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May20Mon
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YPIN Socratic Seminar7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
IMPACT INVESTING: The potential and limits of new financial strategies in global development
With special guest moderator, Steve Schwartz of Upaya Social Ventures
Impact investing is getting a lot of buzz these days. In theory, impact investments generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. But is it working, and is it the best tool to eradicate poverty, improve health outcomes, and save the environment? Come to YPIN’s Socratic Seminar on May 20th to explore these questions and learn more about this rapidly growing field. To help lead this discussion, YPIN is excited to announce that Steve Schwartz, Director of Strategy and Operations at Upaya Social Ventures, will co-moderate the discussion.
Suggested Pre Reading and Watching:
- What is Impact Investing?
- TED Talk: Patient Capitalism
- The Global Impact Investment Rating System
- Closing the Pioneer Gap
- NextBillion: What’s Next For Impact Investing
- Promoting Entrepreneurship, Combatting Poverty
- Impact Investing Research from the Global Impact Investing Network
- Sparking Impact Investing with GIIRS
- HBR: Impact Investing Will be the New Venture Capital
- Making the Case for Impact Investing
- The Trouble with Impact Investors’ Brain
Socratic Seminars aren’t for telling you the answers; rather they provide a discussion space to explore the questions. It is a moderated discussion around top issues of the day in true dialectic method. Articles highlighting viewpoints on both sides of an argument are provided as suggested reading, although participants are encouraged to participate even if armed only with their opinions. The Socratic Seminar series does not place parameters on where the discussion may go; rather it provides a starting point and background information to fuel discussion.
Socratic Seminars are sponsored by the Row House Café.
Attendance is limited 25 participants per Seminar.
7:00 PMYPIN Socratic Seminar
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May21Tue
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YPIN: Spanish Conversation Group8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Come join us! If you can hold a conversation in Spanish, we would love to have you. We always have a diverse group of global-minded people, all working on their Spanish. This is a very fun and inclusive group, so come and bring a friend or two!
8:00 PMYPIN: Spanish Conversation Group
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May22Wed
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Views on the Pacific: From Backstage to Center-Stage of International Relations4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The University of Washington Tacoma Presents:
A Symposium on the United States’ Strategic Rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region
Public reception following
As our nation shifts its strategic focus toward the Asia-Pacific region, the South Puget Sound and Washington State move toward center stage in the arenas of international trade, military and security investments, and cultural exchanges. What does this mean for our future?
Join us for a conversation about our relationships with the Asia-Pacific region and how we can help foster a prosperous future throughout the Pacific Rim.
Featured speakers:
Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan Deputy Commanding General, I Corps,
Joint Base Lewis-McChordDaniel Malarkey, Deputy Director Washington State Department of Commerce
Michael Rawding, Founding Principal Deerhorn Advisors
Beth Rivin, M.D., M.P.H. Faculty, University of Washington School of Law,
Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Vice-President of Uplift
InternationalModerator: Divya McMillin, Professor, University of Washington Tacoma
Find more information at www.tacoma.uw.edu/pacific
4:00 PMViews on the Pacific: From Backstage to Center-Stage of International Relations
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May23Thu
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Member to Member Lunch12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Interested in engaging with other World Affairs Council members?Come and hear about the interesting lives our members live!
Join us on the fourth floor of the World Trade Center as we launch our very first Member to Member Luncheon. You can bring your own lunch or purchase your lunch from the World Trade Center Dining Room.
This month, we are fortunate to hear from longtime supporter and active YPIN Board Member, Sophia Dannenberg.
Sophia Danenberg leads the international policy program in environment, health and safety at The Boeing Company, advising the corporation on policy developments and interfacing with global trade associations, governments, the United Nations, OECD, APEC and other intergovernmental organization on behalf of the company and industry. She joined Boeing in 2009 from United Technologies Corporation where she worked for many years in global government affairs and green/environmental technology programs. She began her career in Japan and China, managing energy and indoor air quality projects with universities and government ministries in Europe and Asia. Sophia is an avid mountaineer and rock climber. She has climbed on 6 continents and is the first and only black woman to have climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. Prior to beginning her career in environmental affairs, she was a researcher-writer for a travel guide in Thailand and a Fulbright Fellow at Keio University in Tokyo. Sophia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in environmental sciences and public policy.
If you wish to join us, please RSVP to Majd Baniodeh, mbaniodeh@world-affairs.org
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Transnational Trivia Night6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Interested in testing your knowledge of current events, history, geography and world cultures? Our transnational trivia night is back! Join us for this fun and informal evening at the Spitfire in Belltown.
Assemble a team of 4-6 (or let us place you on a team), and compete in several rounds of international trivia. Topics range from pop culture to geopolitics, from current events to ancient history. This is a great opportunity to meet and socialize with Seattleites of all ages who share a passion for all things international!
6:00 PMTransnational Trivia Night
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May29Wed
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Nuclear Arms Reductions: The Opportunity to Strengthen U.S. Security5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Nuclear Arms Reductions: The Opportunity to Strengthen U.S. Security
What is the future of the U.S- Russia nuclear arms negotiations? What are the key nuclear arms control challenges facing president Obama? What are some practical policy recommendations to reducing nuclear arms and missile defense?
Join us for an evening with Ambassador Steven Pifer.
Although the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) signed in 2010 will cut U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces to their lowest levels in 50 years, more can be done to reduce nuclear weapons levels—including reserve and non-strategic weapons, which thus far are not constrained by treaty. Ambassador Steven Pifer of the Brookings Institution, co-author of The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms, will discuss why further nuclear weapons reductions would enhance U.S. and global security, offer recommendations for specific actions, and describe the challenges that must be overcome to implement those recommendations.
Steven Pifer, a career foreign service officer, arrived in Kyiv on January 8, 1998, as the third United States Ambassador to Ukraine. Prior to his appointment here, Mr. Pifer served from August, 1996 to August, 1997 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council.
Mr. Pifer, of Sebastopol, California, entered the Foreign Service in January, 1978. He was assigned from 1978 to 1980 to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw as a general services and consular officer. He returned to the State Department in 1980 as a staff assistant in the Bureau of European Affairs and then as a political-military officer in the Office of European Political and Security Affairs. During this time he also participated in the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces negotiations in Geneva. From 1984 to 1985 he was special assistant to Ambassador Paul Nitze, Special Advisor on Arms Control Matters From 1986 to 1988 Mr. Pifer served as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. He returned to the State Department for two years as Deputy Director for Multilateral and Security Affairs in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs. From 1990 to 1993 he was Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in London. He then returned to Washington as deputy to the Senior Coordinator for the New Independent States (the former Soviet Union). At the end of 1994 Mr. Pifer was detailed to the National Security Council staff as Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs.
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YPIN Global Leader Dinner Series7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Interested in professional networking and global health technologies? YPIN’s Global Leader Dinner Series has a number of upcoming events for young professionals this spring and summer. This series connects global leaders serving in inspiring roles with YPIN members in an intimate setting over dinner.
This month we welcome Tara Hinkle, a Senior National Account Executive at Starbucks, who oversees Starbucks’ licensed stores operations. There will be an informal meet-and-greet before dinner and time for networking after dinner.
After graduating from Bucknell University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Tara Hinkle began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she worked as a consultant for six years, three of those years as a manager in the Global Capital Markets Group in London working with foreign insurance companies to assist them in their efforts to enter the US capital market. She then got her Master of Business Administration (MBA), at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2005 before going to work for Frito-Lay in Plano, TX, as an Associate Product Manager on their Innovation and Multipack Brand Teams. In 2008 she moved to Seattle to work for Starbucks as a Product Manager/Category Manager on the Global Espresso Team. She then transitioned to a Category Manager role in 2011 on the Licensed Stores Beverage Team before she was promoted to Senior National Account Executive in their Channel Business Development division, primarily managing the licensed stores relationship that Starbucks has with Target Corporation.
Cost includes an exclusive networking opportunity, dinner from Cicchetti menu (vegetarian options available), and a short presentation. Drinks can be purchased separately.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Salmen, YPIN Board Member – email: msalmen@gmail.com, cell: 651.260.9192
Space is limited, so get your ticket now!
7:00 PMYPIN Global Leader Dinner Series
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May30Thu
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How to Engage Dubai in Business8:00 AM – 10:30 AM
How to Engage Dubai in Business
Featuring:
H.E. Sami Ahmad Dhaen Al Qamzi
Director General, Department of Economic Development, Government of Dubai
As well as:
Eng. Saed Mohamed Al Aqadi
CEO, Dubai Export Development Corporation and MD and CEO, Export Credit Insurance Co. of EmiratesFahad Al Gergawi
CEO, Foreign Investment Office, Government of DubaiAbdul Baset Al Janahi
CEO, Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME DevelopmentMohammed Shael Al Saadi
Business Registration and Licensing, Department of Economic Development, Government of DubaiMohammed Ali Al Kamali
Director of Export Markets Development, Dubai ExportsDr. Ashraf A. Mahate
Head Of Export Market Intelligence, Dubai Exports8:00 AMHow to Engage Dubai in Business -
Books without Borders Teacher Workshop Featuring Seattle Author and Librarian Nancy Pearl5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Join us for our last – and very special – teacher workshop for the school year featuring Nancy Pearl. We will start off the evening exploring the world of books with a panel of K-12 librarians. They will share their favorite books from around the world and ways to engage students in global issues. These Puget Sound area media specialists will also discuss best practices regarding librarian-social studies teacher collaborations and their experiences/ideas for working with librarians and students around the world. Participating teachers will be able to access Global Classroom’s just-published Books Without Borders Resource Packet. This 100-page annotated guide highlights age-appropriate books on global issues (environment, immigration, human rights, global health, etc.) as well as those focusing on specific countries.
Next we will move into the SAAM auditorium. The World Affairs Council is thrilled to have Nancy Pearl as our keynote speaker for our 14th annual essay contest award ceremony. What does author and librarian Nancy Pearl do when she is not curled up with a book or at her desk with a pen (or sitting behind an NPR mike)? Not only will she discuss some of her favorite “arm-chair” travel books, she will also “take” us to Bosnia- Herzegovina. Nancy, who developed “If All Seattle Read the Same Book,” has recently returned from the Balkans where she helped launched “One Bosnia and Herzegovina, One Book” (which was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo). Come hear how Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian landed in the laps of teachers, librarians, and students in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Tuzla - and how the readers of all ethnicities, ages, religions, and genders, related to this book and related to one another through discussing this book.
And finally we will end the evening saluting nine Washington State students in grades 3 through 12 for their award-winning blog posts. They were challenged with the following: If you were Seattle author and librarian Nancy Pearl and you were writing a new blog post entitled “Books Without Borders,” what book would you include? How has this book – with a focus on a world culture or global issue – changed the way you look at the world?
This will be our last Global Classroom Workshop for the 2012-13 school year. Register today! Space is limited to the first 70 teachers. Note that registration will begin at 5:00 for this 3-hour program (5:30 – 8:30 pm). It includes light snacks, Books Without Borders Resource Packet, 3 clock hours, reserved entrance/seating for public program featuring Nancy Pearl.
If you do not want to register for the entire teacher workshop, you can register for the public program only (from 7:00 – 8:30 pm) here
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World Affairs Council’s 14th Annual Essay Contest Celebration Featuring Nancy Pearl7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
If you were Seattle author and librarian Nancy Pearl and you were writing a new blog post entitled “Books Without Borders,” what book would you include? How has this book – with a focus on a world culture or global issue – changed the way you look at the world? Join us on May 30th – nine Washington State students in grades 3 through 12 will be saluted for their award-winning writing on this topic at the World Affairs Council’s 14th Annual Essay Contest Celebration.
The World Affairs Council is thrilled to have Nancy Pearl as our keynote speaker for this celebratory event. Not only will she discuss some of her favorite “arm-chair” travel books, she will also “take” us to Bosnia- Herzegovina. Nancy, who developed “If All Seattle Read the Same Book,” has recently returned from the Balkans where she helped launched “One Bosnia and Herzegovina, One Book” (which was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo). Come hear how Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian landed in the laps of teachers, librarians, and students in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Tuzla – and how the readers of all ethnicities, ages, religions, and genders related to this book and related to one another through discussing this book.
So you think Nancy Pearl just curls up at home with books? Uncurl yourself tonight and find out what Nancy does when she is not reading! And join the World Affairs Council as we celebrate Puget Sound student readers and writers.
This is a public event. Teachers wishing to register for the entire three hour professional development workshop where they will receive clock hours and entry into the public program with Nancy Pearl (from 5:30 – 8:30 pm) should register here.
7:00 PMWorld Affairs Council’s 14th Annual Essay Contest Celebration Featuring Nancy Pearl
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