US Ambassador Addresses International Adoption Issues

Ambassador Jacobs addressing questions from AU students and faculty

US Ambassador Susan Jacobs, and a member of her staff, Kathy Sacco, arrived in Ashland on October 1 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences Symposium, Against Indifference: Engaging Latin America and the Caribbean. During her evening presentation she shared about the importance of intercountry parental-child abduction and adoption treaties for providing a framework for resolving international adoption and abduction issues. Specific cases were discussed, for example what led to Russia banning American citizens from adopting its orphaned children. Ambassador Jacobs also educated the audience about career opportunities in the Department of State in international relations where there are many opportunities to work to help children, or with an international organization that works on children's issues. She emphasized that the Department of State is looking for young men and women to work with them on these issues. Audience members had many questions.

The following day, they met with two classes of Social Work students. Kathy Sacco, whose master's degree is in Social Work, shared how a major in Social Work can lead to a career with the Federal government and be used to help children internationally. Ambassador Jacobs shared her experiences as a woman in the Department of State. Finally, the two met with Ashbrook and Political Science students and, in addition to previous topics, she shared stories about her work as an ambassador in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The Ambassador arrived in Ashland the first day of the government shutdown and after returning to Washington DC was informed that further travel was cancelled due to the shutdown. She said she rarely visits a college campus as she typically speaks with foreign diplomats, government officials and agencies and she enjoyed meeting with college students. We were fortunate that her planned visit could actually take place.

Bibliography for Thomas Hall's Presentation "What Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples Can Teach Us About Globalization"

For those individuals who attended Thomas Hall's presentation "What Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples Can Teach Us About Globalization" on March 20 and did not receive the bibliography that was distributed at the door, below is the full bibliography.

Thomas D. Hall

Professor Emeritus

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

DePauw University, Greencastle IN

thall@depauw.edu

http://acad.depauw.edu/~thall/hp1.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHY for talk at Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Hawkins-Conard Student Center

Auditorium, 7 pm

March 20, 2012

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. Items mentioned in talk

Most of Hall’s papers are available on academia.edu

Carmean, Kelli. 2002. Spider Woman Walks This Land:  Traditional Cutlural Properties and the Navajo Nation­.  Walnut Creek, CA:  Altamira Press.

Champagne, Duane. 2010. Notes from the Center of Turtle Island. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Cobo, José Martinez. 1986. “Who are the Indigenous Peoples? A Working Definition.” International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs, on line at: http://www.iwgia.org/sw310.asp [accessed March 1, 2006].

Hall, Thomas D. 1989. Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.

_____. 2012. “Uncle Tom’s Intro to World-Systems Analysis,” updated irregularly, on line at: http://acad.depauw.edu/~thall/wsaintro.htm

Hall, Thomas D. and Christopher Chase-Dunn. 2006. “Global Social Change in the Long Run.” Pp.33-58 in Global Social Change: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, edited by Christopher Chase-Dunn, Salvatore Babones. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2008. “Indigenous Movements and Globalization: What is Different? What is the Same?” Globalizations 5:1(March):1-11.

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2009. Indigenous Peoples and Globalization: Resistance and Revitalization. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press.

Hall, Thomas D. and Joane Nagel. 2011. “Indigenous Peoples.” Pp. 156-160 Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity edited by Stephen M. Caliendo and Charlton D. McIlwain. London: Routledge.

Jennings, Justin. 2011. Globalizations and the Ancient World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kardulias, P. Nick. 2007. “Negotiation and Incorporation on the Margins of World-Systems: Examples from Cyprus and North America. Journal of World-Systems Research 13:1:55-82. [on line: http://jwsr.ucr.edu/index.php]

Kuecker, Glen D. 2007. “The Perfect Storm: Catastrophic Collapse in the 21st Century.” The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 3:5: 1-10.

Kuecker, Glen D. and Thomas D. Hall. 2011. “Facing Catastrophic Systemic Collapse: Ideas from Recent Discussions of Resilience, Community, and World-Systems Analysis.” Nature and Culture 6:1(Spring):18–40.

Robertson, Roland. 1995. "Glocalization: Time-Space and Homogeneity-Heterogeneity." Pp. 25-44 in Global Modernitites, Mike Featherstone, Scott Lash and Roland Robertson, eds. Newbury Park: Sage.

Ross, Anne, Kathleen Pickering Sherman, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Henry D. Delcore, and Richard Sherman. 2010. Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature: Knowledge Binds and Institutional Conflicts. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London: Zed Books.

Smith, Paul Chaat. 2009. Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Snyder, Gary. 1990. The Practice of the Wild: Essays. San Francisco: North Point Press.

II. Readings available at Ashland

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2012. in press. “Resistance: Indigenous Peoples.” In Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by George Ritzer. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hall_Resistance_Indigenous Peoples Proof COPY.pdf

Hall, Thomas D. 2011. “Ethnogenesis.” Pp. 136-138 in Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity  edited by Stephen M. Caliendo and Charlton D. McIlwain. London: Routledge.

Hall_Ethnogenesis2011.pdf this and the following are short entries in the Routledge Companion, brief summaries.

Hall, Thomas D. and Nagel, Joane. 2011. “Indigenous Peoples.” Pp. 156-160 Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity edited by Stephen M. Caliendo and Charlton D. McIlwain. London: Routledge.

Hall_Nagel_IndigenousPeoples2011.pdf

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2005. “Trajectories of Indigenous Resistance Before and After 9/11.” Pp. 95 – 110 in Transforming Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post 9/11 Era, edited by Bruce Podobnik and Thomas Reifer. Leiden: Brill. [Paper edition, Chicago: Haymarket Press, 2009].

hallNfen05911.pdf  This is a shorter version of the following, longer original, freely available on line.

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2004. “The Futures of Indigenous Peoples: 9-11 and the Trajectory of Indigenous Survival and Resistance.” Journal of World-Systems Research 10:1(Winter):153-197. [on line: http://jwsr.ucr.edu/index.php]

Hall, Thomas D. and James V. Fenelon. 2008. “Indigenous Movements and Globalization: What is Different? What is the Same?” Globalizations 5:1(March):1-11.

hall_N_Fenelon_Globalization_08.pdf

discusses how Indig. resistance is the precursor of many social movements.

III. Sources on World-Systems Analysis

Babones, Salvatore and Christopher Chase-Dunn, eds. 2012. Handbook of World-Systems Analysis: Theory and Research. London: Routledge.

Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Salvatore J. Babones. 2006. Global Social Change: Comparative and Historical Perspectives. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Thomas D. Hall. 1997. Rise and Demise: Comparing World-Systems. Boulder: Westview Press.

Denemark, Robert A., Jonathan Friedman, Barry K. Gills, and George Modelski, eds. 2000. World System History: The Social Science of Long‑Term Change. London: Routledge.

Hall, Thomas D., ed. 2000a. A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press.

Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2011. The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, reprint of 1974 original with new Prologue.

Watch Bertin Meance's "Helping Haiti" Presentation

Were you unable to attend Bertin Meance's presentation on "Helping Haiti", or would you like to watch it again?  You can view the entire presentation at http://mediasite.ashland.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=f234b83b73454be3927b77235b39877d

Call to Action: Remember Nhu

Would you like to know more about how to get involved with the Remember Nhu organization and prevent children from ever entering the sex trade?  Remember Nhu is seeking for individuals to help their cause.  The following positions need to be filled by the organization.  If you are interested in getting involved, visit www.remembernhu.org, send an email to info@remembernhu.org, or call 1-877-435-7648.

1) Fundraising Champion – help raise funds for Remember Nhu

2) Speaking Champion – speak at churches and/or colleges on behalf of Remember Nhu

3) Trade Show Champion – go to trade shows and career days on behalf of Remember Nhu

4) College Funds Champion – contact colleges, businesses, churches, and individuals on behalf of Remember Nhu for college funds for the rescued children

5) Groups Champion – start and organize student groups at colleges and schools on behalf of Remember Nhu

6) Create Your Own Champion – come up with a creative way to fundraise for Remember Nhu. This could be a track event, youth group fundraiser, etc.

7) Internet Research Champion – search the internet and books written for information about child sex trafficking and prevention

8) Proposal Champion – on occasion writing proposal on behalf of Remember Nhu. This could be from business proposals to limited projects

9) Advanced Training of Vision Trips Champion – write an advanced training manual for Vision Tips

10) Children’s Home Sponsor Champion – write a brochure for “Sponsoring an Entire Children’s Home”

11) Carl’s Schedule – plan and keep Carl Ralston’s schedule

12) Travel Arrangements Champion – purchase tickets and make reservations

13) Follow-up Champion – follow up on a list of things for Carl

14) Golf Outing Coordinator Champion – coordinate one or more Golf Outings on behalf of Remember Nhu

15) Grants Champion: Write Remember Nhu Grants – search for and write grants on behalf of Remember Nhu

Watch Katherine Attanasi's Talk

Did you miss Katherine Attanasi's talk "South African Pentecostalism and the Gendered Politics of HIV Prevention", or would you like to watch it again?  Click here to view a recording of the event.

Peace is Possible: Shifting from War Making to War Prevention

Did you miss Bridget Moix’s presentation ‘Peace is Possible: Shifting from War Making to War Prevention’?  View the presentation now.  Learn more about Bridget and the Friends Committee on National Legislation here.  

Moix discussed the process of implementing peace on a global level.  She believes it is possible for peace to be the first option in a conflict situation, rather than having nations immediately default to a state of conflict.  Peace becomes a viable option when it is encouraged through specific peaceful tactics.  The military tools in our diplomatic tool box are over developed, and we have only recently begun to develop the peace making tools.  

Strategies to support peace making over war preparation will lead to a more secure global environment that reinforces human rights and offers security to all.  Peaceful prevention is a fairly recent movement, but one that will be essential as the global climate continues to change and global resources become more limited.  Moix encouraged attendees to take action!

Moix leads the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program and has worked for over twelve years on peace and conflict issues within the U.S. and international policy arenas. She began her career with FCNL as an intern in 1996 and worked as a Legislative Secretary from 2002-2006. She returned to FCNL in September 2008.

Previously she worked with Oxfam America as a policy adviser on Sudan (2005), the Quaker United Nations Office in New York under a New Voices fellowship (2000-2002), the World Policy Institute’s Arms Trade Resource Center (1998-2000), the Quaker Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa (1999), and as an intern with the American Friends Service Committee during college. She returned to Washington, DC after spending over two years in Mexico City where she directed the Casa de los Amigos, a small Quaker peace and hospitality center.

Moix holds a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University, where she focused her studies on human security and international conflict resolution. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Nonfiction Writing from Ohio Wesleyan in 1996.

If you have any questions about this presentation or how you can become involved in lobbying for a cause, please visit the Ashland Center for Nonviolence in Bixler Hall 116 on the Ashland University main campus or email us acn@ashland.edu for more information.

Watch Kelsey Timmerman's Talk

Were you unable to attend Kelsey Timmerman's talk on September 22?  Or would you like to watch it again? 

Kelsey's talk at AU is now available on the web by following this link.

If the link does not work, please copy and paste the following URL into your internet browser:

http://mediasite.ashland.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=92df48d8578c4c52949b1769fdee823b