Note: If you or your organization has announcements that you would like to be included in this weekly email, please send them ahead of time (i.e. at least one Sunday before the event) to altaf@yale.edu so that the announcement may be sent out in a timely fashion.

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A. Important Announcements

Movie screening of Crash followed by a short discussion

Co-sponsored by the Asian American Student Alliance and the South Asian Society

Location: WLH 119

Time: 3.30p

Discussion moderated by Professor Ange-Marie Hancock

Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.

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Tired of hearing Yale's second to Harvard? Here's your chance to prove otherwise! Come
help us defend our title at the:

Second Annual Harvard-Yale Blood Drive Challenge
American Red Cross at Yale
Monday, February 6 - Thursday, February 9
10 am - 3:15 pm
Payne Whitney Gym
to sign up, visit: www.yale.edu/redcross
for questions or to volunteer, e-mail redcross@panlists.yale.edu

An hour of your time can save up to three lives!

Cultural Connections 2006 Aide Application are now available!

(Attached)

The applications are due on Monday, February 27, 2006, at 5:00pm.

Applicants for the Aide position can be students who did not attend Cultural Connections. Each year, our group of Aides is made up of students who participate in a variety of activities on campus and in New Haven. Some attended CC and others attended other pre-orientation programs or did not attend any.

There is a description attached to the application.

Thanks for your help in getting the word out.

Rosalinda V. Garcia
Assistant Dean of Yale College
Director, Latino and Native American Cultural Centers
Yale College Dean's Office

SUBMIT TO REVELASIANS.

FICTION, NON-FICTION, POETRY, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY, ETC

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO GITA@YALE.EDU BY FRIDAY MARCH 3, 2006

Audition

Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama
Saybrook Sudler Fund Production
Written by Michel Marc Bouchard
Translated by Linda Gaboriau
Directed by Sean Bland
Produced by Andrea McChristian

Production Dates: March 23-25, 2006
Location: Saybrook Underbrook

Audition: February 4-5, 2006Casting 2 Male Roles
Seeking Crew positions also
Contact sean.bland@yale.edu

Synopsis of LILIES

The spring of 1952. A man named Simon asks a bishop to meet with him, so that he might confess his sins. Instead of making a confession, Simon takes the bishop hostage and stages a re-enactment of life in the small Quebec town of Roberal in 1912, where he and the bishop had been schoolmates at a Jesuit all-boys school. A young Simon is starring in the schools production of The Martydom of St. Sebastian, sharing the stage with his lover Vallier, and the relationship between Simon and Vallier incites anger and jealousy in a young, pious Bilodeau.

Exploring issues of sexuality, gender identity, and love in a religious environment, Michel Marc Bouchard carefully crafts a tale of love, betrayal, religion, fiction, drama, art, family, and truth. A truly spectacular work of theater, this play has rarely been performed in the US.

B. Events on Campus

YOUR LIVER: AN OWNER'S MANUAL (A PANEL PRESENTATION)

Tuesday, February 7:   7:00pm - 8:30pm

That Makes Me Sick!, a new Yale health education organization, invites you to Sudler Hall (WLH-201) to get to know your liver.

Our panelists will discuss the biology of the liver, related diseases (alcohol cirrhosis, fatty liver, hepatitis), and how to treat your liver right.

* James Boyer, M.D.    Yale School of Medicine (Ensign Prof of Medicine)
                       Yale Liver Center (Director)

* Anna Longacre, M.D. Yale School of Medicine
                       (Chief Resident, Digestive Diseases)

* Joseph Lim, M.D.     Yale School of Medicine
                       (Instructor, Digestive Diseases)

* Renuka Umaschanker, M.D. ALF Medical Advisory Committee (Physician)

* James Perlotto, M.D. Yale Health Services (Chief of Student Medicine)

* Cindy Eber, R.N.      Yale Health Services (Patient Care Coordinator)

Plenty of time for questions and DESSERTS FROM CLAIRE'S!
For more information, email diane.hannemann@yale.edu.

"V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women... We proclaim Valentine's Day as V-Day, to celebrate women and end the violence. V-Day is a fierce, wild, unstoppable movement and community. Join us!" (www.vday.org)

Special Events
Tuesday, February 7
        7 pm, Chocolate Vaginas, Arts and Crafts, Branford Kitchen, entryway J
Wednesday, Februrary 8
        4 pm, Juarez Documentary: Se�orita Extraviada, Women’s Center
        9 pm, Discussion with RSVP and Consent about Sexual Violence, Women’s Center
Thursday, February 9
        8 pm, Feminini-tea with Claire B. Coles, Younger Women’s Task Force, Women's Center
Friday, February 10
        4:30 pm, Open Discussion: Is Feminism Relevant at Yale? at the Women’s Center
        8 pm, The Vagina Monologues
        10 pm, Vagina-fest Party, Women’s Center
Saturday, February 11
        4 pm, Film Screening: The Magdalene Sisters, Women’s Center
        7 and 10 pm, The Vagina Monologues

For more information or performance tickets, please email yalevday@yahoo.com

CASA Hot Pot Night

When: Friday, February 10th, 2006 @ 8pm
Where: Berkeley Dining Hall (Tentatively)
Cost: $5 at the door
What: Come and enjoy a delicious meal around a hotpot with your friends and family!
This is the first big FAMILY EVENT of the year so come out and spend quality time.

Hey Everyone!

We were wondering if you could please include a blurb announcing that if
anyone is interested in joining the CASPY committee for this spring's CASPY on
April 8th that we will be having a short meeting in the TD Common Room on
Saturday, February 11th, at 4 PM. Also, if anyone needs to contact us, to email
us at CASPY@yale.edu

Thanks a lot!

Alice and Emily

You and your guest are cordially invited to the
Black History Month Dinner and Program

featuring

Kamala D. Harris
San Francisco District Attorney

Friday February 10, 2006
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Program begins at 6:00 pm

Calhoun College Dining Hall
189 Elm Street
New Haven, Connecticut

RSVP to (203) 432-0740

Sponsored by Calhoun College,
the Afro-American Cultural Center,
and the James Humphrey Hoyt Memorial Fellowship

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Kamala D. Harris was elected district attorney for San Francisco in December 2003. With that election she became the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history and the first African American woman and first South Asian woman in California's history to hold the office. She has brought a "smart on crime" approach to the city, prosecuting crime while remaining committed to rehabilitation and placing a priority on preserving civil liberties.

DA Harris has taken a leadership role in promoting legislation to protect women and children. Recently, she co-sponsored legislation to increase the punishment for those who sexually exploit youth and for those who participate in human trafficking. A leader in progressive law enforcement, DA Harris has dedicated herself to enhancing and protecting the quality of life for everyone in the communities she represents.

From 9066 to 9/11: a day of remembrance event linking the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans to the post-9/11 treatment and detainment of Arabs and Muslim Americans. The event will feature performance artist Makoti Hirano along with a screening of the 9066 to 9/11: America's Concentration Camps, then and now.

February 15th at 7:30pm in Pierson/Davenport Auditorum. RSVP to takeo.toyoshima@yale.edu .

Homosexuality and HIV/AIDS in South Asia

Movie Screening of My Brother Nikhil followed by discussion

Location: Berkeley Bagel Bar

Time: 7 p.m.

Director Onir's debut, My Brother… Nikhil deals with the trauma of a bright young swimmer whose life and dignity are snatched, the minute it is discovered he is HIV+. It also shows the social stigma and extreme reservations attached in the minds of both the ignorant and the informed, when it comes to AIDS.

Set in Goa, the film spans Nikhil's (Sanjay Suri) life from 1987 to 1994, when AIDS awareness was considerably low. The story is told to the viewer through the experiences and points of view of Nikhil's father (Victor Banerjee), mother (Lilette Dubey), friend (Purab Kohli), girlfriend (Dipannita Sharma), lawyer (Shweta Kawaatra) and sister (Juhi Chawla).

Thursday, February 9, 200612:00pm, "Passing Strange: The Secret Life of Clarence King"

Speaker: Martha A. Sandweiss, Research Affiliate, Gilder Lehrman Center

Discussion of the prominent scientist, explorer and writer, Clarence King, who concealed his own true social and racia identity in order to pass as a black man in late nineteenth century New York. For 13 years, he lived a double life, living as a white man in the city's elite literary and scientific circles, and passing as a black Pullman porter with his African American wife to whom he never revealed his true name or identity.

Location: HGS 401, Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street
Sponsored by: Gilder Lehrman Center, please RSVP as space is limited to gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu or call 432-3339

The Occasional Conversation Series of the
Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program

Breaking the Silence:
The Politics of Speaking Out as a Muslim Woman

ASRA Q. NOMANI
Activist, author, journalist, mother
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 5:00 pm, WLH 309, 100 Wall St.

Ms Nomani takes us on a personal journey from silence to activism. Inspired by tragedy and hope – the murder of her friend and colleague Danny Pearl and the birth of her own son – she has emerged as one of the leading activists in modern day Islam, seeking and winning reform from the mosque to the bedroom. In a civil war of ideas raging within Islam, she hopes to help shape a modern day Islam that provides a space for many voices.

Born in Bombay, India, Asra Nomani came to the United States at the age of four. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she harkened a revolution in October 2003 by walking through the front door of her local mosque in Morgantown, WV, and into the main hall, defying a rule that women enter through the back door and pray in a secluded balcony. In a front page story, the New York Times noted her “Rosa Parks-style activism.”

With support from the Poynter Fellowship
Free and open to the public.
Info: wgss@yale.edu

10.

"A Reading and Discussion with Jamaica Kincaid"

Critically acclaimed author of Annie John, A Small Place, My Brother, and
Mr. Potter, Jamaica Kincaid will read selections from her latest book Among
Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya.

Thursday, February 16, 2006
4 to 6pm
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall followed by a reception in the
Memorabilia Room

Co-sponsored by African American Studies, Afro-American Cultural Centre,
Agrarian Studies, American Studies, Beinecke Library, Calhoun College
Master's Office, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, English,
Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, the Sterling Memorial Library,
Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and the Whitney Humanities Centre
Working Group on Nationalisms and Empires

11.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Thirty Years of Sisterhood: Women in the 1970s
Women's Liberation Movement in Japan Directed by Yamagami Chieko / Seyama Noriko (2004, Documentary, 57 min)

4:30 PM, Room 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street

Participants include:Y amagami Chieko - Film Director Seyama Noriko - Film Director Akiyama Yoko - Professor of Chinese Studies, Surugadai University Doi Yumi - Film Critic Miki Soko - Professor of English and Women's Studies, Kyoto Seika University Urara Satoko - Film Director Karen Nakamura - Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University Christopher Gerteis - Postdoctoral Associate, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University

Chaired by:William Kelly - Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, Yale University

Introduction and translation by: Yamaguchi Tomomi - Post-Doctoral Scholar, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago

For more information, please contact anne.letterman@yale.edu

12.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University is please to present a special lecture series

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT China's Economic Growth: Is It Sustainable?

Gary Jefferson, Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance, Brandeis University

4:30 PM, Room 203, Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

China's sustained high rate of growth has surprised most observers. Professor Gary Jefferson's talk will explore the underlying structural conditions that account for this rapid growth and the likelihood that these conditions will persist. Among the conditions that are driving the rise in Chinese living standards are technology transfers associated with China's opening to the world economy and the migration of rural workers from low income regions to the economy's leading sectors. At the same time, several factors are emerging that have the potential to upset China's drive to catch up to the developed economies. These include environmental deterioration, the inability to provide key public goods, notably public health services, rising income inequality, and the escalating civil conflict associated with these challenges.

13.

On behalf of the Yale Graduate School, we invite you to join academic leaders, scholars and students from across the country at the Yale Graduate School campus (the oldest Ph.D. granting institution in the country) and the alma mater of Edward A. Bouchet (the first African American ever to receive a Ph.D. in North America) and be a part of a lively discussion on diversity and excellence in graduate education.

3rd Annual
Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education
"Working Towards a New Vision of the 21st Century University: Promoting Diversity and Excellence in Research, Teaching and Learning Within the Academy"
March 31-April 1, 2006

To be held on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, CT

For administrators, faculty, graduate students and other scholars, please consider submitting oral presentations, academic panels and workshops which address the theme of this conference, whether from a research, teaching or practice perspective.
Deadline for proposal submissions: February 28, 2006.

In addition, graduate or undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds (especially minority students and women) are encouraged to present their own individual research (in any areas of humanities, social sciences or sciences). It does not have to be based on the theme of the conference or the questions posed above, as long as it is research they have conducted on their own or in collaboration with others. Awards will be given for best oral and poster presentations.
Deadline for student proposal submissions: February 28, 2006

Go to the following website for Registration Materials, Call for Proposals, Preliminary Conference Agenda, Accommodations, Travel Information and other Conference Materials:

http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/diversity/news1.html

For further details, please contact Liza Cariaga-Lo, Asst Dean Yale Graduate School and Conference Co-chair at liza.cariaga-lo@yale.edu or (203) 436-1301. Feel free to forward materials to interested individuals.

14.

Traditional Martial Arts & Sacred Dance Movements of Sumatra, Indonesia
                              with Sh. Bapak Waleed
                        at the Yale International Center
                          Mondays, February 6 - March 13

Co-sponsored by: AACC, McDougal Center, ODEO, OISS

Starting Monday, February 6, a series of classes on Sumatran Martial Arts and Dance will be held at the newly-opened Yale International Center. Bapak Waleed and the International Silat Federation will lead participants in the movements of Silat Tuo, the ancient movement arts and dance of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Class will include an understanding of Indonesian Martial Arts, Dance and the customs, traditions, and adab and adet from traditional Indonesian ways of life, as well as a historical overview of the subject material. We will explore the rhythmic sounds and mystical vibrations of the arts and their rich culture.

Monday evenings, 6-8pm, February 6 - March 13
Yale International Center, 421 Temple Street
Participants must register in advance; a suggested donation is recommended
For more info or to register, contact isf@yale.edu, or visit silatusa.com

15.

From the Women’s Center

Sign up for RSVP's self-defense workshop!
Taught by Craig Elkin and his assistant Dawn, this three-class series will teach general safety tips as well as several easy but effective self-defense moves. Mr. Elkin has been a police officer for 22 years and has also taught martial arts classes at Yale for ten years.

The sessions will be on Monday 2/6 (mandatory attendance), Sunday 2/12, and Sunday 2/19.
Exact times are still to be determined. Prices are still being negotiated as well, but students should expect to pay between $5-10 for the entire series. Space is limited though and slots will be given on a first come, first served basis, so reply to yalersvp@gmail.com if you are interested! Don't miss this great opportunity to learn self-defense!

Share your Story
Rape and Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) is collecting stories of sexual assault at Yale, and how survivors and allies handled the experience. If you are a survivor or have been involved in another way with a sexual assault during your time at Yale, we invite you to tell us about it at www.yale.edu/wc/rsvp/share .

We hope that the submissions from this site will tell the real story of sexual assault at Yale-- to administrators currently reviewing Yale's policies, to advocacy groups like ours, and to other students who may not understand the prevalence of sexual assault on Yale's campus. Please visit www.yale.edu/wc/rsvp/share to share your story.

All submissions on this website are anonymous.

16.

Doing research on East Asia? Not sure what sources are available? Need help
finding a book? For these and other questions, you may consider to use the
reference services provided by the East Asia Library.

In the spring semester, the East Asia Library will continue to offer a
variety of reference services to our readers:

1. Reference Desk in the East Asia Reading Room (SML 219)
The Reference Desk opens in the following hours:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
During these hours, readers can either walk into the Reading Room or call
432-1793 to get assistance. The library staff in the EAL Office (SML 212)
are also available to help you on workdays.

2. Contacting individual librarians
The following librarians are the primary reference contacts:
Tao Yang (general reference)
Email: tao.yang@yale.edu; Phone: 432-1794
Chi-wah Chan (Chinese reference)
Email: chi-wah.chan@yale.edu; Phone: 432-4438
Haruko Nakamura (Japanese reference)
Email: haruko.nakamura@yale.edu; Phone: 432-1792

3. E-mail reference
Not sure whom to ask? Let us figure that out for you--just email your
question to
"east.asia.library@yale.edu".

4. East Asia librarian in the Social Sciences Library
For your convenience, the staff from the East Asia Library serve on the
reference desk in the Social Sciences Library on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons from 3 to 5. Please feel free to drop by or contact Tao Yang for
appointments.

All questions and comments are welcome. Thanks for your attention!

Tao Yang
Public Services Librarian, East Asia Library
Yale University Library
Office: SML 212
Phone: (203)432-1794
E-mail: tao.yang@yale.edu
EALWeb: www.library.yale.edu/eastasian

17.

Fourth Annual Northeast Climate Conference

Friday to Sunday, April 7-9, 2006
Register TODAY

The 4th Annual Northeast Climate Conference will be held at Yale University from Friday to Sunday, April 7-9, 2006. Hundreds of student leaders and young professionals from across the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada will leave with the knowledge, skills, and connections to be a part of growing youth climate and renewable energy movement. Register and learn more www.climatecampaign.org The Northeast Climate Conference is hosted by the Yale Climate Campaign, the Yale Student Environmental Coalition, and the Climate Campaign, with support from Sierra Student Coalition, Energy Action, campus groups, community groups, and major regional and national networks. See you in April!

18.

International Development Conference at Yale University in April 2006 - Early Bird Registration Rate!
"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"

When: April 1-2, 2006
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Theme: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
Who should attend? Anyone interested in children's health, women's health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international health, international service, eye care, nonprofits, or microenterprise
Conference Goal: To empower conference attendees to identify health needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the medically underserved
How to Register - Early Bird Registration! http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php
Early Bird Registration Rate: $35 student rate; $50 for all others *Rate increases after January

A Few of the Scheduled Presentations

_Keynote Address_
"Environment, Behavior and Health: Societies Matter" Al Sommer, MD, MHS

_Global Health in Discussion_
"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and Concerns" Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
"Millenium Development Goals," Josh Ruxin, MPH, PhD
"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals," Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH
"Health as a Bridge to Peace," Paula Gutlove, DMD
"Medical Diplomacy: Lessons Learned from the U.S.N.S. Mercy/HOPE Partnership, Banda Aceh and Nias Island, Indonesia," John P. Howe III, MD
"War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival," Sheri Fink, MD, PhD
"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through School-Based Education," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
"Overcoming Inequalities in Healthcare Infrastructure: Models for the Future," Sanjay Basu
"Germs of Progress: Schistosomiasis in Senegal and the Ethics, Politics and Economics of International Health, Research and Development,” Kohar Jones, MD
“Diagnosing Severe Malaria – Translating Scientific Advances to Rural Communities,” Richard Bucala, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine

_Women's and Children's Health_
"Women's Health: A Global Overview," Allan Rosenfield, MD
"Love, Labor, Loss - Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
"Strengthening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health," Charles MacCormack
"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and Humanity" Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
"Is Women's Health a Human Right?" Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS
"Child Health and the Orphan Crisis in Rwanda," Dai Ellis, JD Candidate, Co-Director of Orphans of Rwanda
"Descriptive Analysis of Women's Status at Buduburam Refugee Settlement, Ghana," Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD candidate
"Preventing and Managing Obstetric Fistula in East Africa: Lessons from Ethiopia and Tanzania," Toyin Ajayi, MD Candidate

_Community-Based Healthcare_
"Small Initiatives with Big Vision: Working With Communities to Change How They Address Healthcare," Evaleen Jones, MD and Betsy Fuller Matambanadzo
"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to Haiti's Poor" Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
"A Study of the Incidence of Caries in Rural Guatemala," Phillip Plunk, DDS, FADI

_Global Eye Care_
"Update on Vision 2020: the Right to Sight," Louis Pizzarello, MD
”Eye Care in Ghana,” James Clarke, MD
"Barriers to Vision2020 in Tamale, Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD
"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil, MBBS
"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research," Rosie Janiszewski, MS, CHES
"Glaucoma Care in West Africa: the Ghana Experience" Leon W. Herndon, MD
"What is Glaucoma?" Robert Ritch, MD
"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven," Bruce Shields, MD
"The EyeCare America Glaucoma EyeCare Program: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved in the US" Martin Wand, MD "Gender Disparities in Blindness and Visual Impairment" Ilene Gipson, PhD
"Health Care in Zambia Through the Eyes of an American Ophthalmologist,” Thomas Beggins, MD
“Strengths and Challenges of Mobile Eye Surgery Delivery in Rural Kenya,” Sam Powdrill, PA, SPA
“Eyes, AIDS, and Africa,” Thomas J. Beggins, MD
"Strategic planning for trachoma control in nine endemic countries," A. Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in Africa," Cathy Schanzer, MD
"Building the Future of International Ophthalmology: SEE International/George Washington University International Residency Program Model," Harry S. Brown, MD
"Global Health at the Community Level - Eye Health As Part of Improved Public Health Outreach," Nora Groce, PhD
"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia" Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan
“High Volume Cataract Surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital - Film”
“Kalinga Eye Hospital in India - A Film”
"”Christian Blind Mission International (CBMI) and Oncho Control in Nigeria," Jeffrey Watson, MD
"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery," Victoria Sheffield and John Barrows, MPH
"The Technology of Partnership for Program Impact," Suzanne S. Gilbert, PhD, MPH
"Mobile Eye Services in the Indian Himalaya," Keith Tauro
"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health Issues: Lessons Learned from The Mectizan Donation Program," Brenda Colatrella
"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad, India." Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
"Community Ophthalmology Needs in Bihar, India," Anna Cooper, MPH Candidate
"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health Infrastructure," Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health Perspectives in Ocular Health," Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
"Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana," Sally Ong
"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care," Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
“Eye Care for Refugees in Thailand,” Derek Mladenovich, OD

_Vision and Clinical Research_
"Advances In Corneal Transplantation," Shachar Tauber, MD
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts," Heskel M. Haddad, MD
"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations," Matthew D. Paul, MD

_Cultural Competency_
"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug the Monk and other Faux Pas," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN

Complete schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php

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Thursday, February 9, 2006

THE 46TH ANNUAL EDWARD H. HUME MEMORIAL LECTURE

Power Shift: China, the United States,
and
Regional Order in Asia

David Shambaugh
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs;
Director,China Policy Program, Elliott School of International Affairs,
The George Washington University

4:00 PM, Henry R. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

Reception will follow lecture in the 2nd Floor Common Room, Henry R. Luce Hall,
34 Hillhouse Avenue

C. Events off Campus

The Student Campaign for Child Survival's 2006 National Conference!February 10-13 at Georgetown University, Washington DC.The members of the Yale chapter of the Student Campaign for Child Survival invite you to join us in attending our national conference. This year?s conference will address pressing global justice and child survival challenges through a focus on orphans and vulnerable children. Public health and advocacy experts will speak on topics such as neonatal health, malnutrition, development aid, debt cancellation, and also about some of the success stories in global health. There will also be skills building workshops where students will get training in media strategies for child health, how to mobilize support for child health on campus, and link global and local issues--all with the aim of preparing students to make an impact on the state of child health today. During advocacy training sessions, participants will gain skills to promote international children?s health through publicity work, campus events, and direct lobbying of elected officials. Students will get training in the legislative process and what advocacy issues are coming up in 2006 which could turn the tide for the world's children, and will also get a chance to break into regional groups to look at how to organize effectively in your area. The conference will culminate in a Lobby Day on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13. Students will meet with Congressional representatives? offices to urge their support of child survival legislation.

We invite you to join us for a weekend of education where you will have the chance to meet others passionate about global health and boost national efforts to respond to the crises of child survival. The cost of the conference is $20. This fee allows us to provide you with a t-shirt, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, crash-pad accommodation (bring a mat and sleeping bag) and an amazing array of speakers and trainers. Transportation costs are separate, but we will be travelling together from New Haven to Washington and back. The registration deadline is January 27, but housing and transportation assistance is limited, so you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Register on-line at http://www.supportchildsurvival.org/confreg2006.php. Questions? Contact Laura Jacobson, the Yale SCCS chapter head at laura.jacobson@yale.edu. Please join us!

We warmly welcome Yale University to join our 5th Annual Asian Diversity
Career Expos, the largest recruiting events for Asian Americans in the U.S.
One will be held in New York City on May 5, 2006. And due to high demand, we
’ve added another Career Expo in San Jose, California on May 1.

Last year’s ADI Expo, presented by the New York Times, drew over eighty
exhibiting companies, and five thousand job seekers. Visit
http://www.adiversity.com/events/2006-Diversity/ to learn more about this
exciting event.

Register today to secure the Early Bird discount!

Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from
you.

Sincerely,
Diana Lee
1270 Broadway, Suite 703
New York, NY 10001
T: (212) 465-8777
F: (212) 465-8396
Diana.Lee@ADiversity.com
http://www.AsianDiversity.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 4^th Annual Conference on Asian-Indian Communities (ARAC) will be held on April 29, 2006 at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut

ARAC holds a one-day, annual interdisciplinary conference that is attended by students and faculty. It seeks papers from several social science disciplines (e.g., education, sociology psychology, and other allied fields) and is open to both qualitative and quantitative approaches.

4^th ARAC Conference Theme:

Investigating Indianness: Transformations of Identity in Local and Global Cultures

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sunaina Maira

Sunaina Maira is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Davis. Her research focuses on youth culture, popular culture, immigration and transnationalism, citizenship, and empire. She is the author of Desis in the House: Indian American Youth Culture in New York City (2002). She co-edited an anthology, Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America (1997), which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, and is co-editor of Youthscapes: Popular Culture, National Ideologies, Global Markets (UPenn Press).

Deadline for Abstracts: March, 1 2006

Please send abstracts (150-200 words) to ssbha@conncoll.edu. If you have any questions about the conference, please email Sunil Bhatia at the above email address.

Send questions or RSVP to: Caleb.Korngold@yale.edu

Interested in learning about immigrant health and the health needs of Chinese
Americans? Want to learn about opportunities to work with local organizations?
This event is for you! All Yale undergraduates, graduates and
professional students are welcome to attend. No previous experience or Chinese
language ability required.

Event Title: An Introduction to Public Health and Healthcare in NYC Chinatown

Event Locations: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Chinese American Planning Council, HIV/AIDS Services Program

Date: Friday, 10 February 2006

Send questions or RSVP to: Caleb.Korngold@yale.edu

Schedule:
11:00-1:00- Tour of the Charles B. Wang Health Clinic in NY Chinatown, meet with
health educators to learn about immigrant health and serving the uninsured.
2:00-3:30- Panel Discussion, �Chinese Immigrants with HIV/AIDS in New York
City�, Chinese American Planning Council, HIV/AIDS Services Program.

Background:

New York City has the largest and poorest Chinese community in the United
States. The goal of this trip is to learn about the health needs of this
community through visiting health care providers.

The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center is the largest health clinic for
Chinese speaking immigrants in the United States. They provide a variety of
primary cares services for immigrants in Chinatown.

The Chinese American Planning Council, HIV/AIDs Service Program provides
HIV/AIDS education, support, interpreting and advocacy for HIV positive Chinese
immigrants. They have also been involved in research efforts with Columbia
University and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Lunch will be provided for the trip. Please RSVP no later than Febuary 8th by
replying to caleb.korngold@yale.edu. Space is limited to 20 people, so
please RSVP early if you are planning to attend.

Participants will take public transportation together and are responsible for
roundtrip transportation costs (~ $32).

This Event is sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS).

HPAIR CONFERENCE 2006
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DATES: August 18-21, 2006
LOCATION: Singapore
WEBSITE: http://www.hpair2006.org
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15th, 2006

The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)
invites you to participate in our annual summer student conference in
Asia.

HPAIR is a partnership between the students and faculty of Harvard
University, offering a sustained academic program and a forum of
exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic,
political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.

HPAIR's international conference has emerged as the largest annual
Harvard event in Asia and the largest annual student conference in the
Asia-Pacific region, attracting a wide variety of distinguished speakers
and future leaders as Harvard's student outpost in Asia. Past speakers
at our conferences include South Korean President Kim Young Sam,
Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth, Singapore President
S.R. Nathan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Both delegates and papers are welcome! Applications for both are online
and located at www.hpair2006.org .

The theme will be Redefining Asia: Visions and Realities
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WORKSHOP TOPICS
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Our HPAIR 2006 workshops will focus on the following six topics:
-The Political Economies of China and India: Trends, Trade and
Tomorrow’s Asia
-Environmental Management in Asia: Writing Tomorrow’s Textbooks Now
-Diseases and Disparities: Improving Health Outcomes for All
-Impersonating Asia: Performing Arts and Film in Contemporary
Perspectives
-Boundaries in Flux: Religion, Nation, and Identity in Asia
-War, Domestic Conflict, and Interdependence: Peace and Security in East
Asia
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MORE INFORMATION
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To learn more about the HPAIR 2006 conference, please go to

http://www.hpair2006.org/

D. Scholarship, Fellowship, & Internship Information

Spring Break Externships for Justice: Last CallOne more chance to spend Spring Break working for justice!
While many Spring Break Externships for Justice have filled, some organizations (especially some out west) are still seeking applicants. Housing is available with progressive Yale alums. There's still time to apply for spring break externships at the following organizations (check out www.yasj.org/externship.html for more info and to find out how to apply):

Front Range Economic Strategy Center, Denver, CO.
A lab! or community partnership dedicated to community organizing, research and policy change for economic justice.

Office of L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, CA A progressive political office that represents 250,000 citizens in L.A.'s densest district.

Progressive Jewish Alliance, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
A non-profit, non-denominational, inter-generational membership organization dedicated to the Jewish traditions of working for social and economic justice, promoting equality and diversity, and pursuing peace.

Jefferson Center for Education and Research, Portland, OR
A group that uses popular education to create opportunities with rural working people in the Pacific West, across languages and cultures, to achieve environmental, economic, and social justice.
With questions, contact Stephen at yasjmembership@yahoo.com.

JUNIORS: FALL FELLOWSHIPS INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS

The Fulbright Grants information meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 14 at IEFP (55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor), at 7:00 p.m.

The general information meeting for students who plan to apply for Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell, Scholarships will take place on Thursday, February 16 also at IEFP at 7:00 p.m.

At these meetings, campus application procedures will be explained, and students will be encouraged to begin their preparation early (since application deadlines occur very in early fall). Students will also be able to ask questions of recent winners of these awards.

Posters announcing the February information meetings will be forthcoming. IEFP will also hold meetings on Writing Fellowship Essays and other International Fellowships for Seniors in April, after students return from Spring Break.

QUESTIONS? CONTACT: Mark Bauer, Assistant Director for UK Fellowships, (203) 764-8340, http://www.yale.edu/iefp

Apply now for our Diploma Training Program in Aftercare

www.jfci.org/training

July 15, 2006 ? April 2007, New Haven, CT

(Includes practicum abroad)

Both private and government agencies around the world lament that more of these child sex slaves could be rescued immediately if there were more aftercare services. Justice for Children International and other organizations are attempting to expand the number of safehomes globally. However, children rescued out of sexual slavery can not be placed in empty buildings?they need expert care from qualified, trained aftercare workers (trauma counselors, child psychologist, etc.) who understand the specifics of caring for victims of trafficking and exploitation. The Diploma Training Program in Aftercare (TPA) is a graduate level course designed to equip and prepare such workers.

This program was developed by JFCI?s Director of Aftercare, Dr. Gundelina Velazco PhD. She is the recipient of the 2004 Filipino Presidential Award for her work abroad with traumatized children and is an accredited member of the British Physiological Society. Dr. Velazco?s international experience is unprecedented in training caregivers who work directly with victims of child sex trafficking and exploitation.

Lamont Hiebert Application deadline: April 15, 2006.

Executive Director, JFCI www.jfci.org/training gradprogram@jfci.org