04/05/2016
***Attention VCU Students***
We at Golden Key are excited to inform that the Libya, Five Years After the 2011 Revolution Symposium has been scheduled and it’s full of great speakers.
*The symposium will take place April 13th, in the Commons Theater – from 9am-5pm*
Take a look at the speakers and their exciting talks:
1- Dr. McKenna Brown, Executive Director of the Global Education Office and
Professor of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University will welcome the ambassador for Libya.
2 – The ambassador for Libya in the United States will open with an inspiring speech.
3 - Azza Maghur, a Libyan lawyer, human rights activist and expert, will speak on the Libyan political agreement and where it currently stands.
4 - Dr. Omar Abubakr, Chairman and Endowed Chair in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, will speak on the health care system in Libya.
5 – Shahrazad Kablan, recipient of the 2011 Paul Swaddling Award from Ohio Education Association for International Peace & Understanding, a teacher, education consultant, and founding member of the Libyan Women Platform for Peace, will speak on the challenges and opportunities for reforming the Libyan education system
6 – Nebras Attia, human rights activist and journalist from Libya, will speak on radical Islamist groups in Derna five years after the revolution
7 – Hanan Dakhil, a Libyan-American freelance writer and activist, as well as a contributor to the Charter of Libyan Women’s Constitutional Rights, will speak on the status of Libyan women after the revolution.
8 – Mohamed Elmagbri, Teaching Assistant in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Benghazi, and a youth civil society activist, will speak on the assessment and perspectives of Municipal Council Administrations.
9 – Najla Mangoush, PhD student at the School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution and a lawyer and professor of law, will speak on the role of religious and traditional leaders in tracks I and II diplomacy
10 – Jean-Louis Romanet, a doctoral researcher at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Junior Scholar Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies in Boston, will speak on State-society relationships in the post-Gadhafi Libya.
As you can see this is going to be the ultimate symposium of the semester and you can’t miss it.
Hope to see you all there, members and enthusiasts.
**Save the date: April 13th, in the Commons Theater – from 9am-5pm**
Have a great week.
GK family.
This event has been sponsored by:
-Virginia Commonwealth University, Golden Key International Honour Society, the Arabic Club at VCU, Global Leadership (Tufts) Et Fares Center at Fletcher (Tufts), and Global Education
