INTEGRATING SCHOLARSHIP & ACTIVISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

CUSP cordially invites you to our final Speaker Series event of the semester:

“INTEGRATING SCHOLARSHIP & ACTIVISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE”
with Dena Merriam, Founder & Convener for the Global Peace Initiative of Women

TONIGHT! Tuesday, November 27th
6:00-8:00pm
World Room (2nd floor of the Journalism Building)

Dena Merriam is Founder and Convener of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, an international interfaith organization that develops peace building programs in areas of conflict and post-conflict. She has organized major interfaith summits around the world including the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious & Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations. She has worked extensively to build dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian women, and has recently launched an initiative to build dialogue among different groups of Iraqi women. Currently she serves on the board of the Interfaith Center in New York, the All India Movement for Seva and is an advisor to the board of the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association. She received her Masters Degree from Columbia University with a special focus on Hindu studies. Over the past several years, she has been working with the United Nations to develop leadership programs for young adults around the world. She has served on the Board of the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions and the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy

www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/scholars