http://blog.theirc.org/2008/02/08/this-weeks-voices-10/ the blog of the international rescue committee Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.theirc.org/2008/02/08/this-weeks-voices-10/#comment-2461 Sarah Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:41:03 +0000 http://theirc.wordpress.com/?p=516#comment-2461 It's true that all over the developing world we are faced with tremendous challenges in healthcare, human rights and political upheaval. It's great that in addition to taltented women working within these communities, someone who has a lot of star power behind her (Jolie) is acting to bring these issue to the general population but it's simply not enough. More voices need to be heard by more people. I'm happy to be working for a place that does a lot of work with developing nations (Art Center College of Design) where I know people are constanly trying to find ways to improve the world through design. There will be a conference in March called the Global Dialogues(http://www.artcenter.edu/dialogues) that brings together a lot of innovative thinking to discuss these issues- climate change, geopolitics, business, belief systems. But again, it's not enough to have one conference to deal with these issues. It's a start. Hopefully more events and symposiums will be held to speak and deal with these ever-compounding problems. But it's not enough. If you want to learn more about the Global Dialogues you can go to its blog http://blog.globaldialogues.eu/. It's a great event that I hope continues long into the future. It’s true that all over the developing world we are faced with tremendous challenges in healthcare, human rights and political upheaval. It’s great that in addition to taltented women working within these communities, someone who has a lot of star power behind her (Jolie) is acting to bring these issue to the general population but it’s simply not enough. More voices need to be heard by more people. I’m happy to be working for a place that does a lot of work with developing nations (Art Center College of Design) where I know people are constanly trying to find ways to improve the world through design. There will be a conference in March called the Global Dialogues(http://www.artcenter.edu/dialogues) that brings together a lot of innovative thinking to discuss these issues- climate change, geopolitics, business, belief systems. But again, it’s not enough to have one conference to deal with these issues. It’s a start. Hopefully more events and symposiums will be held to speak and deal with these ever-compounding problems. But it’s not enough. If you want to learn more about the Global Dialogues you can go to its blog http://blog.globaldialogues.eu/. It’s a great event that I hope continues long into the future.

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