship and Career Fair (February 1)
International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy & the UN (Feb. 21-24, NYC & DC)
Foreign Policy Competition with Chance to Win a Trip to Berlin (DEADLINE: Feb. 23)
Capitol Hill Days Advocacy Weekend with Population Connection (March 30-April 3) *Feb. application deadline
Undergraduate Research Opportunities  Program (UROP) Summer & Fall submission deadline (Feb. 27)
Careers in Law Forum: Law Opens Doors (Wednesday, February 29th) 12-3pm Willey Hall Atrium

Events Around Campus
 In the News: Leadership Change in North Korea and its Effects - Travis Workman (Feb. 2, 3:30pm at Folwell Hall Room 121) 
"The Great Convergence: Dissecting the Nature of Japan's Historical Ascendancy" (Feb. 3, 12pm at Heller Hall)
Sustainability Film Series (Feb. 2-May 3, at Bell Museum of Natural History)
Human Rights for the 21st Century: History Practice, Politics Speaker Series - David Scheffer, former Clinton Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (Feb. 8, 7pm at McNamara Alumni Center)
"Placing Children, Constructing Whiteness, and Securing Labor in the early American Bid for Empire (Feb. 21, 12pm at Andersen Library)
(Feb. 24, 7:30am - 2:30pm) Emerging Markets Symposium at Carlson School Atrium
'Slavery by Another Name' - film screening and discussion (Feb. 24, 2-4pm at Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs) 
"Beyond bin Laden: The Future of al-Qaeda and American Counterterrorism" (Feb. 25, 7pm at Continuing Education and Conference Center)
Human Rights for the 21st Century: History Practice & Politics Speaker Series - Aryeh Neier, former director of ACLU (Feb. 28, 7pm at McNamara Alumni Center)

Events for December 2011

Doing Business in Africa: Education and Workforce Development-12/7
Collaboration for Environmental Protection: Knowledge, Communication & Process-12/7
Palmwine Guitar Music from Ghana featuring Agya Koo Nimo-12/8
Wine and Blood: Neuroethics, Violence and the Manufacturing of Consent in the French Army on Western Front, 1914-1918-presentation by Adam Zientek- 12/8
Ernst Lubitsch: Jewish Comedy from Berlin to Hollywood-12/8
Talk by Jigna Desai, Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies: "Cinema of Exception, Cinema of Insecurity: Race and Terror in Post-9/11 Media"-12/9 
Global Competitiveness : Sharing Perspectives-12/9
"Renewable Energy Policy Innovation: The Future of Wind and Solar Power"-12/12
Violence across time and space, from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe: Theory and Practice- A talk Patricia Lorcin-12/12
Post-Conflict Liberia: Challenges and Opportunities-12/13
Sip of Science: Future Earth--Thriving on a Human-dominated Planet-12/14 
Latinos and Educational Justice-12/15
Endless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest-12/15
Life on Earth: The Origin of Elements-12/20

Target Corporation Business Site Visit

Events for November 2011

Salute To Lake Superior's Sustainable Fisheries-11/01
Women of War: Struggle of Afghan and Iraqi Women for Democracy-11/01
Doing Justice: An Interfaith Panel on Same Sex-Gender Marriage and Social Movements-11/01
Harnessing Sustainability and the Green Economy for Market Transformation-11/02
German, Scandinavian & Dutch Info Party-11/02
GLBT Ally Training 201-11/02
"Cielo Azul, Cielo Negro" FREE film showing-11/03
Integrative Leadership in India:A journey from Theory to Practice-11/03
Thursday Evening in a Cup sponsored by Cafe Imports ( a Global Studies Alum works here)-11/03
The Price of Sugar-11/03
Engaging Controversies: Written Accents: Multilingual Writers in the Academy-11/04
Geography Coffee Hour: National Register Archaeologist State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society-11/4
An Alternative Ontology of Food: Beyond Metaphysics Lisa Heldke , Gustavus Adolphus-11/04
Colloquium Series: Labor and Liberty in the Late Bronze Age-11/04
An Intimate Rivalry: How the Jews thought of Muslims and Islam in the Middle Ages-11/6
Women of Color Student Summit: Safe Spaces, Critical Connections-11/07
Andalusi Moorings: Al-Andalus and Sefarad as Tropes of Muslim and Jewish Culture- A talk by Ross Brann-11/07
Winona LaDuke: The Green Path: Land-base Economies and Future Generations-11/07
Power and Purpose: Minnesota and Tanzania Working Together-11/07
Whorled: Poetry and the Global Citizen-11/08
The Post-Holocaust Golem: A Jewish Legend Returns-11/09
Director Sabrina Farji discusses her work-11/10
Globalization of Sport: A sport management perspective-11/10
University Singers: Around the World in Eighty Minutes-11/10
Cultural Diplomacy and International Understanding-11/11
(Trans)Gender 101-11/14
Walk Out Walk On-11/15
Israeli Jews, Libyan Jews: The Paradox of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Israel-11/20
Getting to Know the Maghrib from a Distance: Four decades of research among Jews from Libya-A talk by Harvey Goldberg-11/21
Material Culture, Memory and Family Dynamics in Late Medieval London-11/29
Citizenship and its uses: Circulation of ideas among Polonia-12/01

Social Entrepreneurship Career Panel

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Social Entrepreneurship Career Panel

Featuring Social Entrepreneurs from Peace Coffee, Finnegans, and the Union Gospel Mission!

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Time: 6pm
Social Science Building Rm: 614

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Come listen to and engage with social entrepreneurs from Peace Coffee, Finnegan's, and the Union Gospel Mission. They will talk about what it means to be a social entrepreneur, career advice for students interested in entrepreneurship and much more!

Panelist include:
- Food Operations General Manager Ben Johnson (Global Studies Alumni) from Union Gospel Mission
-Sales and Customer Service Manager Jody Treter from Peace Coffee
- CEO Jacquie Berglund from Finnegans

This Event is Part of the Global Action Series:
“Global Action” seeks each month to empower students to take action in the areas you will be engaged in after graduation and while in school. This is done through career panels, networking opportunities, organizational site visits, and online media that focus on action,innovation, empowerment,and creativity. We’re excited to have you join us and look forward to your participation.

To follow this series on Tumblr please visit us at: http://igsadvising.tumblr.com/

Social Entrepreneurship Site-Visit: AfroDeli

Social Entrepreneurship Site-Visit
Featuring: Afro Deli & Coffee/African Development Center

Wednesday, October 12

Time: Meet us there at 3pm

Located: Minutes away from the West Bank Campus

19395th Street S, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Website:http://www.afrodeli.com/

As part of Global Action’s Social Entrepreneurship month, we will have a site-visit at the Afro Deli & Coffee and African Development Center. Afro Deli & Coffee aspires to increase cultural understanding within the Riverside neighborhood and inspire other social ventures by weaving community and business together.

We will be meeting the owner of Afro Deli & Coffee to discuss how local business can bring about empowerment in the community, how to become a social entrepreneur and steps to make a goal become successful. Come to ask question, learn, and become part of a greater movement.

Please RSVP to Jilla Nadimi at nadi0016@umn.edu