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Two-Day Training Program for Young Global Leaders

Young professionals and students wishing to make a difference in the world are invited to apply for The Malaria Advocacy Boot Camp on January 3-4, 2007, at the United Nations Foundation in New York City. This two-day training will offer young leaders a comprehensive background on malaria and immerse them directly in the global campaign to end malaria. The Boot Camp seeks to build on the positive momentum coming out of the December 2006 White House Summit on Malaria.

At the Boot Camp, participants will learn about malaria from experts and special guests and then brainstorm the unique ways that they can help to realize a world without malaria. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with a diverse group of young leaders, equipping them with the knowledge, support and structure to move forward on these ideas. Participants who attend the Boot Camp will be expected to host at least one event in their community after the Boot Camp to raise awareness about malaria.

In addition to learning about malaria, participants will also have the chance to immerse themselves directly in the campaign through two unique opportunities on January 4th:

Wake Up America, So Children Can Sleep in Peace, an early morning initiative on January 4th where participants will go in street teams to the morning shows on the major television networks to raise attention about malaria.

Nothing But Nets NBA Store Launch, an event at the NBA Store in Times Square to showcase the involvement of the NBA in the campaign to end malaria.

The Boot Camp will also feature skill-building sessions, including workshops on:

- Messaging 101: How to talk about global health issues with Americans, featuring the U.S. in the World guide
- Organizing 101: How to plan a town hall, videoconference, or pajama party in your community to raise awareness about malaria
- Coalition-Building 101: How to build a broad audience in the fight against malaria, featuring insights from the Nothing But Nets campaign.

The Boot Camp is part of a broader series, called The People Speak, which is building discussions in the U.S. on a wide range of issues, including Peace, Security, and Human Rights; Energy and Global Climate Change; and the Millennium Development Goals. The People Speak offers a rare opportunity for Americans of all levels to consider topics such as global security, development, and the environment.

Thanks to the generous support of the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and United Nations Foundation, the Boot Camp is free for selected participants, including tuition and food. Travel to the conference is at the participants expense, but Americans for Informed Democracy will do its best to set up car pools for participants. For those who are coming in from outside of New York City, AID is offering discount hotel accomodation for $25 on the night of January 3rd.
TO APPLY TO THE CONFERENCE, VISIT
www.AIDEMOCRACY.ORG/MALARIA.CFM

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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
directed by Shoshona Currier

at the Gene Frankel Underground, 24 Bond Street (just east of Lafayette)

Dec 14 & 15 @ 7pm
Dec 16 @ 2pm & 7pm

reservations (347) 993-0258 suggested donation $5

featuring:
Christopher Illing, Joey Williamson, Matt Bridges, Michael Lopez, Lori McNally.

stage manager - Alex Finch
lighting - Lucas Benjaminh Krech
costumes - Ariella Bowden

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Jersey City resident Katie Scheidt has recently completed a rigorous training program led by former Vice President Al Gore to spread the message about the threat of and solutions to global warming.

“The Climate Project Trainees are outstanding examples of the millions of Americans who have been energized by the call to action on the climate crisis,” said Gore. “We are so pleased that they have made a serious commitment to this challenge by coming to Nashville to become part of this unprecedented grassroots effort.”

Katie will be spending the next year making presentations in and around New York City and all over New Jersey to raise awareness about global warming, discussing how individuals and businesses, schools, and other organizations can be a major part of the solution to the growing crisis of global warming.

Katie Scheidt was part of a select group of individuals chosen to receive this important training Dec. 1-3. Each trainee took part in an intensive tutorial about issues surrounding global warming, led by Gore and a team of renowned scientists and environmental educators. In addition, each received technical training to become experienced presenters of a version of Gore’s computer-based slide show, which became the basis of his best-selling book and documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Katie is a staff member and Bachelor degree student at The New School in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Contact:
Katie Scheidt scheidtk@newschool.edu

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Panel Discussion
"Image Ownership and Usage in the Digital Age"
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street

Part of the Aperture Foundation Lectures “Confounding Expectations IV: Photography in Context,” this panel explores some of the ins and outs of U.S law pertaining the image ownership in a digital age, from the perspective of a lawyer, estate executor, and stock agency. What constitutes “free use”? How does freedom of expression dovetail with an artist’s protection of his or her work? Are images more available today or less? As a practical matter, how does one enforce copyright law?

Panelists:
Richard Ellis, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Getty Images
Barbara Hoffman, arts, entertainment and intellectual property lawyer

Moderator:
Michelle Bogre: Associate Professor and Chair, Photography Department, Parsons The New School for Design, writer and photographer

Presented in collaboration with the Aperture Foundation and Parsons The New School for Design, on occasion of the Vera List Center's thematic cycle on "The Public Domain." With generous support from the Kettering Family Foundation and the Henry Nias Foundation, this program is also made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

INFORMATION: 212.229.5353, specialprograms@newschool.edu, or www.newschool.edu/publicprograms.

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The Performances - Autumn @ Unison 2006
"A Picasso" by Jeffrey Hatcher
A cat-and-mouse game with sly humor, sexual tension and suspense.
Starring Pam Tate and Bruce Pileggi Directed by Christine Crawfis
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
December 16, 2006 8 PM
Unison Arts and Learning Center in New Paltz
Unison Arts Partner for MMSC performances - Mayo Consulting Services
Admission: $11 - Unison members and $15 non-members Call 845-255-1559 for reservations

It's 1941 and German troops occupy France. In a vault beneath a Paris street, a more singular conflict takes place between the Ministry of Culture's Miss Fischer and the artist Pablo Picasso. Beautiful and pragmatic Miss Fischer interrogates the defiant Picasso, trying to authenticate three portraits. With his work at stake, Picasso draws Miss Fischer into a negotiation marked by mutual manipulation, unexpected revelations and a surprising final intrigue. A psychological drama by the versatile author of Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Three Viewings and an original stage adaptation of Tuesdays With Morrie .

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DMI Scholars is a "Public Policy 101," preparing college students from diverse communities to successfully enter the public policy world. The progressive movement now needs a diverse, talented group of activists to view public policy as a vehicle for their activism.

The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) is a think tank staffed by young progressives who want to drive public policy, not just lament its failures. DMI Scholars was created to build a farm team of Chiefs of Staff, Issues Directors, and Legislative Analysts advancing a progressive agenda for our nation.

If you want to learn how to make an impact on the policies that impact you, become a DMI Scholar.

The first Summer Institute training for DMI Scholars will be in New York City from July 29-August 12, 2007. And if you complete our intensive training successfully, we will help you explore careers in this field through internships and networking opportunities.

All expenses are covered.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis December 8, 2006 - January 17, 2007.

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You are invited to the next "Leading Edge" Lecture: MAKING GLOBALIZATION WORK
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue (btw. 13th St & 14th St)
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

In Making Globalization Work, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz “puts forward radical new ways of dealing with the crippling indebtedness of developing countries, recommends a new system of global reserves to overcome international financial instability, and provides new proposals for addressing the current impasse in dealing with global warming. …He argues convincingly for the reform of global institutions … as well as for international trade agreements and intellectual property laws to make these institutions truly capable of responding to the problems of our age. Throughout, Stiglitz makes a compelling case that treating developing countries more fairly is not only morally right but is ultimately to the advantage of the developed world too.” (W.W. Norton) Book sale and book signing after the eventN.B.: The book sale goes on from 7:30 - 8:30 RSVP: gpiaevents@newschool.edu

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CLASS ACTS: A CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCOTT BLAKEMAN STANDUP COMEDY WORKSHOP AT THE NEW SCHOOL
Monday, December 4, 7:00 p.m.
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $10, free for all students, New School alumni, faculty and staff

What do Jon Stewart, Caroline Rhea and more than 1000 other people have in common? They were students of Scott Blakeman’s Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School, which began in 1986. Since then, many of Scott’s students have gone on to successful comedy careers, or at least have gotten the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream. On Monday December 4, 2006 at 7:00 p.m., Scott Blakeman will host a 20th anniversary celebration of his Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium , featuring a conversation with Caroline Rhea (NBC’s The Biggest Loser, The Caroline Rhea Show, Sabrina The Teenage Witch), comedy performances from former students, special guests, and a video presentation.

Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, and was the warmup comedian for the Late Show with David Letterman. NBC called him “The top political comedian working in New York today”, and his political humor has been heard on National Public Radio and Air America Radio, and in theaters with Laughing Liberally and Laughs From The Left: A Liberal Dose of Political Humor, which Scott performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Scott tours colleges and theaters across the country with Palestinian-American comedian Dean Obeidallah in Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace.

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Two recent initiatives of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics encourage students to get more deeply involved with the artworks around them.

The Vera List University Art Collection Writing Award honors the best essays or poems written by students in response to artworks on public display on campus. The first publication collecting winning entries from 2005/2006 is now available in newspaper format. It also serves as a call for submission for 2006/2007, with a deadline of December 14, 2006.

The center has also published a map of the campus to be used as a self-guided walking tour. The tour highlights works of art that relate to the Vera List Center’s 2006/2007 theme, “The Public Domain.” This attractive fold-out encourages students to take notice of and begin to analyze the collection’s vast offerings, and is available free of charge.

For further information and to receive email announcements of all VLC events, please contact kuonic@newschool.edu. Or drop by the Vera List Center office at 66 West 12^th Street, room 903, to pick up your own copy of the newspaper and the walking tour.

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Robert Dimin's work featured in group show opening Monday, December 4th at CVZ Contemporary, 446 Broadway, 5th Floor (between Grand & Howard).

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