[Fels_pubpol_0708] upcoming events

[Deirdre Martinez]

*Wednesday, February 20th*

*4:00 PM*

*Dr. Philip Davies, Executive Director, American Institutes for 
Research, United Kingdom*
/ Dr. Davies is a leading proponent of evidence-based government -- and 
someone who has served effectively on both sides of the government and 
academy "divide."  He will speak on the topic, *"Making Public Policy 
more Evidence-Based."* From 2000 to 2006, he served as Deputy Director 
of the British Government's Social Research Unit in Prime Minister Tony 
Blair's Cabinet Office./
Department of Criminology
3718 Locust Walk
McNeil 309
For more information contact Knakiya Hagans, Administrative Coordinator 
for the Department of Criminology at 215.573.9097

*8:00 -- 10:00 PM
SPEC Presents: An Evening with Karl Rove*
/Join SPEC Connaissance in welcoming the spring speaker, Former Deputy 
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Karl 
Rove.  *Tickets are $5 by lottery*. To enter the lottery, go to 
/*specevents.net*/./
Irvine Auditorium, 34^th and Spruce St.
For more information email connaissance at specevents.net

*Upcoming Events*

*Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
How Will China Shape the Future? 
<JavaScript:openWin('../reg/genwindb.php?screen=speaker_dtl&sid=23557','speaker','scrollbars=yes,location=no,status=no,resizable=yes,width=600,height=600')>*An 
Interdisciplinary Forum on China
/How will China shape the future? How will changes in China affect its 
society and the world? And what should we as Americans understand about 
China? In light of China's current rapid development, it is imperative 
we better understand the nation that will undoubtedly affect our lives./
Jon M. Huntsman Hall 265
Registration is recommended for this event.
For more information contact PennForum or Fox Leadership.

 *Thursday, February 28, 2008*

*6:00-8:00 PM
Harold Ford Jr. at Penn Model Congress Opening Ceremonies*
/Penn Model Congress is pleased to open its 2008 conference with a 
Keynote Address from *former Congressman and current Chairman of the 
Democratic Leadership Council, Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN).* Elected to the 
US House of Representatives when he was only 25, Ford served on the 
House Budget and Financial Services Committees, and was a prominent 
member of both the Blue Dog Coalition and the Congressional Black 
Caucus. In the 2006 Tennessee Senate race, Ford almost became the first 
African-American Senator from the South since Reconstruction, but lost 
by less than three percent of the vote to Republican, Bob Corker, a 
former Mayor of Chattanooga. Ford is also a Penn alumnus, and in 
addition to his work at the DLC, he currently serves as a senior policy 
advisor for Merrill Lynch and is a political contributor to Fox News./
Tickets should be available for $5 on Locust Walk shortly.
Irvine Auditorium, 34^th and Spruce St.
For more information email Maxyr at sas.upenn.edu



*April 2, 2008*

*Penn Israel Coalition Lobbying Trip*

/Spend the day in the nation's capital, meeting with representatives and 
their staff to encourage them to support Israel, and to take a strong 
stance against our common enemies. You'll learn how to lobby in one of 
our training sessions on campus a few weeks before the trip. You'll 
spend the afternoon at congressional offices of your choice. Watch DC 
operate up close, play Washington insider for a day, and help out one of 
America's closest allies/For more information email piclobbying at gmail.com 
**

*Sunday, April 12 *

*12:30-5:00 PM*

*RootscampDC Job Fair*

/Democratic GAIN (Grassroots Action Institute and Network), in 
conjunction with New Organizing Institute, is bringing members from 
across the Democratic family together for GAIN's first job fair of 2008, 
so you can find the perfect job for you for the 2008 election cycle. It 
is an open dialogue between some of the best activists, field 
organizers, leaders, techies, fundraisers, and bloggers out there. This 
conference will help you learn about new tools to make you better in 
your current job and jobs to come./

National Education Association
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington DC 22036

For more information and to register email lola at neworganizing.com or go 
to http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1095/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=36902

 

*Monday May 5:  1:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday May 6:   8:30am-12:30pm
8th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium
*Presented by the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania Jerry Lee Center 
of Criminology

/What are some of the innovations now underway in evaluating crime 
prevention programs? What might our next Administration do to further 
evidence-based crime policy? To explore these and other questions, we 
invite you to attend the 8th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention 
Symposium, which features one day of presentations covering 
methodological issues and a second day focusing on research findings 
highly relevant to current crime and justice policy./

Location:Monday:  University of Maryland Inn & Conference Center, Adelphi, MD
Tuesday:  Washington, DC near Capitol Hill (venue to be determined)
Registration (No cost to register): http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/ccjg/ConferenceRegistration.asp
More Information:Visit http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/ccjg/index.htm or contact Symposium coordinator Cody Telep at 301-405-4574 or ccjg at crim.umd.edu

-- 

Deirdre Martinez, PhD
Director and Lecturer
Fels Public Policy Internship Program and Penn in Washington
Fels Institute of Government
University of Pennsylvania
3814 Walnut Street (Mail code 6197)
Philadelphia PA 19104
215-746-3849
Fax 215-746-3565
Cell 215-900-5299

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	http://www.fels.upenn.edu/internship/

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