Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com, http://dukechina.org
Sponsor: GSA and GPSC
Where: CIEMAS Auditorium
Why: Welcome to join us for singing this Saturday.  Please come with friends and family and have fun. Drinks and snacks will be provided. FREE DCSSA Discount Card will also be distributed during the event.

Date: Monday, March 2, 2009 - 6:15pm - 6:15 pm
Contact: cah33@duke.edu
Sponsor: Working Group on the Environment in Latin America
Where: Room A156, The Levine Science Research Center (LSRC)
Why: The Working Group on the Environment presents:

Ruben Gonzalez: Environment, Development and Human Rights at the Crossroads: The
challenge of environmental and human rights advocacy in a globalized world

Monday, March 2nd at 6:15 PM
Room A156, The Levine Science Research Center
There will be milk and cookies!

As the pressure on traditional cultures and natural resources grows,
environmental and human rights advocates find it difficult to articulate a
common agenda. In North Western Panama, the Alliance for Conservation and
Development (ACD) is currently facing these challenges.  While successful in
human rights advocacy strategies, capacity building though legal training
projects, legal actions and aggressive diplomacy, ACD has found it difficult to
generate a common front with environmental organizations that consider the
indigenous rights agenda as too political. The dilemma continues and the
question remains: is it possible to articulate the human rights and
conservation agendas to cope with the challenge of an unsustainable development
model?

Ruben Gonzalez is a founding member of the Alliance for Conservation and
Development, a Panamanian NGO. Ruben and ACD have been involved in fighting
proposed dams in the "Bocas del Toro" region of Panama (on the border with
Costa Rica).  Currently, Ruben is a Rotary World Peace Fellow in the Program
for International Policy at Duke University.

Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:00 pm
Contact: slk18@duke.edu
Sponsor: Buddhist Community at Duke, GPSC, Duke Religious Life
Where: Goodson Chapel, Divinity School Building
Why:

Admission Free!

About Ravenna — Ravenna Michalsen is one of the few full time American Buddhist musicians with ambitions to start an “American Buddhist music movement.” Ravenna trained as a classical cellist for 14 years, and turned to voice and song writing in college. It wasn’t until a retreat with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in 2002 that the combination of dharma and music occurred. As of 2009, Ravenna has successfully released two albums, Bloom and Dharmasong, both essentially devotional albums: sadness, joy and anger are combined with utter openness and acceptance. Many feature prominent figures from Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, including Yeshe Tsogyal, Machig Labdrön, and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

What is Dharma Music? –- Dharma is a Sanskrit word meaning "the teachings of the Buddha", "the way things are" or simply: "that which holds us back". The Tibetan word for dharma is "chö", which can be translated as: "to heal", "to restore" or "to repair". Dharma music then is music that turns the mind toward the teachings of the Buddha or that which holds us back from harmful action.

Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 9:00pm - 11:59 pm
Contact: libraryparty2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: International Association
Where: Duke Libraries + The Link!

Why:

PANGAEA: One World. One Party.
• A semi formal event for Duke students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Library.
• Friday, February 27th, 9pm - Midnight

The International Association and the Duke Libraries take great pleasure in inviting you to experience the very best this world has to offer – all in one evening!
From the Serengeti plains to Bollywood's hot spots...from Arabian oases to a quintessential European nightclub...the tastes, sights and sounds of Perkins, Bostock and the Link will envelope you in a cultural experience like none other!

Featuring...
• For the first time ever - THE LINK as "Club Pangaea" - techno, world music & glow sticks - experience global nightlife with DJ Mirakulus and special performance by DefMo.
• Café Funquê: All the way from Brazil - the band brings their unique flavor of Funk, Rock, Bossa Nova, Samba, Jazz..get ready for an explosive mix!
• Panda Force live performance in Bostock.

Celebrate the diversity of the student community here at Duke and immerse yourself within the 21st century Global Village within the Library!

Food (and alcoholic / non alcoholic drinks) from all corners of the globe including sushi, samosas, fried plantains, soasties & egg rolls

One World. One Party. 2/27

For more information please see http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?success=1&picture=&eid=138142180592#/event.php?eid=138142180592 

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: cah33@duke.edu
Sponsor: Working Group on the Environment in Latin America
Where: The Levine Science Research Center, Room A247
Why:

IRACAMBI – RAINFOREST SUSTAINABILTY. A REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINE  
 

Iracambi Rainforest Research Center is located in one of the most sensitive and threatened ecosystems on earth: Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.  An area larger than the state of Rhode Island, the Serra do Brigadeiro Rural Development Territory, in the state of Minas Gerais, shelters hundreds of  endangered and endemic species, including the world’s largest population of the highly endangered wooly spider monkey brachyteles hypoxanthus. It is also an area of family farms, an important watershed and a region rich in bauxite.    

Over a three week period in late December 2008 and early January 2009 the region has had almost twice its annual rainfall, resulting in serious flooding, damage to roads and infrastructure.   

Is it possible to preserve the traditional livelihoods of these farmers, protect the rare biodiversity of the rainforest, ensure the survival of the wooly monkey, conserve water resources and conduct a mining operation in a way that is environmentally and ethically desirable?  

In terms of the development/conservation paradigm, this is where the rubber hits the road. At the Iracambi Research Center we are working on these crucial issues, and we welcome your suggestions, help, and hard work!

Date: Monday, February 9, 2009 - 11:30am - 12:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com, http://dukechina.org
Sponsor: GPSC & GSA
Where: Blue Express (LSRC)
Why:

The Lantern Festival is an important traditional Chinese festival 15 days after the Chinese New Year and people usually exhibit many kinds of lanterns to greet the coming spring. This year, February 9^th is the Lantern Festival. Please join us for hot and delicious Lantern dumplings with various fillings for FREE (as long as the dumplings last). We will also have posters and handouts on the culture and history of the festival. Everyone is welcome!

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:30 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: GSA & GPSC
Where: TBA (Please visit our website http://dukechina.org for update)
Why: Welcome to join us for singing and celebration of traditional Chinese festival, Lantern Festival this Saturday. Lantern dumplings, drinks and snacks will be provided. Please come with friends and family and have fun.

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:00pm - 11:00 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: Chinese Embassy, GSA, GPSC
Where: CIEMAS auditorium,lobby and Atrium (http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7735)
Why: 2009 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is coming and DCSSA is preparing a big party to celebrate the most important Chinese holiday. We will have delicious Chinese buffet, performances by Duke Chinese students, lantern puzzles and games with nice prizes and CCTV Spring Festival Show will be broadcasted. All audience will also have the chance to draw a lottery for wonderful gifts. Optional $2 admission fee is recommended at the door (all ticket sale will be 100% donated to help with Sichuan Earthquake recovery) and we are looking forward to meeting you! For details, please visit http://dukechina.org.

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:00pm - 11:00 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: Chinese Embassy, GSA, GPSC
Where: CIEMAS auditorium,lobby and Atrium (http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7735)
Why: 2009 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is coming and DCSSA is preparing a big party to celebrate the most important Chinese holiday. We will have delicious Chinese buffet, performances by Duke Chinese students, lantern puzzles and games with nice prizes and CCTV Spring Festival Show will be broadcasted. All audience will also have the chance to draw a lottery for wonderful gifts. The admission fee is only $2 (all ticket sale will be 100% donated to help with Sichuan Earthquake recovery) and we are looking forward to meeting you! For details, please visite our website http://dukechina.org.

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:00pm - 11:00 pm
Contact: dcssa2009@gmail.com
Sponsor: Chinese Embassy, GSA, GPSC
Where:

CIEMAS auditorium,lobby and Atrium

http://maps.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7735

Why: 2009 Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is coming and DCSSA is preparing a big party to celebrate the most important Chinese holiday. We will have delicious Chinese buffet, performances by Duke Chinese students, lantern puzzles and games with nice prizes and CCTV Spring Festival Show. All audience will also have the chance to draw a lottery for wonderful gifts. Everything is free and we are looking forward to meeting you! For details, please visit our website: http://dukechina.org