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At a Crossroads: Diplomacy and Iran Scholars Program

Washington, DC Summit

Global
Information
Event InfoHost:
Americans for Informed Democracy
Type:
Education - Workshop
Time and PlaceStart Time:
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:30am
End Time:
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:00pm
Location:
George Washington University
City/Town:
Washington, DC
Contact InfoEmail:
vicente@aidemocracy.org
Description
The Washington D.C. summit will feature a panel of top experts on the situation with Iran, generating discussion among both these experts and laypeople to shed light on policy options that do not involve warfare. By the end of the conference, attendees will be equipped with the knowledge, support and structures to bring discussions and events to their home communities. Participants will be given training on “birddogging.” (Birddogging is when informed advocates attend political speeches and events to ask pointed questions on specific issues, forcing politicians to spell out their agendas.) Attendees will be asked to sign a “contract” in which they agree to organize a town hall and attend at least three political campaign events in exchange for the opportunity to attend the free leadership summit. ALL EXPENSES PAID, EXCEPT TRANSPORTATION TO THE WASHINGTON, DC SUMMIT.

Goal: To educate young Americans on the pressing global issues currently facing the United States and Iran and provide the practical tools to influence US foreign policy on their campuses, in their communities, and with national policymakers.

For more information, or to register go to: http://www.aidemocracy.org/conferences/gps/atacrossroads08.php

Speakers include: Vicente Garcia (Global Peace & Security Program Director, Americans for Informed Democracy), Marceline White (Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy), Michael R. Kraig (Director of Policy Analysis and Dialogue, The Stanley Foundation), Steven Kull (Director of WorldPublicOpinion.org), the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), and the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA), Aram Hessami (Adjunct Professor, Montgomery Colleage), Riccardo Redaelli (Director of the Middle East Program, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Retired General Robert Gard (Chairman, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation), Suzanne Maloney (Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy The Brookings Institute), Trita Parsi (President, National Iranian American Council), Carah Ong ( Iran Policy Analyst, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation), Hirad Dinavari (Reference Librarian for the Iranian World Collection, U.S. Library of Congress), Neda Sarmast (Film-Maker, including "Nobody's Enemy", and Famous Iranian Musician), Barbara Slavin (Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace
Reverse Public (Citizen) Diplomacy),