Events
Latin American Immigrants: Civic and Political Participation in the Washington DC-Metro Area
November 01, 2007 // 9:00am — 12:30pm
On November 1, 2007 community leaders, immigration scholars and elected officials gathered to discuss the civic and political participation of the Washington Metropolitan Area's largest immigrant group, Latin Americans.
Book Launch: The Echo of Battle: The Army's Way of War
October 23, 2007 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Film Screening -- "A Dream in Doubt"
October 03, 2007 // 5:45pm — 8:00pm
"A Dream in Doubt" tells the story of Balbir Singh Sodhi, the first American to be killed in a hate crime after 9/11.Sodhi's killer thought that Sodhi, a Sikh who wore a turban, somehow bore responsibility for the attacks on the World Trade Center. The film features Rana Sodhi as he seeks to reconcile his brother's death with the success that the family has enjoyed since immigrating to the United States.
Universal Health Care Coverage in the United States
October 03, 2007 // 10:00am — 11:30am
A Director's Forum with Robin Cook, physician, bestselling author, and Member of the Wilson Center's Board of Trustees; James Morone, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University; Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Paul Seltman, Counsel, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
New Book Discussion: Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark
September 19, 2007 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
The Muslim World and the United States: An Open Forum for Interns by Interns
August 22, 2007 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia and the Near East Bureau, USAID; Haider Mullick, Research Intern, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity , Woodrow Wilson Center; Research Intern, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute; Intern, India-South Asia Program, Brookings Institution; Reza Akbari, Scholar Intern, Woodrow Wilson Center and Iran Program Intern, Freedom House; Libby Hubbard, Staff Intern, Project on Leadership and State Capacity Building, Woodrow Wilson Center.
Conference -- Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Task Force Report on Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans
June 26, 2007 // 9:00am — 11:00am
New Book Discussion -- Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans
June 21, 2007 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Conference – Legal Standards and the Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror
June 06, 2007 // 9:00am — 12:30pm
Conference – Immigrant Integration in the 21st Century: The Role of Immigrants in American Society
June 05, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Co-sponsored by the Merage Foundation for the American Dream and the Wilson Center's Comparative Urban Studies Project, the Divisison of United States Studies, and the Latin American Program.