AAI
President James Zogby to Speak Across Iowa on U.S. Policy in the Middle
East and What Iowans Can Do About It: Lecture Series to Hit Major Iowa
Colleges, Universities Next Week
By Andy Sabino
Arab
American Institute (AAI) President James Zogby will be speaking across
Iowa next week, giving a series of talks on U.S. policy in the Middle
East and on how Iowans can effectively raise these policy issues as
presidential candidates campaign in the state.
The trip
is Zogby’s second this year to the first caucus state, where AAI has
been working to promote issues of concern to the Arab American
community in the presidential elections. AAI’s Iowa efforts are
part of its broader, national “Yalla Vote 08” campaign to promote Arab
American involvement in the presidential elections and elevate issues
of particular concern to Arab Americans. Concerned Iowans have
been working throughout the year to promote discussion on reviving the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process on the presidential campaign trail,
as former President Jimmy Carter suggested in his April speech in Iowa
City. Zogby last visited Iowa in April, speaking in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa City and Des Moines.
Zogby
will first deliver his talk, entitled “The Mess We’re In: How U.S.
Leaders Have Failed Us in the Middle East and What You Can Do,” at the
Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23.
The event is not open to the public, but is open to the press.
Zogby will also speak at the Iowa City Public Library as part of the
University of Iowa International Mondays series, at Iowa State
University as part of the Iowa State World Affairs Lecture Series, at
Kirkwood Community College, at the University of Northern Iowa, and at
Grinnell College. These college and university events are free
and open to the public.
A complete listing of Zogby’s speaking engagements is below:
The events below are free and open to the public
Mon., Sept. 24
12 p.m.
Iowa City Public Library
123 S Linn St.
Iowa City, Iowa
Part of the University of Iowa International Mondays series.
2:30 p.m.
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Hall, Room 234
6301 Kirkwood Blvd., SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
8 p.m.
University of Northern Iowa
Maucker Union Expansion
1227 W. 27th St.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Tuesday, Sept. 25
12 p.m.
Grinnell College
Rosenfield Center, Room 209
Grinnell, Iowa
8 p.m.
Iowa State University
Memorial Union Sun Room
Ames, Iowa
Part of the Iowa State World Affairs Lecture Series.
MORE INFO
Visit http://www.aaiusa.org/zogby_iowa_tour
About the Arab American Institute
Founded
in 1985, the Arab American Institute (AAI) is a nonprofit organization
committed to the civic and political empowerment of Americans of Arab
descent. AAI provides policy, research and public affairs
services to support a broad range of community activities. For more
information on AAI, please visit http://www.aaiusa.org or call 202-429-9210.
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