Programs
A Refugee Camp on a Greek Island Opens Its Arms to Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers
February 25, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm
Jane Abbott
Why do Middle Eastern refugees still try to reach Europe via Greece as they continue to arrive at night in small, often inflatable dinghies from Turkey? How are they treated once they arrive? Who are they? How long do they stay in a refugee camp before being allowed to move on? Who operates the camp and funds it? Who are the volunteers who staff them?
This is where refugee organizations come in. There are far too many refugees for single individuals to
Challenges in Madagascar: Improving Food Security, Preserving Biodiversity, and Promoting Democracy
January 18, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm
Dan Turk
Dan Turk has spent nearly 30 years working in Madagascar—an island nation off the coast of East Africa – that has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world but also one of the highest levels of poverty. Once covered mostly in forests, Madagascar has few pockets of native trees remaining, one of which is in the Ranomafana National Park where Dan did his doctoral research.
Part of that research resulted in the Ranomafana Arboretum, founded in 2007 to provide educational opportunities
Symposia
Spotlight on Iran
January 25, 2010
Mozafer Banihashemi, Consultant to Sandia National Laboratories Middle East Program; Arvid Lundy, Adviser to the International Atomic Energy Committee.
This all-afternoon program featured two speakers. Speakers’ Dialogue on Iran Today. General Discussion.