[Ghrcmail] Today!:*ROOM CHANGE*--Sustainable Human Development Seminar Series

[Daren Wade]

Subject: Today!:*ROOM CHANGE*--Sustainable Human Development Seminar Series



> Please join us TODAY--Wednesday--for the 2nd seminar in the Sustainable 

> Human

> Development Seminar Series.  (Sponsored by the Marc Lindenberg Center in

> conjunction with the International Development Certificate Program, the 

> Hubert

> H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, and the Population Leadership Program.)

>

> Wednesday, February 14th

> 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

> ***SMITH HALL 115*** (room change)

> "The Challenges and Opportunities of Using Media to Increase Civic

> Participation"

> Presented by: Sudeep Jain (HHH), Aimee Buchholz (IDCP), Sita W. Shankar 

> (PLP),

> Liina Simm (HHH), Aishatu Sule (PLP), Karma Tshering (HHH), and Lea Werbel

> (IDCP)

>

> Often the media is overlooked when investigating the importance of civil 

> society

> and how to increase civic participation. The focus tends to rest on the 

> work of

> NGOs and voluntary groups, and the turnout for local elections. However, 

> the

> media can compliment ongoing community efforts, or contribute on their own 

> to

> increasing civic participation. By serving as a watch dog for civil 

> society,

> providing political and social information, motivating people to take 

> action on

> a particular issue, or advocating for behavior change, the media in its 

> many

> forms has the potential to unite communities, empower individuals, and 

> lead to

> social and political change. This presentation will offer a few 

> interesting

> examples where media have been used successfully to increase civic

> participation. Our presentation will investigate a range of positive and

> negative examples and offer some suggestions as to how media can 

> proactively

> help to increase civic participation, which in turn can lead to more 

> effective

> governance overall.

>

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> Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development

> and Global Citizenship

> Evans School of Public Affairs

> University of Washington, Box 353055

> Seattle, WA 98195-3055

> Phone: 206.221.3026

> Fax: 206.543.1096

> mlcenter at u.washington.edu

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