IPCR Weekly Bulletin
Job and Internship Opportunities
***Important – IPCR is looking to hire a new Skills Institute Assistant ASAP! Please notify Nicole
Smith if you know of someone interested.
Advocacy for the Americas Internship
The Advocacy Director (AD) for the Americas at Amnesty International USA works on influencing
policy, creating research and promoting human rights in the Americas. This internship reports directly to
the AD and provide support and experience in: developing and implementing advocacy strategies and
tactics; contact with government bodies and officials, conducting research; developing writing and editing
skills; managing databases; analyzing emerging areas of relevant law and government policy, tracking the
progress of legislation in the United States Congress, and learning about the international human rights
framework. For more information, please visit https://careers.aiusa.org/vacancy/204/description/.
WATER, Scientific Officer
WATER is a newly formed multidisciplinary group of experts that will promote and engage in activities
aimed at addressing emerging and re-emerging infectious disease control in West Africa. The group will
partner with communities, research institutions, and all the key stakeholders involved in the response to
emerging and re-emerging disease threats by providing strategic advice and specific support including
logistics like regional experts and supplies.
WATER seeks a Scientific Officer to be responsible its programmatic and organizational components.
The Scientific Officer will be based in the OSIWA offices in Dakar. The application deadline is February
25. Please visit http://www.osiwa.org/Job-Announcement-Scientific.html?lang=en for more information.
Events
The Leading Ladies of Foreign Policy, Feb. 24
Join USFPA and Rosario Londoño Villa, CEO and founder of the Inter-American Development Bank, for
a chat about a career with a multinational organization and being a professional woman in the field of
international relations! The event will be in Bender Library Room 115 from 3:30-5:00pm on February 24.
Step Up Bystander Intervention Training, Feb. 25
SIS and the Office of Campus Life is hosting a sexual assault awareness training to teach those in the AU
community how to step up! The event will be on February 25 from 11-12:30 in the Abramson Family
Founders Room. To RSVP, visit
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eaigwuej2aee01aa&oseq=&c=&ch=.
Bush Administration’s Interrogation Techniques: Consequences of the Senate Report, Feb. 25
This session of the Table Talk Lunch Series will include Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow at the
Brookings Institution, and Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. It will be held in the Kay
Spiritual Life Center at 12pm. To RSVP, please email KSLC@american.edu.
China’s New Silk Road Strategy, Feb. 25
The Asia Studies Research Council is hosting the 202nd Washington Asia Forum on February 25 at
2:30pm in the SIS Founders Room. The event will feature Dr. Shino Wanatabe. Shino Watanabe is an
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University in Japan. After graduating from
the University of Tokyo, she received her M.A. from Tufts University and earned her Ph.D. in Foreign
Affairs from the University of Virginia. She also studied at Peking University. Before joining Sophia
University, she taught at Saitama University (2010-2014). She served as Security Studies Fellow of the
Japan Foundation (2004-2006) and Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA),
Tokyo (2008-2010).
US-Africa Policy: A Conversation with Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, Feb. 25
SIS Professor Carl Levan will facilitate a conversation with Dr. Sanders on the importance of Africa to
the US and highlights from her new book: Legendary Uli: Women of Nigeria. The event will be on
February 25 in the Abramson Family Founders Room from 4-6pm.
Global Education Forum: Extremism and Education, March 19
The Spring 2015 Global Education Forum featuring renowned experts (including our own Susan
Shepler!) on education and its role in confronting violent extremist groups and movements. Our panelists,
who conduct research and observe activity in the United States, Greece, Germany, Nigeria, and Liberia,
will discuss educational challenges related to ideological and religious extremism. The event will be held
in the Butler Board Room on March 19 from 5-7pm. For more information, visit
http://www.american.edu/cas/seth/itep/Global-Education-Forum.cfm.
Nonviolent Communication Bazaar, March 21
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), or Collaborative Communication, is a powerful tool for resolving
and mediating interpersonal, intra-personal, organizational, and inter-group conflicts. It is used worldwide
by parents, teachers, doctors, social workers, managers and others to improve their work and home life.
The practice of NVC can help us understand ourselves more fully, provide us with a sense of power and
choice in our lives, and open our hearts to compassionately connect and collaborate with others.
This day-long public event will bring together DC-area NVC trainers to offer a variety of interactive
sessions on various topics for participants with a variety of skills levels to choose from. Topics may
include social change, mediation, reconciliation, communication, leadership, parenting, trauma-healing,
romantic or family relationships, and workplace conflict.
The event is free and childcare available upon request. More detailed information to follow (and to be
posted at capitalNVC.org). Contact maassive@gmail.com with any questions, interest in contributing, or
other suggestions. The event will be on Saturday, March 21, 9:00am-6:30pm in Ward Hall.
South Sudan Crisis: Human Rights and Role of International Community, March 23
Since December 2013, South Sudan has been embroiled in renewed violent conflict. More than 1 million
have been forcibly displaced and over 20,000 people have been killed. Most of the displaced are women
and children, living in dire conditions within refugee and protective camps. Mediation efforts by the
African Union’s Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) along with the US, EU, and UN
have failed to establish any sustainable peace. The conflict threatens the social fabric of South Sudanese
society as well as the stability of the entire East African region.
Join Creative Peace Initiatives in a discussion with South Sudanese and other experts on the root causes
of the conflict and approaches for its resolution. The event will be on March 23 from 6-7:30pm in the
Abramson Family Founders Room. Food will be served!
Additional opportunities and information can be found on the IPCR website:
www.american.edu/sis/ipcr and SIS Events: http://www.american.edu/sis/events/index.cfm.