Five Russian leaders will spend time in Westchester County from February 28 to March 8 examining substance abuse issues. They will meet with local government and community leaders, agencies that address addiction, and leaders in substance abuse treatment. The delegation will participate in an information session at the Briarcliff Institute for Recovery and Development, where they will learn about recent rises in addiction in the US and treatment strategies. The Open World Leadership Center program aims to enhance cooperation between the US and Eurasia by developing a network of leaders and exposing them to American democracy, government, and communities.
Whose Crisis? Secular Liberalism, the Theocratic State and the Political Cons...Larry Catá Backer
2013 Law and Society Annual Meeting
An Existential Crisis for Secular Liberalism (Part I)
Fri May 31 2013, 12:30 to 2:15pm,
Building/Room: Boston Sheraton Hotel / Room 03
Brian Wheeler, executive editor at Charlottesville Tomorrow, spoke about the Web as a tool for multimedia election reporting and citizen engagement at RJI's "Down-home Democracy: Empowering Citizens With Outstanding Coverage of Local Elections" on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.
Details about a Channel 16 program, a driver safety program, the kinship focus group for grandparents raising children, how you can get involved with watershed management planning and All Fairfax Reads.
This report is a consolidation of input from families with missing loved ones, resulting in 36 recommendations in support of a national Missing Persons Framework across Canada.
Released Jan. 20, 2020 by Maureen Trask
Whose Crisis? Secular Liberalism, the Theocratic State and the Political Cons...Larry Catá Backer
2013 Law and Society Annual Meeting
An Existential Crisis for Secular Liberalism (Part I)
Fri May 31 2013, 12:30 to 2:15pm,
Building/Room: Boston Sheraton Hotel / Room 03
Brian Wheeler, executive editor at Charlottesville Tomorrow, spoke about the Web as a tool for multimedia election reporting and citizen engagement at RJI's "Down-home Democracy: Empowering Citizens With Outstanding Coverage of Local Elections" on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.
Details about a Channel 16 program, a driver safety program, the kinship focus group for grandparents raising children, how you can get involved with watershed management planning and All Fairfax Reads.
This report is a consolidation of input from families with missing loved ones, resulting in 36 recommendations in support of a national Missing Persons Framework across Canada.
Released Jan. 20, 2020 by Maureen Trask
Shia make up 10 to 15 percent of the population in Malaysia. They are one of several Islamic sects under close watch by governmental religious authorities.
Interviews done by SRW reveal that in general Shia population of Malaysia are not happy with
their situation. They believe their rights are being violated and many restrictions are put in place
to suppress Shia in this country. Malaysians are so cautious about their identity and faith that they would not talk to our reporters about their situation.
Qualitative Research on Health as a Human Right in Lewis & Clark County, MontanaPurvi P. Patel
The findings and final work product [abridged] of my Applied Learning Experience Presentation (ALE), the thesis requirement for my Masters of Public Health degree. The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) served as the host organization for my project.
Facing Addiction, a new, national non-‐profit group that will serve as a voice for the over 85 million Americans impacted by addiction, is proud to organize the “UNITE to Face Addiction” rally, a free event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 4, 2015. To date, over 650 diverse partner organizations from around the country will join Facing Addiction for a first-‐of-‐its-‐kind national rally to let our nation know that addiction is preventable and treatable, that far too many of those affected have been incarcerated, and that people can and do get well.
ABOUT THIS REPORT
This initial report was produced by Institute for Policy Studies staff in support of the Poor People’s Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival (www.PoorPeoplesCampaign.org). This campaign, marking the 50th anniversary of
the Poor People’s Campaign led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders, aims to build a broad and
deep national movement rooted in the leadership of the poor and dispossessed as moral agents and reflecting the
great moral teachings to unite our country around a transformative agenda to combat poverty, racism, militarism,
and ecological devastation. We worked in collaboration with the Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Dr.
William J. Barber, II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and the Tri-Chairs of the Campaign's Audit Committee, Rev. Dr.
James Forbes, Dr. Tim Tyson, and Shailly Gupta Barnes.
In the coming months, the Institute for Policy Studies will work with the Poor People’s Campaign to conduct a much
more in-depth “audit” of the structural and systemic causes for what Dr. King called the “Triplets of Evil” — racism,
extreme materialism, and militarism — as well as the interrelated problem of ecological destruction. To learn lessons
for today, we will be hearing testimony and interviewing leaders who’ve been in the middle of the key struggles
for progress of the past 50 years. This analysis will feed into the new Poor People’s Campaign’s efforts to advance
structural solutions to the multiple crises of today.
expose of the Left groups pushing for an Article V Convention. Contrary to the propaganda, an article V Convention would open the Constitution to the many waiting malefactors in the wings.
The official census done by the Indonesia government reports the population of the Shia is up to one million. However the Indonesian educators find the number unreal and believe there are several million Shia in the country. Many members of the Shia community are practicing their faith in secret to protect their lives and families. After the recent violence in their communities, it is not longer possible to ask the Shia to identify themselves.
Bahraini citizens are guaranteed the right of peaceful assembly not only by international law, but also by the Bahraini constitution.
This right is guaranteed in the International Bill of Human Rights (IBHR), which is a declaration adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 1948 that sets out a series of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
In the wake of the Arab Spring protests taking place in Tunisia and Egypt, the Shia population in Bahrain decided to act. On February 14th, the 10th anniversary of the National Action Charter, protestors poured into the Pearl Roundabout in Manamato call for political reform.
This report is a compilation of research conducted to highlight the continued, systematic violence and human rights violations conducted against Shia communities in the eight countries where most Shia Muslim rights violations
took place in 2012
Shia make up 10 to 15 percent of the population in Malaysia. They are one of several Islamic sects under close watch by governmental religious authorities.
Interviews done by SRW reveal that in general Shia population of Malaysia are not happy with
their situation. They believe their rights are being violated and many restrictions are put in place
to suppress Shia in this country. Malaysians are so cautious about their identity and faith that they would not talk to our reporters about their situation.
Qualitative Research on Health as a Human Right in Lewis & Clark County, MontanaPurvi P. Patel
The findings and final work product [abridged] of my Applied Learning Experience Presentation (ALE), the thesis requirement for my Masters of Public Health degree. The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) served as the host organization for my project.
Facing Addiction, a new, national non-‐profit group that will serve as a voice for the over 85 million Americans impacted by addiction, is proud to organize the “UNITE to Face Addiction” rally, a free event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 4, 2015. To date, over 650 diverse partner organizations from around the country will join Facing Addiction for a first-‐of-‐its-‐kind national rally to let our nation know that addiction is preventable and treatable, that far too many of those affected have been incarcerated, and that people can and do get well.
ABOUT THIS REPORT
This initial report was produced by Institute for Policy Studies staff in support of the Poor People’s Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival (www.PoorPeoplesCampaign.org). This campaign, marking the 50th anniversary of
the Poor People’s Campaign led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders, aims to build a broad and
deep national movement rooted in the leadership of the poor and dispossessed as moral agents and reflecting the
great moral teachings to unite our country around a transformative agenda to combat poverty, racism, militarism,
and ecological devastation. We worked in collaboration with the Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Dr.
William J. Barber, II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and the Tri-Chairs of the Campaign's Audit Committee, Rev. Dr.
James Forbes, Dr. Tim Tyson, and Shailly Gupta Barnes.
In the coming months, the Institute for Policy Studies will work with the Poor People’s Campaign to conduct a much
more in-depth “audit” of the structural and systemic causes for what Dr. King called the “Triplets of Evil” — racism,
extreme materialism, and militarism — as well as the interrelated problem of ecological destruction. To learn lessons
for today, we will be hearing testimony and interviewing leaders who’ve been in the middle of the key struggles
for progress of the past 50 years. This analysis will feed into the new Poor People’s Campaign’s efforts to advance
structural solutions to the multiple crises of today.
expose of the Left groups pushing for an Article V Convention. Contrary to the propaganda, an article V Convention would open the Constitution to the many waiting malefactors in the wings.
The official census done by the Indonesia government reports the population of the Shia is up to one million. However the Indonesian educators find the number unreal and believe there are several million Shia in the country. Many members of the Shia community are practicing their faith in secret to protect their lives and families. After the recent violence in their communities, it is not longer possible to ask the Shia to identify themselves.
Bahraini citizens are guaranteed the right of peaceful assembly not only by international law, but also by the Bahraini constitution.
This right is guaranteed in the International Bill of Human Rights (IBHR), which is a declaration adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 1948 that sets out a series of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
In the wake of the Arab Spring protests taking place in Tunisia and Egypt, the Shia population in Bahrain decided to act. On February 14th, the 10th anniversary of the National Action Charter, protestors poured into the Pearl Roundabout in Manamato call for political reform.
This report is a compilation of research conducted to highlight the continued, systematic violence and human rights violations conducted against Shia communities in the eight countries where most Shia Muslim rights violations
took place in 2012
1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rotary Clubs of Riverdale,
February 4, 2015 Ossining & Cortlandt Manor
Tel. 914-941-0167
georgercamp@yahoo.com
Maura Shelden
Open World Leadership
Center
Tel. 202-707-6197
mshelden@loc.gov
Russian Leaders Examine Substance Abuse in
Westchester County
Ossining, NY— Five Russian leaders participating in the Open World program
will spend from February 28 to March 8, 2015, in Westchester County examining
substance abuse issues and how our society is dealing with them. The Rotary Clubs of
Riverdale, Ossining and Cortlandt Manor will host the delegation. Managed by the Open
World Leadership Center, a support agency of the United States Congress, the Open
World program is designed to enhance understanding and capabilities for cooperation
between the United States and the countries of Eurasia by developing a network of
leaders in the region who have gained significant, firsthand exposure to America’s
democratic, accountable government and free-market system. The Open World program
works to link Members of Congress to Eurasian leaders and is an instrument for
Americans engaged in citizen diplomacy.
While in Westchester County the delegates will meet with local government and
community leaders including Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, local government agencies
working on addressing addiction, and leaders in the fields of substance abuse as well as
caregivers.
2. The visiting delegates are Iurii Afanasyev MD, Maksim Krniloc, Roman Maslov,
Luydmila Sadovaia and Yekaterina Frygina. Oleg Shekhtman, Ph D from Moscow City,
Moscow, Russia accompanies them as a facilitator.
In Westchester, the Open World delegation is scheduled to participate in an
information session at the Briarcliff Institute for Recovery and Development (BIRD), an
outpatient program in Briarcliff Manor. Scott Gillet, founder and clinical director of
BIRD, was selected to host the upcoming event on Wednesday, March 4th
, from 10-
12am, to help inform the delegation about the recent rise in addictions in the US and
strategies to combat the crisis at hand. BIRD’s clinicians are leaders in the field of
addiction treatment and nutrient therapy providing services for individuals, families and
groups as well as nutrient therapy to deal with withdrawals and cravings. State
Sen. Terrence Murphy, (R-40th District), recently named one of the chairs of a State
Legislature joint task force on heroin and opioid addiction, will be present to talk about
the recent rise in Heroin use in Westchester. In addition, individuals engaged in the
recovery process will share their first hand experiences with the recovery process and
surviving addiction.
Homestays will allow the Open World delegates to experience American family
life. They will also take part in several cultural and community activities, including
attending a dinner meeting at Cortlandt Rotary Club on Tuesday, March 3rd, having a
luncheon at the Ossining Marina with the Ossining Rotary and other local Rotary events.
The Open World Leadership Center has awarded a grant to Rotary International to
administer this and similar exchanges in 2015.
Since its founding by Congress in 1999, the Open World program has enabled
some 18,000 current and future Eurasian leaders to experience American democracy,
civil society and community life; work with their American counterparts; stay in
American homes; and gain new ideas and inspiration for implementing change back
home. More than 7,100 American host families and their communities in all 50 states
have partnered with Congress and the Open World Leadership Center to make this
ambitious public diplomacy effort possible. The Open World program currently operates
exchanges for political and civic leaders from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
For more information, please contact George Camp at (914) 941-0167 locally or
Maura Shelden, Open World Public Affairs Officer, at 202-707-6197. For more
information on the Open World program, please visit http://www.openworld.gov.
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