January 23, 2013 Events

Keep reading to learn about upcoming events in Washington, D.C. this week.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013
A Peace Corps Tale: To Senegal and Back Again
Hosted by: Rotary Club of Federal City
Location: Wilson Building (Offices of the DC Mayor & DC City Council) Room 123. Please use D Street, NW entrance which is around the building.
Time: 7:00pm
Summary: Nathan Danielsen will discuss the his experiences from 3.5 years with the Peace Corps in Senegal. He will talk about the mission of the Peace Corps, experiences living in a rural village, recount getting stuck in a food riot in 2007, and his work towards developing and implementing the Master Farmer Project, a USAID-Feed the Future/ Peace Corps special partnership, which was recognized by Hillary Clinton as a model collaboration.

 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://www.meetup.com/Provisional-Rotary-Club-of-Federal-City-Washington-DC/events/95179972/

Terrorist Attack in Benghazi: The Secretary of State's View
Hosted by: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Location: Rayburn House Office Building
45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC
Room 2172
Time: 2:00pm
Summary: Hearing:
Terrorist Attack in Benghazi: The Secretary of State's View
Witnesses:
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/terrorist-attack-benghazi-secretary-state%E2%80%99s-view

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
Libya: A State in Search of Itself
Hosted by: Elliott School of International Affairs
Location: 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20052
Lindner Family Commons
Time: 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Summary: Despite successful parliamentary elections in July 2012, Libya faces numerous obstacles to state development. Rife with internal divisions and regional tensions, Libya struggles to achieve national cohesion and advance the political process. Moreover, the countrys fractious and divisive political environment inhibits institution building and complicates efforts to restore internal security. In light of Libyas institutional and security challenges, the panelists will discuss current developments and prospects for Libyas political future.

 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2013&mon=1#1984

Continued Crisis Eastern Congo: Perspectives on Recent Developments
Hosted by: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Location: Rome Building
1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Time: 9:30-11:30am
Summary: Leon Baroani, senior training advisor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at Search for Common Ground, and Joshua Marks, senior program officer of Central and Southern African Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy, will discuss this topic. Note: The speakers' comments will be off the record.

 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://sais-jhu.edu/events/2013-01-24-093000-2013-01-24-113000/continued-crisis-eastern-congo-perspectives-recent-0

In Our Interest?: Humanitarian Intervention as Core National Security
Hosted by: Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006
Time: 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Summary: Is preventing genocide a core national security issue, a core moral responsibility, neither – or both? In his latest book, "Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U.S. Intervention," David L. Phillips explores why, when and how the United States should intervene in foreign conflicts. In his talk, Phillips will explore the limitations of state sovereignty and a new international human rights norm, "the responsibility to protect," including prevention, reaction, reconstruction and third party mediation. These issues are central to the U.S. approach in Syria, Libya and other countries where atrocities occur. Join us for a lively evening discussion of some of the most pressing humanitarian and national security questions of our day.

David L. Phillips is the Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips has served as a Senior Adviser to the U.S. Department of State under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, and has worked on conflict prevention and peace-building worldwide, including the Balkans, Caucasus, Iraq, Cyprus, Turkey-Greece, Turkey-Armenia, Sudan, South Sudan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and in the ethnic Tibetan areas of Western China.

 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:https://ypfp.org/event/ypfp-dc-our-interest-humanitarian-intervention-core-national-security

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013
Uncertain Futures and Unemployment: How Employment Risk Increases Stress and Perpetuates Unemployment
Hosted by: Center for Global Development
Location: 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: The Center for Global Development presents a brownbag seminar
Uncertain Futures and Unemployment: How Employment Risk Increases Stress and Perpetuates Unemployment

Featuring
Susan Godlonton
University of Michigan

Anecdotal evidence suggests that unemployment and poverty are self-perpetuating, but what preserves these cycles? In a new paper, Susan Godlonton conducted an innovative experiment in Malawi to show how the uncertainty job seekers face prolongs their unemployment. She worked with a group of job recruits, and randomly assigning them 0, 1, 5, 50, 75, or 100 percent chance of receiving an alternative job, in case they were not hired for the job they initially applied for. Godlonton finds that job applicants facing more uncertainty — those a low probability of receiving an alternative job — made a much greater effort than those with a more certain employment future. However, their greater effort did not lead to a better performance. They were also much more stressed, and ultimately half as likely to be hired. Her work makes an important contribution, linking psychological insights about the effect of stress on performance to economic insights about unemployment cycles.

**Please bring your lunch--beverages provided** For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://www.meetup.com/Provisional-Rotary-Club-of-Federal-City-Washington-DC/events/95179972/

Africa and International Terrorism
Hosted by: Institute of World Politics
Location: 1521 16th Street NW Washington, DC
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Summary: You are cordially invited to a special lecture on the topic of
Africa and International Terrorism
with
Kemal Okudo
National Security Consultant
IWP Class of 2009

Kemal Okudo has over 23 years of cumulative and diversified Executive and Operational-level experience in banking, telecommunications, logistics, industrial security, and national security consulting. During his career, he has won awards as a banker; pioneered, designed and supervised the logistics and security functions at one of Nigeria's largest telephone companies (currently with over 30 million subscribers); and consulted for various national governments and global corporations in different areas of national security.

He holds a summa cum laude M.A degree in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from The Institute of World Politics, Washington D.C.; an MBA from one of Europe's top business schools, IESE, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain; as well as a magna cum laudedegree in Philosophy. He is also a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) of ASIS International; a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies; National Security Policy Roundtable, Washington, D.C.; a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Industrial Security; a Fellow of the Logistics Society of Nigeria; as well as a member of other notable professional associations in the world. Mr. Okudo has attended several leadership and development programs across the world, and has traveled extensively on four continents.
 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://iwp.edu/events/detail/africa-and-international-terrorism

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013
The Status of Women in Egypt
Hosted by: Woman's National Democratic Club
Location: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Price: $15 members and non-members
Event Type: Panel Discussion

The Woman's National Democratic Club in partnership with The Egyptian Americans in Washington, American Egyptian Strategic Alliance, and Egyptian-American Rule of Law Association cordially invite you to attend a moderated panel discussion on women's rights in Egypt between religion, culture, and the family, through history.

The momentous role of Egyptian women in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, 2011 brought back memories of the prominent role of Egyptian women during the 1919 Revolution. In Tahrir Square, while women joined men with a unified call for Democracy, Equality, Social Justice, and Human Dignity, women in 1919 stood up against the British occupation, calling for freedom.

Now, the question arises, will Egyptian women be able to play a role in governmental decisions to assist in rebuilding Egypt?

Panelists:
Judge Kathryn Braeman, professor at the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Hanan Baky, Communications Director of Coptic Orphans
Sahar Aziz, Associate Professor, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Dalia Fahmy, Assistant Professor of Political Science at LIU Brooklyn

Moderator:Dr. Asiya Daud, professor at American University, International Relations and Middle East Politicsing.
 For more information or to RSVP, please visit:http://democraticwoman.org/index.cfm?action=events&sub=event&event=65