>Dear Colleagues:
>
>Attached please find the program for the 2nd International Conference on
>Youth & Education for the 21st Century to be held on the campus of Texas
>A&M University-Corpus Christi from May 30 through June 2
>
>We just received word from Washington that the Hon. Donald E. Powell,
>Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, has graciously accepted our
>invitation to give the luncheon keynote address on Wednesday, May 31 at
>11:30 a.m.
>
>As you will see from the program, we have an extraordinary group of
>speakers from across the US and around the world. Our 24 keynote speakers
>& 100+ presenters are renowned individuals from many disciplines and
>professions. We have planned beautiful receptions, meals and music on the
>Bay of Corpus Christi. Join us. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />Please
>pre-register at our
>website:
><http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu/>http://21stcenturyconference.tamucc.edu
>
>
>2006 Keynote Speakers <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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>The Honorable Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast
>Rebuilding, Washington, D.C. Former Chairman of the Board of Regents for
>the Texas A&M University System, 18th Chairman of the Federal Deposit
>Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
>
>
>
>Jan Edmonson, Chief Spokesperson for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Western Hemisphere, US
>State Department
>
>Committing Oneself to Public Service
>
>
>
>Dr. Vladimir Sokolov, Director of the Cyber Security Institute, Moscow
>State University, Russia
>
>Cyber Security & Counter-Terrorism: Protecting the Future for Youth
>
>
>
>Professor Liping Huang, Executive Assistant to the President, East China
>Normal University, Shanghai, the Peoples Republic of China. Former
>Director of International Exchange Division of the University. Vice Dean,
>Confucius Institute at the China Institute in New York
>
>Chinese Language & Culture:
>
>Their Importance in the Emerging Global World
>
>
>
>Dr. Hyun-Wook Jung and Dr. Sun-Nam Kim, South Korea. Mrs. Jung is a
>television personality known for her shows on youth and women. Dr. Jung
>is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Korean Ministry of Education
>and Professor of Public Administration at Wonkwang University.
>
>Teaching Democracy: Youth Leadership Programs in South Korea
>
>
>
>Dr. David Embrey, Research Coordinator for Good Samaritan Hospital,
>Children’s Therapy Unit, University of Washington, Seattle. His passion
>for improving the lives of children and his research skills have enabled
>him to expand his horizons to investigate the reduction of trauma for
>child soldiers and war affected children in Liberia, West Africa.
>
>Assuring Recovery for a Lost Generation of Child Soldiers in Africa
>
>
>
>Marko Orsolic, Franciscan Friar, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Founder &
>Director, Project for Inter-Faith Dialogue, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
>
>Multi-Religious Dialogue for a Global World
>
>
>
>Peg Thatcher, Founder & Director of the Project for the End Rape International
>
>Project for the End of Rape: Concept to Delivery
>
>
>
>Guadalupe Rangel, Regent Emerita for the Texas A&M University System,
>
>Introduction for the Honorable Donald E. Powell
>
>
>
>Marco Carceres, senior aerospace analyst for future satellite programs,
>launch vehicles, and space ports, author of the
><http://www.tealgroup.com/products/space/>World Space Systems Briefing,
>contributor to <http://www.aviationnow.com/>Aviation Week & Space
>Technology's annual Source Book and
><http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/>Aerospace America. Founder of Project
>Honduras, a network of 5,500 people and organizations worldwide working to
>create an alternative model of development for poor countries by
>mobilizing and channeling ‘human capital.’ Marco has been interviewed for
>television and radio programs by ABC News, the BBC, CNBC, CNN, Cox
>Broadcasting, and NPR.
>
>Introduction by Kevin S. Hopkins, MD, F.A.C.S., Driscoll Children’s Hospital
>
>Creating an Alternative Model of Development to Empower the Next
>Generation: Using the Internet to Mobilize Human Capital
>
>
>
>Mira Mdivani, 2004 & 2005 Best of the Bar Award in Business Immigration
>Law - The <http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity>Kansas City Business
>Journal. Her pro bono work on behalf of immigrant survivors of domestic
>violence was recognized by <http://www.ksbar.org/>The Kansas Bar
>Association's Pro Bono Certificate of Appreciation Award. The Mdivani Law
>Firm received the Firm of the Year Award from the
><http://www.awl-kc.org/>Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City.
>
>US Immigration Laws: Their Effect on the Lives & Education of Youth
>
>
>
>Joseph Rodriguez, award winning photographer and author of Juvenile, Gang
>Stories in East LA, Flesh Life Sex in Mexico City
>
>Children of Katrina Rebuilding Their Lives: A Photographic Essay
>
>
>
>Jenifer Gregory, MSW, Vice President, World Change for Children
>Psychiatric Social Worker, Western State Hospital, State of Washington,
>International Pediatric Traumatologist. She has also been Humanitarian of
>the Year in California. Jenifer has provided disaster relief including 911
>– Ground Zero, Liberia West Africa, Afghanistan, Romania, Russia, Moldova,
>Mexico, Kosovo and Albania.
>
>Recovering from Profound Catastrophic Trauma: Child Soldiers in
>Liberia, West Africa
>
>
>
>Kevin S. Hopkins, MD, F.A.C.S., Medical Director for International
>Services, Driscoll Children’s Hospital
>
>Dr. Hopkins is founder and former director of Small World Foundation, a
>non-profit organization that provides free plastic and reconstructive
>surgery for children and adults throughout the world without access or
>resources. With various organizations, he has participated in more than 35
>volunteer medical missions throughout Mexico, Central and South America,
>Cuba, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Far East.
>
>Surgical Missions, Training, and Education: Providing Health Care
>
>to the Developing World
>
>
>
>Barbara Gilles, Teachers of the Year 1999, Teacher of the World 2004.
>
>Educating Humanity with Hope & Imagination for 20/20
>
>
>
>Bishop Edmund Carmody, Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi
>
>Parenting in a Complex World
>
>
>
>Mayor Henry Garrett, City of Corpus Christi
>
>State of the City’s Children – Introduction of Bishop Carmody
>
>
>
>Dr. Veronica Guerra, Executive Director, Title V & Trio Programs for
>econonomically and academically disadvantaged youth at Texas A&M
>University-Corpus Christi. Professor of English, Spanish, and
>Education. The Rights of Youth to Post-Secondary Education:
>
>A Status Report on Equality in our American Education System
>
>
>
>Charles Doraine, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Corpus Christi,
>
>To the Top
>
>
>
>Ruben Bonilla, Chairman, Port Commission of Corpus Christi
>
>International Trade & Global Business Prospects in the 21st Century
>
>
>
>Sam L. Susser, President & CEO, SSP Partners
>
>Energy Needs for the 21st Century: What Youth Need to Know
>
>
>
>Dr. Richard Tapia, Rice University, Director of the Center for Excellence
>& Equity in Education
>
>Challenges & Successes in Providing Quality Science & Math
>
>Education for All Our Children
>
>
>
>Michael Tolle, MD, Board Certified in Family Practice, Driscoll Children’s
>Hospital, Dallas, Texas. Has practiced and volunteered in Guatemala, El
>Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Haiti, Jamaica,
>Bulgaria, Malawi, Zambia. Physician with the Baylor School of Medicine
>International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Lesotho August 2006
>
>Toward a Hopeful Future - Current and Future Responses to the HIV/AIDS
>Epidemic in Southern Africa - A Focus on Children's Issues
>
>
>
>Stephanie Elizondo Griest, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, is currently
>a Hodder Fellow/writer-in-residence at Princeton University. This young
>author of Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing & Havana, is writing
>a second book on her travels in Mexico.
>
>Living & Working in a Global World: A Young Person’s Perspective
>
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Dorothy & Nikola
>
>Dorothy S. McClellan, Regents Professor of Criminal Justice
>Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
>
>Nikola Knez
>Filmmaker
>Conference Conveners
>
>
>
>
>
>
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