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November 2006 Dinner Program
Topic:
Are populism and human rights compatible?
Speaker:Dr. Dan W. Figgins In the past decade Dan has made three fact-finding trips to Latin America under the aupices of Witness for Peace, to Guatemala, to Cuba, and—August of 2006—to Venezuela. He will report with photographic images on what he saw and what he learned from group briefings and private conversations with a wide range of Venezuelan groups and the United States Embassy in Caracas. Background:Dan currently teaches in the NCSU School of Public and International Affairs and the Encore program. He has been a member of the Wake County Chapter of the United Nations Association since 1991. Before coming to live in North Carolina he was for 25 years a Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of State. Date and TimeFriday, November 17th 6:00pm-8:00pm It is important to make reservations in order for us to contract for the dinner. Place:The Oak Room under the Belk Dining Room at Meredith College. Enter the Meredith campus from the Faircloth Road entrance off Wade Avenue, turn right at the stop sign, and follow the road up the hill until there are parking places on both sides of the street — the dining hall will be on your left. If no parking space is open, back track and go left into the staff parking lot. 3800 Hillsborough St., Raleigh—Maps: [Google] [MapQuest] [Yahoo] Click building "2." on the Campus Maps Price:Please make a check out for $10 to UNA-Wake and send it to the Treasurer: H. Wayne Bare 1307 Sycamore Dr. Garner, NC 27529 Questions?Call Ed Klemmer: 847-7992 or email: erklemmer@earthlink.net
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