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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release AASU, SSU Host Inaugural Human Rights Conference April 25-26(April 14, 2008) The inaugural Armstrong Atlantic State University and Savannah State University Student Conference on Global and Domestic Human Rights Awareness will be held April 25-26 on the AASU campus. The event is free and open to the public. More than 40 students from Armstrong Atlantic and 30 from Savannah State will present papers and poster exhibitions. The conference kicks off Friday with a poster exhibition from 6:30-7:15 p.m. The inaugural address is from 7:30-8:30 p.m., followed by a reception at 8:30 p.m. All Friday events will be held in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street. Karin Ryan, director of the human rights program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, will deliver the inaugural address focusing on human rights and U.S. foreign policy priorities. Ryan works with former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter on a range of issues, including assisting their efforts on behalf of victims of human rights violations through personal interventions with heads of state. Ryan has represented the Carter Center in many international negotiations, including the International Criminal Court, the human rights of women, the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and most recently on the establishment of a U.N. Human Rights Council. She has worked closely with the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to organize expert consultations designed to strengthen the role of the OHCHR within the United Nations system. As part of the conference, Jack Imber, a certified unexploded ordnance specialist, will present a lecture on the devastating effects of land mines in European and African societies at 4 p.m., Friday, April 25, in the Armstrong Center. Student paper presentations and poster exhibitions will continue on Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in University Hall 157 and 158 on the AASU campus, 11935 Abercorn Street. Poster exhibitions will feature student research on a wide range of topics, from violence against women in Latin America to child soldiers and the homeless in Savannah. Saturday's paper sessions will include discussions ranging from health care to hate crimes and cover various geographical corners of the world, from the Middle East to the United States and China. Jason Tatlock, AASU assistant professor of Middle Eastern history and Davida Harris, lecturer in social and behavioral sciences at Savannah State University, are spearheading the conference. The Armstrong Atlantic State University/Savannah State University Collaborative Teaching & Research Grant provided financial support for the conference. To RSVP for the Friday reception, please call 921.5991 or email Richard Nordquist. |
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