Events for the Week of June 24th - June 30th

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa

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MONDAY, JUNE 24th, 2013
Angolan Engagement in Regional Military Issues
Hosted by: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Location: CSIS, Fourth Floor Conference Room
1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Summary: Please join the CSIS Africa Program for an invitation-only discussion with Rafael Marques de Morais, Angolan journalist and civil rights activist. Mr. Marques will offer his thoughts on political developments in Angola and Angolan engagement in regional military issues. This event is part of the CSIS Africa Program's Angola Working Group series, which explores economic, social, and political dynamics within the country in order to better understand Angola's domestic and foreign policy priorities.
To RSVP, please email Sa'eed Husaini at Africa@csis.org
For more information, please visit: http://csis.org/event/angolan-engagement-regional-military-issues

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TUESDAY, JUNE 25th, 2013
Driving the African Century: Youth, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Hosted by: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
Time: 1:15pm - 5:30pm
Summary: The Wilson Center's Africa Program and the South Africa-Washington International Program proudly present, Driving the African Century: Youth, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. This event will focus on the prospects for African economic growth in the 21st century. Speakers will include the South African Ambassador to the United States, members of business, civil society, and international governance communities, along with current SAWIP students. Three panels will discuss Africa's Possibilities in 2023, Business, Technology, & Entrepreneurship in Africa, and Impact Investing, Social Enterprises, & Innovators in Africa, allowing for discussion amongst those actively involved in Africa's growth.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/driving-the-african-century-youth-technology-and-entrepreneurship

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th, 2013
The Story of the Convicted NGO Workers in Egypt
Hosted by: Freedom House
Location: SAIS - Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 2200
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Summary: On June 4th, forty-three NGO workers were convicted in a politically-motivated trial targeting foreign civil society organizations in Egypt. The men and women caught up in the case find themselves as convicted criminals, with many forced to leave their homes in order to avoid imprisonment. Join us for a discussion of the case, the current human rights situation in Egypt, and prospects for the future.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: 
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6580/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=67406

Strengthening Youth Participation in Nigeria
Hosted by: International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy
Location: National Endowment for Democracy
1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20004
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: With nearly half Nigeria's population between the ages of 18 and 35, young people represent one of the country's most promising assets. Yet despite limited progress in strengthening youth engagement in recent years, young men and women continue to be left out of decision-making processes. The failure to draw this energetic and innovative sector into the work of democracy and development can have serious implications, as evidenced in Nigeria's northeast, Middle Belt, and Niger Delta, where armed insurgents recruit alienated youth, offering them a strong sense of purpose and financial compensation. In his presentation, Abdulrazaq Alkali will provide an overview of the state of youth activism in Nigeria today. He will survey the steps being taken to: engage youth; identify barriers to their participation; and increase their involvement in the decision-making process.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.ned.org/events/strengthening-youth-participation-in-nigeria

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THURSDAY, JUNE 27th, 2013
Dissertation Defense: Ashad Sentongo Re-imagining Decentralization: Improving of Relationships between Ethnic Groups and the State in Uganda
Hosted by: GMU School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
Location: George Mason University, Arlington Campus
3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201
Foundation Building Main Conference Room 5183
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Summary: Decentralization of state power is often argued to be the appropriate power-sharing system of government in ethnically divided societies, whenever group grievances over exclusion or discrimination by the state culminate into violent conflicts… This study determined that decentralization improves relationships positively when it is perceived to function effectively to deliver services, including meeting cultural and identity interests of ethnic groups especially over power and resources… Decentralization can be re-imagined to maximize implementation, by depoliticizing the system, to provide a local governments mandate that is flexible enough to create opportunities that reduce the problem of dual authorities, and policy options that level-off disparities in power and control of resources between LGs and traditional authorities.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://scar.gmu.edu/event/dissertation-defense-ashad-sentongo-re-imagining-decentralization-improving-of-relationships-b

Bill Markup Hearing - H. Res. 131, Concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights
Hosted by: House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Location: 2172 House Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Time: 10:00am
Summary: This hearing is open to the public.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/markup/markup-hr-1897-vietnam-human-rights-act-2013-and-h-res-131-concerning-ongoing-conflict

Author Event Bob Holman and Papa Susso
Hosted by: Busboys and Poets
Location: Busboys and Poets @ 14th and V, Langston Room
2021 14th Street, NW
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Summary: Busboys and Poets Books welcomes author, activist, poet Bob Holman to discuss and sign his latest work, Sing This One Back To Me, with a special performance from Bob and Papa Susso! An epilogue to Bob Holman's travels to West Africa to discover the roots of spoken word, hip-hop, and the oral tradition, this collection is a celebration of language and its power to make us see. Building on his transcription of the Griot poems sung to him by West African legend Papa Susso, Holman uses verse as another lens for experiencing visual art (Van Gogh's Violin) and as a vehicle for sharing his own intimate history. The landscape shifts, and grief makes itself evident, as do those very necessary, sneaky, ecstatic reminders of life's continuing possibility for joy. Free and open to all!
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/author-event-bob-holman-and-papa-susso

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FRIDAY, JUNE 28th, 2013
Promising Developments in Global Tuberculosis Control
Hosted by: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Location: The Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Summary: For too long, the international community has pursued a 19th-century approach to treating a 21st-century disease: tuberculosis (TB). The rise in cases of drug-resistant TB and the millions of annual deaths from the disease have highlighted the necessity of strengthening the international community's response to TB. New scientific discoveries, diagnostic tools, technologies, and strategies for controlling the disease have recently emerged, all of which can be implemented in order to achieve progress in fighting domestic and global TB.

Please join Dr. Peter Small, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for an interactive conversation about these promising developments in global TB prevention and control, including how they may improve U.S. global TB policies. Mr. Todd Summers, Senior Adviser with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, will moderate the discussion.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://csis.org/event/promising-developments-global-tuberculosis-control