A
student-led effort across facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness,
and action on international development.
CUPID
organizes and co-sponsors events at Columbia covering a variety of
international development topics, with speakers of diverse expertise
and background. These events are advertised on this website and
on CUPID’s email list.CUPID is happy to support organizations and individuals in promoting discussion of issues in international development. For more information or to partner with CUPID on an event, please contact Angelie Singh or Cathleen Plazas.
PAST EVENTS
Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund
November 30, 2006
Deutsche Bank has joined with progressive clients of its private bank to establish the Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund as a financial tool to fuel the growth and reach of microfinancing programs around the world. The fund provides loans to non-profit microfinance institutions or non-profits that are evolving into regulated entities. David Gough will speak about the Fund’s progress, the promise of microcredit and the importance of corporate social responsibility.
Co-sponsored by CUPID, the Responsible Economic Development Group, Barnard EARTH, and Engineers Without Borders
Official Investigators Speak on UN Oil-for-Food Scandal
November 29, 2006
Mark Califano and Jeffrey Meyer co-led the official investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme and co-authored a recently released book on the findings, entitled Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil for Food Scandal And the Threat to the U.N.
Come hear the story of how a program meant to provide humanitarian relief to the Iraqi people ended up enriching Saddam Hussein instead, and learn what this scandal means for the United Nations.
Co-sponsored by CUPID and the Columbia Society of International Law
Globalization & Labor: Campesino Leaders from around the World To Discuss the Effects of Trade and Immigration
November 27, 2006
Come hear leaders of agricultural communities from Brazil & Mali discuss how subsidized agricultural imports and immigration impact them. CUPID is hosting this event in partnership with the Global Grassroots Leader in Residence Program at Rutgers University, which aims to forge links between these grassroots leaders, the academic community, and student and community activists.
Environmentally Responsible Business: A View from the Trenches
October 10, 2006
Mr. Lawrence D. Malizzi, P.G.
Director, WSP Environmental Strategies
How do environmental concerns affect the bottom line for industry? In what ways are businesses exposed to environmental liability? What solutions exist to minimize risks and mitigate damage? What does it mean for the private sector to provide responsible stewardship of natural resources, and to what extent is global industry doing so? What career opportunities exist for individuals to promote environmentally responsible business practices?
Come hear an experienced environmental consultant share his knowledge and stories from helping global industry address these issues. He will also discuss careers in environmental consulting.
Lawrence Malizzi, a professional geologist, has over sixteen years experience in due diligence, insurance underwriting and claims support, oil spill response management, and Natural Resource Damage Assessment. He has managed projects across a wide range of disciplines -- from groundwater and soil remediation to major oil spills to hazardous waste management -- for clients in the insurance, property development, industrial, maritime, oil and gas, and financial sectors. He has lived and worked in both the US and Europe.
Co-sponsored by CUPID and the Environmental Law Society.
An Introduction to International Development at Columbia
September 14, 2006
Targeted at students new to Columbia, this event provides an introduction to the University’s wide-ranging resources in international development and how one can take advantage of them.
Professors from several graduate schools at Columbia will discuss the University's research, activities, and resources in international development. Learn about how you can get involved with CUPID and international development at Columbia!
Speakers include:
Gauri Bhattacharya, Social Work
Josh Friedman, Journalism
Geoffrey Heal, Business
Anne Paxton, Public Health
Katharina Pistor, Law
Louise Rosen, Earth Institute
Sheila Chanani, IGERT
Shari Spiegel, CU Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Josh Friedman, Journalism
Geoffrey Heal, Business
Anne Paxton, Public Health
Katharina Pistor, Law
Louise Rosen, Earth Institute
Sheila Chanani, IGERT
Shari Spiegel, CU Initiative for Policy Dialogue
A happy hour will follow!
China Blue: A night of film, food, discussion, and action…
April 26, 2006
China Blue (2006, 87 minutes), shot clandestinely in China, is the inside story of a blue-jeans factory where workers are trying to survive the harsh working environment. The film paints a nuanced, tender and ultimately moving portrait of the daily lives of the young workers, mostly rural women, who make clothes for multinational retail corporations. The film brings the complex issues of globalization to the human level.
“China Blue makes a stronger case against worker exploitation than any news item could.” – Variety. China Blue won the Amnesty Human Rights Award at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam.
Post-screening discussion and how you can get involved, featuring:
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor; Chair, Department of Political Science, Columbia University; Board Member, China Labor Watch and Human Rights in China.
Christine Clarke, China Program Coordinator, National Labor Committee.
Moderator: Sara (Meg) Davis, China Action; Author of Song and Silence: Ethnic revival on China’s southwest borders (Columbia University Press).
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Corporate Social Responsibility Network, China Action, Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID), and the Human Rights Working Group.
HIV/AIDS and Economic Development
March 27, 2006
A Lecture By
Mr. Stephen Lewis
UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World
Introduction By
Dr. Allan Rosenfield
Dean, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
Joseph R. DeLamar Professor of Public Health and Obsterics and Gynecology
Co-sponsored by Barnard-Undergraduate Public Health Society (BCUPHS) and CUPID.
Human Rights and Social Justice Issues in China Discussion Series: The Role of the US in dealing with Censorship in China
March 21, 2006
Panelists:
Ben Liebman, Professor, Columbia Law School
Sharon Hom, Executive Director, Human Rights in China
Hou Wenzhuo, Executive Director, Empowerment and Rights Institute
George Lian, Research Scholar at Columbia Journalism School, former Chinese Senior Editor
Moderator:
Sara (Meg) Davis, Author, Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders, China Researcher for Human Rights Watch for 3 years.
Co-sponsored
by CUPID, the Human Rights Working Group,
and Partners.
International Women's Day
Women Engaged: Powerful Multipliers in US Human Rights Organizing
March 6, 2006
Roundtable in Celebration of International Women’s Day and the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
CSW meeting attendees, Columbia graduate and undergraduate students and faculty, women’s groups and other activists are cordially invited to the Columbia University campus for a presentation and to join in a discussion of human rights organizing and women’s issues in the United States. Refreshments served.
Bringing the momentum of "rights-based" organizing grounded in international treaties to bear on traditional so-called "women's issues" in the United States – status in employment, in the home and in the power structure, inadequate family support, gender-based violence, and the marginal living conditions of many women. The power and challenges of organizing in solidarity under CERD, CEDAW and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Do women have special insights, analyses, aspirations and skills to contribute to grow the movement?
Presenters:
Laura Roskos, Advancing Human
Rights/CEDAW Committee, Women’s International League for Peace
and Freedom US, Moderator
Tonya Williams, Women & Katrina Project, US Human Rights Network
Ejim Dike, New York City Human Rights Initiative, Urban Justice Center
Marilyn Clement, HealthCare Now!
Tonya Williams, Women & Katrina Project, US Human Rights Network
Ejim Dike, New York City Human Rights Initiative, Urban Justice Center
Marilyn Clement, HealthCare Now!
Co-sponsored by The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US, MassCEDAW, and CUPID.
Lawyers in International Development
February 20, 2006
Jeffrey Avina, UNDP Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director for Country Operations for Western and Central Africa, spoke about his career that has ranged from private legal practice to international development in Bhutan, Laos, Honduras and Africa. Mr. Avina answered questions from the audience and talked about career strategies and opportunities for lawyers interested in international development, as well as the global fight against poverty.
Mr. Avina holds a JD from Harvard Law School, MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MA in International Development Education from Stanford University, and BA in International Relations & Latin American Studies from the Catholic University in Peru.
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Society of International Law (CSIL) and CUPID.
Displaced Persons in Colombia
October 28, 2005
Margarita Muñoz (Colombia) has worked extensively with vulnerable populations in Colombia, especially women and children displaced by the armed conflict in Bogota and Cartagena. As the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom’s Colombia Project Coordinator she has worked to develop and promote women, peace and security advocacy tools.
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