GLOBAL EXCHANGE
Ventura County Supporters
present:
“UPDATE
AFGHANISTAN”
Tuesday,
December 3, 2013
Thousand
Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road
7:00 P.M- 8:30 P.M.
Global
Exchange, Ventura County Supporters, are pleased to present a talk by Maryam
Qudrat, Ph.D., Professor at California State University Long Beach and a Fellow
at UC Irvine’s Center for Ethics and Morality.
Dr. Qudrat holds in PhD in philosophy from the University of Southern California. In 2003, she authored a book entitled Torn Between Two Cultures: An Afghan-American Woman Speaks Out. She has traveled extensively in the
region and has made numerous appearances on media such as CNN, TIME Magazine
and The Los Angeles Times.
As our
troops depart this vital South Asian country after America’s longest war, what
should Americans know about what we are leaving behind? What is the current status of basic
education, higher education, women’s affairs and public health? And what should we expect about the future
relationship between Afghanistan and the United States?
Local
Board Members of two elementary schools for Afghan Refugee Girls will also be
on hand to display Afghan jewelry, shawls and other South Asian items, available with donations to
the schools in refugee camps in northwest Pakistan.
Please
plan to join us for an informative evening and an opportunity to do some
holiday shopping.
A question and answer period will follow this presentation.
This program is free
and open to the public. Contributions
will be gratefully accepted.
