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Events Past Events 12/4/07 Participatory Interventions in Public Space: Rural Community Experiences. Held at Georgetown Univeristy Conference Room ICC 141. Included remarks from Arturo Valenzuela (Director - Center for Latin American Studies), Gerard Martin (Director - Colombia Program), Alvaro Montilla (Director, Escuela Taller Popayán), Orlando Astudillo (Community Leader, Cauca), David Johnston (USAID Alternative Development Coordinator), Laura McKechnie (USAID Colombia Desk Officer) 11/06/07 Exhibition Opening Conference - Bogotá: The Proud Revival of a City - . To be held from 2:30 - 4:30 Georgetown University Intercultural Center 7th Floor Conference Room- Exibition Conference: Remarks by Gerard Martin (Director - Colombia Program), Bryan McCann (Director - Brazil Studies Program), Chris Hale (CLAS), Michael Bodakowski (MSFS) and Seth Cantey (CLAS). 11/5/07 - Opening of Exposition "Bogota: The Proud Revival of a City" (*large file download) to be held on the 3rd Floor of the Intercultural Center at Georgetown Univeristy. See article in Georgetown Blue & Gray 10/24/07 Movie Screening of "PVC-1" a film by Spiros Stathoulopoulos. Co-Organized with the Embassy of Greece Press and Communications Office. " Also see: PCV-1 Official Website and Information about the director, film, and the Cannes Film Festival Article in El Tiempo - October 27, 2007 on PCV-1 and Spiros Stathoulopoulos 10/17/07 Environmental and Social Impacts of Drug Trafficking: Problems and Solutions - 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm to be held on Capital Hill, Washington D.C. (Click here for detailed information and address) Click here for Manuel Rodriguez Becerra's PowerPoint Presentation on drug trafficking and the environment 10/16/07 Exposition "Bogota: The Proud Revival of a City" (*large file download) to be held at the Inter-American Development Bank (Click here to to see agenda flyer) 9/27/07 Consolidating Local Democracy in Colombia: City Councils, Political Parties, and the Upcoming Elections, with María Isabel Nieto, Vice Ministry of Interior, Honorio Henríquez, Director of the College of Public Administration, Colombia (Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, ESAP), and Alvaro Rendón, Former General Secretary of the Conservative Party of Colombia. Click here to view the Vice Minister's powerpoint presentation Click here to view Honorío Henríquez's powerpoint presentation 9/12/07 Access to Justice in Rural Areas in Colombia - Event Panel members included: Mario Cordoba, Representative of Access to Justice Initiatives, Ministry of Interior and Justice; Luis Salas, Director of the Center for the Administration of Justice, College of Health and Urban Affair, Florida International University, USAID Access to Justice Program; and Norma Galvez, International Consultant, Expert on Access to Justice for ethnic groups. Click here to view Mario Cordoba's presentation 5/29/07 - 6/1/07 Photography Exibition: "The Wayuú" featuring Santiago Harker (Colombia) See article in Georgetown Blue & Gray Newspaper 5/7/07 Celebrating 50 Years of Exchange Between Colombia and the United States, presentation and discussion on thep positive impact Fulbright Scholars have had in Colombia. Fulbright Program - Colombian Quarterly, April-June 2001 N° 61 - Review of event at Georgetown 4/30/07 Colombian Coffee: A Social and Cultural Experience. Talk by Juan Esteban Orduz, Executive Director of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. 4/17/07 Colombian Film History: XX and XXI Centuries. Showing of the Colombia film, "Trilogy". Lecture by Film Historian Margarita Vega. 4/16/07 Colombian Film History: XX and XXI Centuries. Showing of the Colombia film, "Al Final del Espectro". Lecture by Film Historian Margarita Vega. 2/9/07 Lecture by Dr. Ricardo Montezuma - "Public Policies for Healthy Cities in Latin America: The Environment and Public Transportation" click here for a summary of the event.