A
student-led effort
acrossto facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness,
and action on international development.
This year CUPID is initiating a campus-wide Interdisciplinary Community Forum. Each month we will host an open forum for individuals and groups interested in international development work. We will spotlight various campus groups involved in development work, hear from other groups about events and opportunities, and participate in informative mini-trainings.
If you want to be involved in development related activities, but are unsure where to start, attend these forums to learn more. Even if you are already engaged in this work around campus or through other affiliations, this is a great place to find out what everyone else is
doing and start building partnerships.
Also, if you would like to participate in other CUPID-sponsored events, committees and initiatives, attend these forums to learn how!
To learn more or to get involved, contact either Cathleen Plazas or Angelie Singh.
Past Community Forum Topics
October 21st, 2008:
SPOTLIGHT:
International Development Club, Columbia Business School
PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Columbia University School of Social Work presents, Power, Participation, and Sustainability: The Role of Social Work in International Development.
For all the details from this Community Forum click here.
Development Dialogues
CUPID Development Dialogues provide a chance to gather for casual, stimulating discussion of contemporary issues. These dialogues explore hot topics (often pulled straight from the headlines) from a multiplicity of development perspectives in order to encourage collective awareness, understanding, and action. While the discussion is sophisticated, the setting is meant to be informal, a free exchange open to people of all levels of expertise and interest. Everyone is encouraged not only to attend, but also to participate.
The format varies from dialogue to dialogue, but typically a few knowledgable speakers — whether students, practitioners, or professors — prepare remarks or a presentation to kick off the discussion, leading towards a free-flowing, open-ended conversation in which both speakers and audience engage fully.
Dialogues are held roughly once a month during the fall and spring semesters, usually in the evening. They happen at classrooms around campus, and to make these events accessible to the broadest audience possible, the dialogues rotate among the schools at the University, with a new host each month. For a schedule of upcoming events, check our news page or join our listserve for email updates.
Upcoming Dialogues
The Impact of International Development on the Crisis in Sri Lanka: Various Tamil Perspectives
CUPID sincerely regrets that we have had to cancel the event "TheImpact of International Development on the Crisis in Sri Lanka:Various Tamil Perspectives", originally scheduled for Tuesday 3/31. We apologize for any inconvenience and will work to determine whether
we can reschedule the event in the future.
Building Local Capacity to Alleviate Poverty
Please join us to hear and discuss
three different perspectives on building and sustaining local
businesses and organizations around the world
Expert
Panelists:
Paul Tierney is Chairman
of TechnoServe, an NGO that helps entrepreneurs in developing countries
to build businesses that create economic growth through the transfer of
business knowledge, skills, and best practices
James Mandiberg, Professor at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and a licensed clinical social worker, has expertise in the development of business activity by nonprofit organizations to advance their social missions
John
Heller is the Senior Director for Partnerships at The Synergos
Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing issues of
poverty and social justice around the world through partnership between
communities, government, business, and civil society
Date: Thursday, April 2nd
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Uris 331
February 5, 2009
Challenges and Frontiers in the Provision of Global Reproductive Health Services
Countries and regions around the globe in conflict and post-conflict states, often endure extremely high maternal and child mortality rates. Due to collapsed infrastructure, information to guide reproductive health interventions is sparse though improving. Join us in a discussion with experts in the field of reproductive health and human rights as we learn about the challenges for reproductive health service provision abroad.
Speakers:
Catherine S. Todd, M.D., MPH
Therese McGinn
Susan Purdin
Joanne Csete
Click here to view the speakers' presentations.
Past Dialogues
Feb. 25, 2009: Strings Attached? Conditionalities on Development Lending
Feb. 5, 2009: Challenges and Frontiers in the Provision of Global Reproductive Health Services
Nov. 19, 2008: An International, Multidisciplinary Look at Breastfeeding
Sept. 24, 2008: Street Children
Feb. 7, 2007: International Human Trafficking
Nov. 26, 2006: Trade
Nov. 8, 2006: Elections
Sept. 27, 2006: Energy
Apr. 19, 2006: Climate Change
Mar. 7, 2006: Non-Formal Education
Feb. 21, 2006: Immigration
Jan. 23, 2006: Media
Nov. 30, 2005: World Aids Day
Nov. 21, 2005: Hydropower
Oct. 10, 2005: Hurricane Katrina
WHAT WE DO
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