March 13, 2010
10-11 AM Pacific

Topic: Genocide Prevention

Call-In Number: 888-299-4099

Verbal Pass Code (to be given to the operator): VJ85634

This March 13^th, the Partners for Global Change conference call will focus on Genocide Prevention.  “In the last century, tens of millions of people have lost their lives in episodes of mass killings. People of conscience rightly demand: never again” (credit: Genocide Prevention Taskforce). Our Saturday Conference Call will include speakers who work on creating tangible, institutionalized methods to prevent the atrocity of genocide in the future.  Click here to visit the Partners website and for a link to the full Taskforce Report.

In November of 2007 a Genocide Prevention Taskforce was convened to: (1) Spotlight genocide prevention as a national priority; and; (2) To develop practical policy recommendations to enhance the capacity of the U.S. government to respond to emerging threats of genocide and mass atrocities.  This Taskforce has provided a blueprint for U.S. policy makers to work towards genocide prevention.

Speakers:

Bridget Moix

Bridget Moix is the lead lobbyist on the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker lobby in Washington, DC.  She has worked for 15 years on issues related to peacebuilding and preventing violent conflict.   In addition to 7 years with FCNL, she has also worked with the Quaker United Nations Office, Oxfam America, the World Policy Institute, and the Quaker Peace Centre in South Africa.  She holds a masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University where she focused her studies on international conflict resolution and human security.  In her work with FCNL, she coordinates the Prevention and Protection Working Group, a collaboration of humanitarian, human rights, and peace and conflict advocacy organizations that is working to advance policy recommendations to prevent atrocities and deadly conflict.  More on her work is available at http://www.fcnl.org/ppdc/.

Nicole Deller

Nicole Deller is the Director of Programs for the GCR2P (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect – visit http://globalr2p.org/). From 2004-2007 she was Senior Program Officer at the Institute for Global Policy where she headed the Responsibility to Protect-Engaging Civil Society project. As research associate for the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, she was the principal editor and co-author of Rule of Power or Rule of Law: An Assessment of U.S. Policies and Actions Regarding Security-Related Treaties (2003). Ms. Deller received her Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law and served as chair of the International Security Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association (2004-2007).

Thanks for all you do,

Anu Joshi
National Outreach Coordinator

Sorry this notice is getting out late, but our bi-monthly national teleconference is this Saturday, Jan. 9th.

The topic is an important one – the CEDAW treaty (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women). This is the UN women’s human rights treaty that provides and international standard for protecting and promoting women’s human rights. As with all UN treaties this must be ratified by participating countries. The treaty was passed int eh UN General Assembly on Dec. 18, 1979, and was signed by President Carter on behalf of the United States in 1980. While 186 nations have ratified CEDAW, the United States has failed to and is keeping company with Sudan, Somalia and Iran. (Thirty years certainly have given us time to evaluate this treaty.)

Please join us at the home of Wendell Harter, 821 – 8th Street, Manhattan Beach.
Starting time 9:45, Conference call 10:00 – 11:00, followed by a short local action meeting.

For those unable to attend the call is available by dialing 888-299-4099, passcode VJ85634

The tool kit giving more information can be accessed through CGS website www.globalsolutions.org/partners

Hope to see you Saturday.

Becky Tan

Click Here to Download the Partners Tool Kit or go to www.globalsolutions.org/partners.

January’s Partner Call is going to focus on the United States being in the unlikely company of Somalia, Iran and Sudan for the last 30 YEARS! We all know we’ve waited far too long to ratify CEDAW - the women human rights treaty.

This Saturday we’ll hear from two incredible women’s human rights experts with years of experience in the field:

June Zeitlin: Director of the CEDAW Education Project, Leadership Conference on Human and Civil Rights Education Fund

and

Alex Arriaga: Independent Consultant, Co-Chair of the CEDAW Working Group

Call-In Number: 888-299-4099
Verbal Passcode (to be given to the operator): VJ85634

Thanks for all you do,

Anu Joshi
National Outreach Coordinator

P.S. Click here to send President Obama a message that you support equal human rights for women and that he needs to support CEDAW.

This month’s teleconference will be featuring climate issues.  The agenda will include: David Doniger speaking on the current Senate climate change legislation,  Gillian Caldwell will speak on the upcoming Copenhagen protocol and the U.S.’s role in developing global policy, and Don Kraus on a call for a common language of metric measures of reductions.     David Doniger is the policy director of the NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) climate center.   Gillian Caldwell is the executive director of 1Sky.  He is a film maker and an attorney with 30 years of experience advocating for social justice in the United States and around the world.  1Sky has become one of the largest collaborative campaigns in the United States building a society-wide movement in support of bold federal action to tackle global warming.  Don Kraus is the executive director of CGS.

For those of you who will not be able to make the meeting, I encourage you to call in – dial 888-299-4099.  The passcode is VJ48334.   If you would like a copy of the “Toolkit” for this call please visit the website http://globalsolutions.org, click on the Action tab on the left hand side, and from there click on Partners for Global Change.

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend this meeting, but if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Becky Tan
rjtan@verizon.net
310-374-6120

This December representatives of countries from all around the world will be gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark to create a new protocol on global warming.  This call will focus on the Kerry/Boxer Senate climate change legislation as well as the the U.S. role in the upcoming meeting in Copenhagen.  In addition, Don Kraus, Citizens for Global Solutions CEO, will discuss the need for the countries in Copenhagen to all “Speak the Same Language” when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions.

The Partners Tool Kit is available on the website and also by clicking here.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Thanks for all you do,

Anu Joshi
National Outreach Coordinator
202.546.3950 x102
ajoshi@globalsolutions.org