Taking Action

Talk on December 13

I will be giving a talk in DC on December 13, although I haven't decided on the topic yet.  Perhaps something based on my forthcoming book about human rights.

Talk on Taking Action

I'll be speaking by video about Taking Action on September 5 at the Tennessee Arise! conference.  If you're going to be there and there are any specific topics you'd like me to touch on, please let me know below.

Talk on Taking Action
When: Sept. 5, 1:15 pm
Where: Tennesse Arise! Conference, by video

Talk in Honolulu on May 10

I will be discussing Taking Action in a Changing World in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 10.

When:
Sunday, May 10
2:00 pm

Where:
Honolulu Baha'i Center
2165 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii

Talk in Alexandria May 30

I will be returning to Alexandria, Virginia on May 30 to give a talk based on my book Taking Action in a Changing World.

 
When:
Saturday, May 30
7:00 pm

Where:
Alexandria Baha'i Center
5400 B Eisenhower Ave.
Alexandria, Virginia

Book talk on January 24

I will be giving a talk on Taking Action in a Changing World in Alexandria, Virginia on January 24.  Details:

When:
Saturday, January 24
7:00 pm

Where:
Alexandria Baha'i Center
5400 B Eisenhower Ave.
Alexandria, Virginia

Book talk on November 23

I will be discussing Taking Action in a Changing World at the Washington, DC Baha'i Center on November 23, 2008 at 11:00 am.

Book talk on October 17

I will be discussing Taking Action and answering questions in Arlington, VA on Friday, October 17 at 7:30 pm.  Please RSVP for directions.

NAINConnect 2007

I will be giving a workshop and speaking on a panel on the subject of religious freedom on Friday, July 13, at the NAINConnect 2007 conference outside of Richmond, Virginia.

Belize discussion

In the 1990s, a well-known development expert was invited to Belize to implement one of his programs. The project never materialized, because the expert said that the country wasn’t developed enough for him to help it develop.

One of the reasons I wrote Taking Action was to respond to that sentiment. Taking Action is based on the idea that communities everywhere have the capacity to promote their own advancement, and if theories from abroad can’t help them to do that, it’s time to change the theories.

This made it particularly exciting to be able to host a discussion on community development, partly based on Taking Action, in Belize City early this year. My co-host was Alissa Vancour, an economist. These two photos are of friends in Belize and were taken just after the discussion finished.

Campaign for the CRC

I work with the Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is hosting a summit at American University this May.  If you’re interested in promoting the welfare and protection of children (and do you really want to be known as someone who doesn't support the welfare and protection of children?), it’s the place to be.

(Since protecting kids is usually considered a good idea, and on the face of it that's what the CRC is about, I think it's interesting to look at why people don't support the Convention.  It is in support of such scholarship that I offer to you this link.)