Martin Forum Programs

“Politics of Democratic Transition in Africa: Independence, Instability, and the Elusive Goal of ‘Development”

7:00 p.m., SUB Ballroom

Political scientist and UN consultant Tayo Oke will travel from Lagos, Nigeria to UI to talk about concepts of democracy and development across the African continent. Oke, who has served as an election monitor and specialist in countries as diverse as Ukraine, Sierra Leone, and Timor Leste, will visit with a variety of campus groups during his three day visit.

“Voices from Darfur featuring Darfuri refugees Abu Asal Abu Asal and Ibrahim Musa Adam”

7:00 p.m., Kenworthy Theater, Moscow

The Martin Institute and Save Darfur Coalition join together to host Abu Asal Abu Asal and Ibrahim Adam, who escaped the genocide in Sudan and now help raise awareness about the situation there. This free event will include the screening of a brief documentary, talks from both men, and a q-and-a session.

For more information about the Voices from Darfur program, please visit the program homepage

“Islamic Values, Human Values featuring Fulbright Islamic Scholar-in-Residence Mohamed Adiouane”

7:00 p.m., SUB Ballroom

For a press release about this forum, please visit Today@Idaho

“Ireland Today – Many Shades of Green” presented by Irish Consul General (San Francisco) Emer Deane”

3:30 p.m., SUB Silver-Gold Room

For a press release about this forum, please visit Today@Idaho

For further information about the Foreign Ministry of Ireland, visit their homepage.

“The Challenges of Development in Southern Africa featuring Pauline Peters of Harvard University”

3:30 p.m., Commons Horizon Room

For a press release about this forum, please visit Today@Idaho

For further information about Dr. Peters’ work at Harvard, visit her homepage

“Global Health Policy”

7:00 p.m., SUB Ballroom

Rachel Nugent is a senior associate in CGD’s Global Health Programs. She also provides economic and policy expertise to HPRN Working Groups, and manages CGD programs on Population and Economic Development. Nugent graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor's degree in economics and journalism, and received a doctorate in economics from George Washington University.

For a press release about this forum, please visit Today@Idaho

“Right to Play: Sport for Development and Peace”

7:00 p.m., SUB Ballroom

Olympic Gold Medalist and Right to Play affiliate Nikki Stone travels to Idaho to discuss Right to Play’s work in promoting development, education, health care, gender equity, and peace through the use of sport. Right to Play programs are currently ongoing in 22 countries; Ms. Stone recently visited Tanzania on behalf of the organization.

The focus of the visit will be on Right to Play’s mission: to use “sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Right To Play is committed to improving the lives of these children and to strengthening their communities by translating the best practices of sport and play into opportunities to promote development, health and peace.”

For more information about Right to Play, click here.

For more information on Nikki Stone, click here.

“The Future of Peace”

5:00 p.m., CUE (Smith Center) 203 (at WSU)

Scott Hunt interviewed numerous leaders in various campaigns for peace (including Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Dalai Lama, Oscar Arias, and Aung San Suu Kyi among others) in writing his book “The Future of Peace: On the Frontline’s With the World’s Great Peacemakers” in 2002. His research looks to “attempt to discover the causes of human suffering and the antidote to violence” (Reed Business Information, Inc.).

This forum is sponsored primarily by the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society at Washington State University, hence the public forum will be held at WSU. Mr. Hunt will spend the morning of April 13 with secondary sponsor the Martin Institute, for a meeting with students and an informal discussion group at the UI.

For information on the venue at WSU, click here.

“The EU-US Economic Relationship”

1:30 p.m., SUB Gold Room

Kyle Galler is an permanent official at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in the Economic and Financial Affairs division.  He is currently a visiting fellow at the EU Center of Excellence in Seattle, which is housed at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. As the two largest economic entities in the world, the nature of trade, competition, and tariffs between the EU and the US is of utmost importance to the global economic picture.

During his visit, Galler will also meet with members of the International Affairs Club and speak to the UI delegation to the National Model United Nations conference about how policy is formulated within the EU.

He will spend the 27th in Pullman as a guest of the Foley Institute at Washington State University.

For a news story about the forum in the UI student newspaper The Argonaut, click here.

“Modern Day Slavery”

7:00 p.m., SUB Ballroom

Ex-slave Micheline Slattery (now a nurse in Massachusetts) and American Anti-Slavery Group Program Director Janie Kiser will speak about the global implications of slavery, as highlighted through the experiences of Ms. Slattery. Current estimates on the global scope of slavery are in the range of 27 million people; US State

Department estimates for the number of new slaves trafficked into the United States are as high as 17-20 thousand.

During their visit, the two will visit a number of classes both at UI and at WSU, and will have dinner with members of the International Affairs Club. Ms. Kiser is herself an alumna of the International Studies program at UI.

For a press release about this Martin Forum, click here.

For more information on the American Anti-Slavery Group, click here.