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Fall 2008 | Friday Forum lecture series
“Sick of Sound Bites? Real Issues for the Next Administration”
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“U.S. Agricultural Policy: Prospects for Change”
December 5 @ 12 noon
Robert Thompson, Gardner Chair in Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Sciences, University of Illinois
Talk description:
Thompson examines agricultural policy focusing on the U.S. Farm Bill. With 93 percent of agricultural support going to producers of five commodities and over 60 percent of U.S. agriculture getting no support, many question the equity of our commodity programs. Learn how new players are introducing new concepts and priorities into the farm bill debate.
Lunch may be purchased from the Y Thai Eatery for only $6.00 ($3.00 for
students with a valid student ID.) Reservations can be made by calling Carol Nunn at
(217) 337-1500.
The talk is free and open to the public and is in the University YMCA’s
Latzer Hall (located on the corner or Wright and Chalmers.) Lunch is available
through the Y Thai Eatery for $6.00 for non-students and $3 for students (school ID is required).
For more information about the other talks in this series, please visit
us online at: http://www.universityymca.org/fridayforum/
Monday, December 1, 2008
Volunteer Abroad with Unite for Sight
Volunteer Abroad, Be Part of Global Problem Solving
Unite For Sight: Recruiting and Training New Leaders in Global Health
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times
Unite For Sight engages, inspires, and trains volunteers to support and assist eye clinics globally. Volunteers receive hands-on training in international community-based eye care, public health, and international development, and while immersed in effective Unite For Sight programs, they gain skills to become new leaders in global health dedicated to creating lasting solutions.
With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite For Sight has restored sight to 18,500 patients and provided eye care to more than 600,000. Unite For Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For Sight programs are sustainable, apply best practice principles in global health and development, and achieve effective change. Unite For Sight's programs also demonstrate the highest standards in social entrepreneurship.
Experience the thrill of contributing to change on the highest level
Be part of global problem solving
Receive training in community-based program delivery
Be immersed in effective global health and eye care programs
Be inspired to become a leader in global health
Join a movement of social innovators committed to global health and sustainable development
Be engaged in ethical, high quality and high impact volunteerism
Contact: volunteers@uniteforsight.org, http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight: Recruiting and Training New Leaders in Global Health
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
Unite For Sight has been featured weekly on CNN International and in The New York Times
Unite For Sight engages, inspires, and trains volunteers to support and assist eye clinics globally. Volunteers receive hands-on training in international community-based eye care, public health, and international development, and while immersed in effective Unite For Sight programs, they gain skills to become new leaders in global health dedicated to creating lasting solutions.
With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite For Sight has restored sight to 18,500 patients and provided eye care to more than 600,000. Unite For Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For Sight programs are sustainable, apply best practice principles in global health and development, and achieve effective change. Unite For Sight's programs also demonstrate the highest standards in social entrepreneurship.
Experience the thrill of contributing to change on the highest level
Be part of global problem solving
Receive training in community-based program delivery
Be immersed in effective global health and eye care programs
Be inspired to become a leader in global health
Join a movement of social innovators committed to global health and sustainable development
Be engaged in ethical, high quality and high impact volunteerism
Contact: volunteers@uniteforsight.org, http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad
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