Florida International University, University Park Campus, MARC
290
12pm – 1pm
Worldwide Satellite Teleconference aired from GWU
Ray Suarez will be hosting a conversation examining rural poverty’s
role in worldwide insecurity and conflict with featured guest
Professor Michael Lipton, an internationally recognized authority
on rural poverty in developing countries. Appearances by former
Ambassador George McGovern and Dr. Louise Fresco, Asst. Director-General
of the Agriculture Department of the UN’s FAO in Rome.
1pm – 2pm
On-site Discussion Panel
Dr. Elisabeth Pr_gl, Dept. of International Relations/Geography,
FIU
Dr. Mahadev Bhat, Depts. of Environmental Studies and Economics,
FIU
Dr. David Bray, Dept. of Environmental Studies, FIU
Moderator: Dr. Rod Neumann, Dept. of International Relations/Geography,
FIU
MC: Dr. Gail Hollander, Dept. of International Relations/Geography,
FIU
2pm – 3pm
Re-link to Teleconference for Q&A with Prof. Lipton
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING FIU STUDENT
CLUBS:
GEOGRAPHY CLUB … INR CLUB … STUDENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTION
Refreshments will be served & event T-shirts on sale.
Videotape orders taken for teleconference-broadcast film “Hear
Our Voices – The Poor on Poverty,” a documentary
on the World Bank’s efforts to consult with their grassroots
clients by collecting views, experiences, and aspirations of more
than 60,000 poor men and women from 60 countries. “A powerful
testament to what it is like to be hungry, poverty-stricken and
powerless in the lands of the very poor.”
For general information, www.worldfooddayusa.org
For FIU event information, Dr. Gail Hollander hollande@fiu.edu
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