A group of ISH residents participated in a very special visit to the Pentagon on March 27, 2014, which began with an informal meeting with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in his office. ISH Board members Andrew Ammerman, Senior Executive Advisor to the Pentagon Memorial Fund, and Barbara Slavin, Chairman of ISH’s Committee on International Dialogue, organized this program which included a tour of the Pentagon and the 9/11 Memorial. The visit included a discussion on the history of the Pentagon, the tragic events of the 9/11 attack and first response, as well as the conception and design of the outdoor Pentagon Memorial and future plans for the 9/11 Pentagon Visitor Education Center. The tour also included a visit to the internal crash area memorial and chapel, and the outdoor memorial.
ISHDC Resident Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant
International Student House of Washington, DC resident, Omar Almatrafi, has received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant. The Davis Projects for Peace is the vision of Kathryn W. Davis, an alumna of International House New York, who founded the prize to encourage and support today’s motivated youth to create and try out their own ideas for building peace. The prize is open to all IHouse residents who must submit a proposal for consideration.
Mr. Almatrafi submitted a proposal entitled “Preserving Vision for a Healthy Peaceful Community”. The grant will allow Omar to spend two weeks in Trujillo, Peru working with the Regional Teaching Hospital to prevent, detect and diagnose glaucoma, ultimately in hopes to prevent blindness.
ISH Symposium Will Address Sexual Assault on Campus
Contact: Judy Singer, Director of Development
International Student House
1825 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel.: 202-232-4007 x210
Email: [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 10, 2014
International Student House (ISH) of Washington, DC will present a symposium on Breaking the Silence: Addressing Sexual Assault on Campus on Thursday, May 1, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at 1825 R Street, NW, Washington, DC. Distinguished speakers include Senator Robert Casey (Democrat – Pennsylvania); a representative from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assualt; Major General Jeffrey Snow, Director of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response at the Department of Defense; and others from the fields of advocacy, education and personal experience. Topics include current legislation, campus sexual-assault policies, sexual assault prevention and response programming and resources for students and bystanders.
The event is prompted by President Obama’s call to action and the establishment of a task force to protect students from sexual assault. With one out of every five women and one out of every 33 men in college experiencing sexual assault, it is an issue that is now demanding the attention of politicians, academics and the media. Incoming freshmen are the primary target; studies find that 63% of accusers are first year students.
ISH-DC believes this timely symposium reflects a concern and outrage on this issue that transcends generations and cultures. Founded in 1936, ISH-DC builds life-long connections among a diverse community of graduate students, academics and post-graduate interns. Over 10,000 resident scholars representing over 140 countries, including the United States, have passed through the doors of ISH-DC since our founding. Residents are offered a multitude of activities throughout the year that instill a spirit of cooperation while building a solid understanding of US culture, government and business. Through our in-depth programs and focus on cross-cultural dialogue, ISH-DC strives to be a model international community and represents “soft diplomacy” at its best.
Throughout the month of April, International Student House of DC’s resident scholars are participating in activities designed to raise awareness on this issue. These activities include a self-defense class as well as bystander intervention training.
Deepak Ram and Pepe Gonzàlez Perform at ISH April 3, 2014
International Student House is pleased to invite you to a special performance of Jazz and Indian Classical Music
“Improvisational Dialects”
Featuring Deepak Ram playing Bansuri and Pepe Gonzàlez playing Acoustic Bass
Thursday, April 3, 2014
7:00pm
Deepak Ram: Deepak Ram is a versatile artist who is well known for his evocative performances in traditional North Indian (Hindustani) Classical Music, his collaborations with musicians of other genres, his innovative compositions and for his excellence as a teacher. He has been awarded the Best Instrumental Album, South African Music Awards in 2000. Deepak was selected by The Board of Directors of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in California for the 2007 Award of Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Humanities. He has eight solo albums to his credit and as a session musician can be heard on over twenty-five albums. Deepak’s bansuri can also be heard on movie soundtracks, such as “The Fast And The Furious”, “Matrix Revolutions”, “India, Kingdom of the Tiger”, “Stealth” and “Before The Rains”
Pepe Gonzàlez: Living in Washington, DC, Pepe Gonzàlez is a performer, composer, producer, arranger, and teacher. He has performed largely within the Jazz, Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian idioms and has recorded extensively with national and international musicians. Pepe has played many festivals in the Caribbean, Spain, France, Greece, Italy and the Soviet Union. He recently recorded his first CD, Looking Back.
To RSVP and for more information contact [email protected].
ISH Presents: “The Corporative-Competitive Relationship between U.S. and China, and how the rest of the world sees it” on March 26, 2014
International Student House is pleased to present
“The Corporative-Competitive Relationship between U.S. and China, and how the rest of the world sees it”
By
Robert Daly
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Wilson Center
March 26, 2014
7:00 to 8:30 pm
1825 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 2009
Robert Daly is the Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Mr. Daly began work in U.S.-China relations as a diplomat with the United States Information Agency from 1989 to 1991, after which he taught Chinese at Cornell. From 1992 to 1999 he worked on television projects in China as a host, actor, and writer, and helped to produce Chinese-language versions of Sesame Street and other Children’s Television Workshop programs. During that same period he directed the Syracuse University China seminar and served as a commentator on U.S.-China relations and Chinese affairs for several U.S. and Chinese media outlets. From 2001 to 2007 he was American Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. And later he was director of the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland.
ISH Program Sponsored in part by The Levant Foundation
To RSVP and for more information contact: [email protected].
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