Climate change, global poverty, nuclear proliferation,
human rights, international security and war.
These are just some of the critical issues facing the
United States and the international community today.
"America
Engages the World: A Public Forum on the International
Role of the United States," is a free public forum scheduled
Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Eastern Michigan
University Student Center.
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INTERNATIONAL APPROACH:
Ambassador Thomas
J. Miller,
president
and CEO for the United
Nations Association of the
United
States (UNA-USA), will be the
keynote speaker
for a free public
forum, "America Engages the World:
A Public Forum on the International
Role of the
United States," Sept. 11,
noon, in the Student
Center
Ballroom. Photo courtesy of Flickr |
"The event will bring together students, citizens and
experts to discuss the issues and U.S. participation in
the global community," said Judy Kullberg, professor of
political science at EMU, and organizer of the forum.
"The major focus is thinking globally, but acting locally," Kullberg
said.
Representatives from the American Red Cross, Amnesty
International, Michigan Peaceworks, the Arab American
Center and many other community organizations will give
presentations on global issues and discuss opportunities
for involvement.
Ambassador Thomas J. Miller, president and CEO for the
United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA),
is the keynote speaker and will discuss, "The Foreign Policy
Agenda of the Obama Administration." He will speak at noon
in the Student Center Ballroom.
Most recently, Miller served as chief executive of
Plan International, a $650 million, 72-year-old international
agency that focuses on improving children's lives in developing
countries. As chief executive from January 2005 through
January 2009, Miller was responsible for the coordination
and management of the agency's operations in 49 countries
in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
He spent 29 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, working
on policy issues in the Balkans, the Middle East and Southeast
Asia, and worked in the State Department on Middle East
and North African matters, including the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process.
Miller was named ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999.
During his two years in Sarajevo, he worked on postwar
political and economic reconstruction, as well as refugee
and humanitarian issues.
Event sponsors include EMU's College of Arts and Sciences,
the International Affairs Program, Student Affairs, Office
of the Provost, EMU Student Government, and the UNA-USA
Michigan Division and Huron Valley Chapter.
For information, call EMU's International Affairs Program
at 487-3113.
