[Peace-discuss] Kevin Danaher at UIUC, April 29, 7PM 100 Greg Hall

[Alfred Kagan]

I fully support this talk.  I know of his previous work on South Africa.


On Apr 14, 2005, at 9:54 PM, Walling, Jennifer wrote:

> Hey AWARE,
>  
> I wondered if you all could discuss co-sponsoring this lecture - 
> "Corporate Accountability and the Alternative Economy" by Dr. Kevin 
> Danaher"  this at your meeting on Sunday or the next Sunday.  
> Co-sponsorship will mean that we'll put AWARE's name on the fliers 
> that we are going to be starting to distribute next Tuesday and 
> announce AWARE's name as a co-sponsor at the event.  In exchange, we 
> would just like to be able to send the announcement to your list serve 
> :)  No money needed at all. 
>   
> If I don't hear back from someone by Monday night, we can't put 
> AWARE's name on the poster, but we should be able to put AWARE's name 
> on the announcement that we e-mail if I hear back by the following 
> Monday.
> Also, we won't be providing full tables, but if anyone wants to put 
> something out on the welcome table, we're open to that. (Even if AWARE 
> doesn't co-sponsor this)
>  
> Please let me know if you have any questions. 
>   
> I hope you all will join Campus Greens in welcoming Kevin Danaher to 
> UIUC.
>  
> Thanks
> -Jen Walling
> UIUC Campus Greens
>  
>  
>  
> FREE LECTURE!
>  
> "Corporate Accountability and the Alternative Economy"
>  
> Dr. Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
> When: Friday, April 29 at 7PM
> Where: 100 Gregory Hall
>  
> As part of the UIUC Campus Greens' campaign to promote fair trade 
> coffee and chocolate in Champaign-Urbana, Kevin Danaher, co-founder of 
> Global Exchange will speak at the University of Illinois at 
> Urbana-Champaign on April 29 at 7PM in Greg Hall.  Described by The 
> New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Danaher's 
> analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an 
> exceptionally dynamic speaker.
>   
> Kevin Danaher will discuss how corporate globalization is driven by 
> the need to turn nature into money and find the cheapest labor and how 
> as an alternative to this destructive practice, grassroots 
> globalization is being built by community-based organizations linking 
> across their boundaries. He will not only provides a detailed analysis 
> of what is wrong, but he also gives inspiring examples of what we can 
> do to make things right!
>  
> Kevin Danaher's lecture is presented by the UIUC Campus Greens and 
> co-sponsored by the following organizations:
>  
> <Your Organization Name HERE>
>  
> Paid for by SORF
>  
>  
> Kevin Danaher's Bio
> For more on Kevin, see 
> http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/56.html
>
> Kevin Danaher, is Global Exchange's Director of Public Education. He 
> has written or edited many books examining US foreign policy and the 
> global economy. His most recent volume, 50 Years Is Enough: The Case 
> Against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, In Whose 
> Interest: A Guide to US-South Africa Relations, Can the Free Market 
> Solve Africa's Food Crisis, The Political Economy of US Policy Toward 
> South Africa, South Africa: A New US Policy for the 1990s, and Beyond 
> Safaris: A Guide to Building People-to-People Ties with Africa. He is 
> currently working on a book on the history of the corporate 
> accountability movement.
>
>  Dr. Danaher has published articles in The Los Angeles Times, San 
> Francisco Chronicle, The International Herald Tribune, The Financial 
> Times of Zimbabwe, Africa News, TransAfrica Forum, Harvard Educational 
> Review, Issue, The Progressive and many other publications. His 
> writing has covered subjects such as "US Agriculture and Its Impact on 
> Third World Farming," "Hidden Costs of the War with Iraq," and 
> "Challenging the Leadership of the World Economy."
>
>  Dr. Danaher has special expertise on the following subjects: 
> globalization and its impact here and abroad, the policies of the 
> World Bank and International Monetary Fund, US foreign policy, 
> Southern Africa, Cuba, Northern Ireland, world hunger, agricultural 
> systems, and the global impact of US trade policies.
>
>  Dr. Danaher received his doctorate in sociology from the University 
> of California at Santa Cruz in 1982. Before joining Global Exchange he 
> was a senior analyst at Food First/the Institute for Food and 
> Development Policy, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy 
> Studies in Washington, DC, and for four years he taught in the School 
> of Government at American University. He currently lives in San 
> Francisco with his wife, Medea Benjamin, and his two daughters, Arlen 
> and Maya.
>   
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

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