Dear ALAS Friends and Colleagues, 

Although the CAWC does not yet have a formal title for next year's program, it is going to address the UN Goals for the Millenium: 

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education 
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women 
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality 
Goal 5: Improve maternal health 
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability 
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development 

So far, we've planned a symposium on "Empowerment Through the Arts", a lecture/residency by someone from "Free the Slaves", and a program on "No Child Left Behind". 

Your interests, disciplines, and perspectives have much to offer these topics and so I invite you to send me your suggestions about speakers, programs, and other matters.  I welcome your ideas and insights and look forward to hearing from you soon. 

Thanks in advance, Mary Jane Berman 

Dr. Mary Jane Berman, Director
Center for American and World Cultures
105 MacMillan Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
http://www.muohio.edu/cawc 

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