PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ETHIOPIA

SOCEPP Canada cordially invites you and your family to a public discussion exploring major issues affecting current day Ethiopia and their implications for democratization and Human Rights. We are fortunate to bring you a team of distinguished and remarkable scholars from the US and Canada , to inform you and engage you on a number of important topics.

Date & Time: Saturday, January 15, 2011, at 4:00PM

Place:      Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave, Ottawa, ON

Mr. David Lord, Executive Director of Peacebuild Canada will make opening remarks on peace in Ethiopia and Africa .

Three main speakers will make presentations on the following topics:

Dr. Busha Taa, Lecturer and former President of the Ethiopian Association of Toronto .
TOPIC: Looking ahead by looking back: Two Decades of Ethnic based Politics in Ethiopia , implication for Ethiopia ’s Stability

Dr Ghelawdewos Araia, Professor of Education at City University of New York . 

TOPIC: The Role of the Diaspora in the Quest for Democratization in Ethiopia .

Dr Worku Aberra, Chair of the Economics Department at Dawson College in Montreal

TOPIC: The Inquitable Distribution of Health Services in Ethiopia . 

PS: At the end of the discussion there will be a book signing event by Dr. Ghelawdewos on his new book titled፣ “Cultures that We Must Preserve and Reject” (Amharic).

To learn more about SOCEPP Canada and the work we do, please visit us at www.humanrightsethiopia.com