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Topics & Facilitators Great Decisions 2010, Wednesdays 7:30-9:30 pm
Great Decisions 2010 will be co-sponsored by Interweave, the Center for Wholistic Living and the League of Women Voters of Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Summit. Classes will be held Wednesday evenings at Interweave’s Summit Center, located at Calvary Church Parish Hall in Summit (31 Woodland Ave). The cost will be $90 for the full course, $15 per class
Here are the topics with the dates
Feb. 17 Special Envoys
FACILITATOR: Rev. Dr. Robert C. Morris, the Director of Interweave
Special envoys can help bring attention and diplomatic muscle to resolve conflicts and global challenges, but they also bring with them their own special problems.
Feb 24 Preventing Genocide
FACILITATOR: Helen Campanha, Biophysicist and LWV member
Considering the lessons learned from the intervention in Kenya in 2007, what does the UN’ s emerging “responsibility to protect” mean?
March 3 Global Crime
FACILITATOR: Davis Gates, Biostatistician
How can countries better protect their citizens from globally organized crime in the fields of online fraud, sex trade, drug cartels and the like?
March 10 U.S. - China: Security Relations
FACILITATOR: Betty Zanders, Summit educator
China’s influence is growing along with its military expenditures. How will this growth affect China’s relations with its neighbors and the US?
March 17 Global Financial Crisis
FACILITATOR: Charles Fletcher, former corporate manager and member of Interweave
The global financial crisis that began in late 2007 revealed deficiencies in the global markets and institutions. How will the governments and the world community respond to the challenge?
March 24 Russia and its Neighbors
FACILITATOR: George Zipfel, Physicist
Russia’s policy of maintaining a “sphere of influence” in former soviet satellites has been challenged in recent years by movements against pro-Russia regimes. Will Russia regain its traditional leadership in the region?
March 31 The Persian Gulf
FACILITATOR: Joseph Daurio, Human Resources Manager
The US foreign policy makers face many difficult challenges in the Persian Gulf. How will Obama’s direct appeal to Arabs and Muslims, the withdrawal of forces from Iraq and Iran’s desire for nuclear weapons impact U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf region?
April 7 Peace building and conflict resolution
FACILITATOR: Foster Osborne , Business owner
US campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that military force alone cannot ensure peace in all conflicts. How can the US successfully integrate the tools of peace building into its statecraft?
Course materials are provided by the Foreign Policy Association (who organizes these groups all over the country). Participants receive a manual so they can read the chapter pertaining to the subject of the evening beforehand. The facilitator will show a DVD with experts as an introduction and discussion follows. At the end of the evening, participants fill out an opinion ballot that will be sent to the Foreign Policy Association. The FPA will collate the results and deliver them to the Secretary of State and other groups in Washington DC.
Sign up early to save your place!
Phone the Interweave Office at 908-277-2120 or you can mail a check ($90 for the full course, $15 per class) to Interweave, P.O. Box 1516, Summit, NJ 07901 to reserve your place.
You are also invited to join Interweave. Ask for a catalogue of their courses. Members of Interweave pay $80 for the complete course.
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