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East West Center Association 2016 Third Quarter Chapter Reports Compiled by Dr EAST WEST CENTER ASSOCIATION 2016 THIRD QUARTER CHAPTER REPORTS COMPILED BY DR. JESSICA A. SHEETZ-NGUYEN VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT ASIA PACIFIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM MILONI GANDHI On September 27, over 80 alumni and friends joined the APLP Global Pau Hana gatherings in Europe, Asia and Latin America with strong attendance in Silicon Valley (Bay area San Fransisco), New York City, Hong Kong, London, Honolulu, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Bangkok, Singapore, Chennai, and Tokyo. ASIAN STUDIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DONA M. CADY, PRESIDENT, ASDP ALUMNI CHAPTER The Asian Studies Development Program announces their annual conference titled: Connections: Confluences and Contradictions. It will be held on March 2-4, 2017 in Portland, Oregon hosted by the Association of Regional Centers for Asian Studies (ARCAS) and Regional Center Portland Community College. Keynote Dr. Edward Slingerland, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University, will speak on Trying Not to Try: Cooperation, Trust and the Paradox of Spontaneity. Before the conference, there is an optional field trip to Portland’s famous Lan Su Chinese Garden. Conference paper proposals are due November 1st and the CFP and registration information is available at http://www.eastwestcenter.org/education/asian-studies-development-program/national- conference/2017-asdp-national-conference We hope to see you there! BALI AGUNG MUNINJAYA, BALI CHAPTER LEADER The Bali chapter completed and sent a joint sister chapter project to EWCA member Claire Langham soon after she visited Bali last March! The sister chapter project was prepared by Bali chapter and reviewed by the Southern California chapter (Claire Langham). The project activity will promote English-language training program for youth living in the Bali village of Denpasar City. Claire and her team reviewed the proposal. After revisions based on feedback, the Bali Chapter resubmitted the proposal to their “sister chapter” in Southern California. We do hope that the sister chapter joint-project will revitalize our Bali chapter, which has faced difficulties in moving onward because of declining membership. Thank you for your kind attention. Salam BANGLADESH ABU A. M. EKRAMUL AHSAN, CHAPTER LEADER The Bangladesh Chapter conducted meetings that included new recently returned alumni from the East-West Center upon completion of their programs. During the reporting period, the Bangladesh Chapter continued with small scale community support project by helping the poor and needy people of the society through financial support to improve their respective livelihood status and sustainable income generating activities. This included: Financial support to the poor students in the rural communities for their education. Improvement of health and hygiene conditions through disseminating lessons learned from Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions The chapter has taken up some new and innovative activities keeping with the spirit of the Center in general and of the Alumni goals and objectives in particular. The proposed activities, among others, include the following. Creation of a chapter fund with member contributions. Chapter to sponsor poor underprivileged children to help them improve their nutritional status (through supply of nutritious food) Undertake awareness campaign through conducting workshops on critical social and economic issues. Organize periodic alumni get-together. The specific proposal is to organize an alumni get- together with US Ambassador to Bangladesh as the guest of honor and to speak on contemporary issues. Publication of monthly Chapter e-newsletter. BRISBANE VIRTUAL AUSTRALIA CHAPTER REPORT DR. IRAPHNE CHILDS, CHAPTER LEADER Contact Information of Contact Person: Name: Dr. Iraphne Childs Phone: (07) 3856 2827 (Home) 0419 756 936 (mob) Email: [email protected] Address: 226 Wilston Road, Newmarket, Queensland 4051 AUSTRALIA Chapter Website Coordinator: Name: Iraphne Childs Email: [email protected] Web Address: http://ewcabrisbane.org/ Current Office Bearers: President: Iraphne Childs Vice President: N/A Secretary: Edilyn Bajracharya Treasurer: Bhishna Bajracharya The Brisbane Chapter would like to offer: A warm welcome to Dr. Richard R. Vuylsteke, the next president of the East-West Center. Great to have an East-West Center alumnus with extensive experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region as President. Condolences to our sister chapter in Nepal on the passing of their distinguished alumnus, Dr. Prabha Basnet, the first woman in Nepal to be awarded a Ph.D. Queensland: We will be holding our Chapter AGM meeting in late October. Alumnus member Tim McInerny has finished his assignment in Nigeria as Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN-OCHA and has returned to Australia. International: EWCA Board: Karen Nunan has been participating in deliberations of the East-West Center Alumni Board. Visits to Indonesia: in August Bhishna Bajracharya visited Surabaya, Indonesia to present a paper at the workshop (July 21-23) on urban governance for sustainable development in Asia: access to services for social equity, organized by the East-West Center. After the workshop, Bhishna also participated in the HABITAT III Preparatory meeting which was working on the new urban agenda for the next 20 years. Jakarta Population Conference: Terry Hull, a demographer and an affiliate member of our chapter in Canberra, attended a population conference in Jakarta, Indonesia Disaster risk management joint activity: We have had initial contacts with our Nepal sister Chapter and with the Philippines Chapter, about a possible joint activity relating to knowledge exchange on disaster risk management. Support for Nepalese students: We continue to support our two Nepalese students through their tertiary studies. Lasha Manandhar is in her third year of nursing studies in Mangalore, India and Sunu Rai will be completing her fashion design and manufacture course in Nepal in June 2017. Friends from the Nepal Australia Friendship Association who are currently in Nepal are assisting us with purchasing a sewing machine for Sunu as a graduation present. Chapter members are encouraged to make contributions to the Center individually with financial contributions Chapter members are encouraged to contact the EWC Alumni Office to update contact information. Most Affiliate members live in other cities in Australia and so dues are optional. They are asked to let us know when they are in town so we can try to offer some hospitality, and are kept informed of our activities so they can join in if they wish. CHENNAI CHAPTER DR. S. RAJAMANI, CHAPTER LEADER AND SECRETARY Asian International Union of Environment (AIUE) Commission, E-mail: [email protected] June – September 2016 was a very active period for Chennai Chapter and organized many programs in co-operation with other organizations. APLP Awardees held an interactive meeting with EWCA Chennai Chapter and Rotary Club of Ambattur on 9th August 2016 in Chennai. Dr.Vasanthi Ranganathan, Open Grants Grantee, 87-91, Alumna EWCA Chennai Chapter and active Rotary member introduced the current year APLP awardee Mr.Phanikumar, 2015 awardee Ms.Devi Jessie Mary, and Dr.S.Rajamani, Secretary, EWCA Chennai Chapter to the participants of the interactive meeting organized jointly by EWCA Chennai Chapter and the Rotary Club of Ambattur. Dr.Vasanthi Ranganathan explained the recent activities of EWCA Chennai Chapter including the hosting of four APLP awardees of 2015 who had visited Chennai. They organized social entrepreneurship programs for teachers, college students, and school students and watched cultural dances as performed by the Dandiya of the Ambattur Rotary Club. This year Mr.Phanikumar from Chennai, an excellent social activist, who has made important contributions to social action received the APLP award in Hawaii on 26th August 2016. Ms.Gita Menon, President, Rotary Club of Ambattur welcomed the gathering and felicitated Mr.Phanikumar a Rotarian along with Dr.S.Rajamani, Secretary, EWCA Chennai Chapter. She was very happy to mention that Mr.Phanikumar has been associated with the Rotary Club of Ambattur for the past ten years. Dr.S.Rajamani gave a brief lecture on the background of EWCA, Hawaii, its Alumni Chapters all over the world and the recent activities of EWCA Chennai Chapter in association with US Consulate General, Chennai and other organizations. Dr.S.Rajamani shared his thoughts on EWC and congratulated Mr.Phanikumar. Ms.Devi Jessie Mary last year’s APLP awardee shared her experience as a participant and offered good wishes to Mr.Phanikumar for a successful program in Hawaii. The photographs taken during the program appear below: From Left to Right – Ms.Devi Jessie Mary, Dr.S.Rajamani, Mr.Phanikumar, Rtn.Gita Menon, Rtn.Sarma and Rtn.Vasanthi Ranganathan Group photo – Members of EWCA Chennai Chapter and Rotary Club of Ambattur 2016 EAST WEST CENTRE MEDIA CONFERENCE – SOUTH ASIA IN DELHI, 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2016. The following Chennai chapter members participated in the 2016 East West Center Media Conference 1. Mr.P.M.Belliappa, President, EWCA Chennai Chapter 2. Dr.S.Rajamani, Secretary, EWCA Chennai Chapter 3. Dr.Vasanthi Ranganathan, EWCA Chennai Chapter 4. Dr. Syed Ali Mujtaba, EWCA Chennai Chapter EWCA Chennai Chapter Members during South Asia Conference at New Delhi. Dr.Vasanthi Ranganathan Consultant Learning and Development, Managing Trustee, T Ranganathan Educational Foundation
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