November 26, 2012 Events

November 26 - December 3, 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2012
South African Night: The Life, Legacy and Values of Nelson Mandela
Hosted by: National Press Club
Location: 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Ballroom
Time: 6:30pm
Summary: The event will include remarks by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool; Edward Perkins, the first black U.S. ambassador to be sent to South Africa from 1986 to 1989; a panel discussion on Mandela's 'Life, Legacy and Values,' followed by a Q&A session, and a tasting of South African wines and cuisine. The panel includes Charlene Smith, the author of the biography, Mandela: In Celebration of a Great Life, and a newly published book, Mandela and America. The cost for attendance is $15.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.press.org/events/south-african-night-life-legacy-and-values-nelson-mandela

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Evaluating Current U.S. Global Food Security Efforts and Determining Future U.S. Leadership Opportunities
Hosted by: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Senate Dirksen 419
Time: 10:00am
For more information, please visit: http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/evaluating-current-us-global-food-security-efforts_and-determining-future-us-leadership-opportunities

Role of Agriculture and Community-Based Organizations in Building Resilience
Hosted by: Society for International Development
Location: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 800-B, Main Conference Room
Time: 12:30 – 2:00pm
Summary: SID-Washington's Food Security and Agriculture workgroup hosts a joint event with Lutheran World Relief and FAO of the United Nations for a program focused on the "Role of Agriculture and Community-based Organizations in Building Resilience." Lutheran World Relief's "Resilience Plus" programming in West Africa is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates' Foundation, as well as USAID/OFDA and others. Come hear from LWR's Country Director for Mali, Nana Aminata Toure Sidibe who will provide an overview of the organization's holistic agriculture approach to slow onset emergencies, centered on building the resilience of community based organizations and the natural environment. Her brief presentation will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the importance of agriculture and community-based organizations to the resilience agenda.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.sidw.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=372306&orgId=wdcsid&recurringId=0

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Congo Hope Project Lecture Series
Hosted by: American University
Location: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Kay Spiritual Life Center Lounge
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo is being systematically and openly raped; M23 rebels are threatening to take Goma and the DRC's government refuses to negotiate. Hundreds of civilians have already been killed. The question facing the international community is this - does Kagame have the permit to kill? Join Empower Congo & the American University Baptist Chaplaincy for the first Congo Hope Project Lecture Series talk: "The Congo Crisis as a Global Ethical Concern: Hope and Possibilities for Peace in the African Great Lakes Region."
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/122157731275646/

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012
Working in Fragile States: Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding with Impact
Hosted by: Peace and Collaborative Development Network
Location: 1825 I Street NW, 12th Floor
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Summary: Violent Conflict and 'situations of fragility' represent significant challenges for aid effectiveness. Applying traditional development approaches in an unchanged fashion in such contexts simply does not work. As is now often pointed out, no low income fragile or conflict-affected country has yet to achieve a single Millennium Development Goal. CARE invites you to a morning to discuss how NGOs and donors could be working more effectively in their peacebuilding, development and humanitarian responses in fragile states. First looking at conflict sensitivity and second examining how using theories of change in project design, monitoring and evaluation can improve the results of peacebuilding and other social mobilization programming. Two sessions will offer a platform for discussion, inter-agency learning, and the distribution of two new guides to the topics launched this year. Please feel free to come to one or both sessions, or to follow online via WebEx. Refreshments will be served in the interval.
For more information, please visit:http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/forum/topics/working-in-fragile-states-conflict-sensitivity-and-peacebuilding?xg_source=activity#.ULOuc0Mr3a5
To RSVP, please email: Betsy Deas (bdeas@care.org) by November 28, 2012

Counterterrorism in Africa
Hosted by: Homeland Security Policy Institute
Location: George Washington University, 2201 G Street, NW, Duques Hall School of Business - Room 151
Time: 10:00 – 11:30am
Summary: On Monday, December 3rd, 2012, HSPI will host an event featuring General Carter F. Ham, Commander, U.S. Africa Command. General Ham will share his perspectives on the security challenges and opportunities facing the United States in Africa. He will address a range of issues affecting the regional security and stability of Africa, and will speak to developments in the region, including the terrorism threat in the Maghreb, the Sahel, and in the Horn of Africa.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/events/GENHamPRF416.cfm