An updated activity schedule for public events will be posted in mid-November.
Examples of recent events:
Election Live Blog November 10 The Center provided a live blog of election returns and analysis of the 2009 Tulsa city elections. The blog was carried on a specially created webpage on the Center's site, and also was available by Twitter for followers using mobile devices. The blog correctly projected the official mayoral winner just 33 minutes after the polls closed, and earlier had also projected the likely winner in the race for City Auditor.
The Changing Role of Women October 28 (in Brasília, Brazil) Presentations by Center Director Rodger Randle at the V Fórum Mundial das Américas, África e Amazonas (sponsored by the União Feminina das Américas). (The event was conducted in Portuguese.)
The Obama Presidency: An Evaluation of the First Six Months October 13-15 (in Monterrey and Matamoros, México) Presentations by Center Director Rodger Randle at a series of seminars and talks organized by Tec de Monterrey and other universities; the presentations were coordinated by the United States Consulate in Monterrey. (The events was conducted in Spanish.)
United Nations Day Dinner October 20 (an annual dinner of the United Nations Association of Eastern Oklahoma, at the Oaks Country Club) The Director of the Center was the Honorary Chairman of the dinner and will also present the evening's speaker, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justic Marion Opala.
The Music and Culture of Argentina October Dr. Héctor Hugo Rotela and Dr. Adolfo Fleischman were the Center's guests for a week of activities to promote understanding of the culture and politics of Argentina. (Details of dates and schedule will be announed in September.
Global Vision Award Dinner May 21 (The annual dinner of the Tulsa Global Alliance was held this year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Tulsa.) The Director of the Center was the Honorary Chairman of the dinner and presented Mollie Williford, one of the two 2009 honorees.
America in the Time of the Constitution. Noon - 1:00pm, September 5, Conf. Room 1J10, OU-Tulsa. A talk by Center Director Rodger Randle as part of OU-Tulsa's official observance of Constitution Day 2008. Free and open to the public. Link here.
Center Director Appears on the Pat Campbell Show on the Fox Radio Affiliate in Tulsa
Rodger Randle was an hour-long guest on the Pat Campbell Show on Radio KFAQ in Tulsa in early November. KFAQ is the local Fox affiliate and has a high audience rating. The interview provided insights about what life will be like for the new Tulsa mayor. Randle has also recently appear with attorney and published Jim Goodwin on AM 1340 in Tulsa.
The interview on the Pat Campbell Show can be heard online by clicking here.
In addition to the appearance on KFAQ, Randle appeared on several Spanish-language radio and television stations in Monterrey and Matamoros during his recent speaking tour in Mexico.
Interviews and quotes have also appeared in recent Tulsa print publications such as Tulsa People, Urban Tulsa, and the Tulsa World.
The Center Launches Project in Cooperation with the Braziliam Municipal Association.
José Rassier, President of the Associação Brasileira de Municípios (ABM), has invited the Center to be a partner participant in its program of capacitation for municipal officials in Brazil. Randle and Rassier met together to outline the Center's participation during a meeting in Brasília in late October.
The Center Director is a former president of the Oklahoma Municipal League and a former Mayor of Tulsa and will assist the ABM by linking information and reources from the USA to local governments in Brazil. A meeting in Spring, 2010, has been planned to formalize the project.
Additional information is available (in Portuguese) from the website of the ABM, including the text of an interview conducted at the ABM officies in Brasília with Rodger Randle. Click here for the article (you will need to scroll down the page till you reach the article).
Peter Harris, Long Time Friend of the Center, Returns to Tulsa in September.
For more than two decades, Peter Graham Harris served asan Assistant Secretary and was responsible to ministers for a wide range of polices and legislation relating to the justice system including the reform of family, tort, contract and property law, the courts, legal aid and the regulation of the legal services market.
He was instrumental in bringing economic analysis and strategic planning to bear on civil justice policy-making. During those 24 years, Harris had three periods out of the Ministry working for the Law Commission, the Cabinet Office, and the Court Service and also worked with the World Bank and was the UK representative in negotiations at the Council of Europe, The Hague Conference on Private International Law and the European Commission on international aspects of judicial and law reform. Harris left government service in late 2003. He is now based at the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy in the University of Oxford where he is teaching law and researching the policy and legislative process.
Harris met with OU students and spoke the September Sunday brunch of the English Spaking Union at Tulsa Country Club, as well as speaking at a luncheon at the Tulsa Press Club that was co-sponsored by the Center. (His visit to Tulsa this year is sponsored by the English Speaking Union.) Mr. Harris' speech to the English Speaking Union is available online in the "multimedia" section of this page (above).
Dr. Gu, Limei visited the Center in November.
Dr. Gu, limei accepted an invitation from the Center to visit in November, Dr. Gu is an associate professor in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of the prestigious Fundan University in Shanghai. She also serves as Director of the Development and Public Policy Center and is vice-director of Fudan's University's MPA program. Dr. Gu has traveled widely in the USA, Europe, and Asia. During her visit to Oklahoma she spoke to various student and community groups on a the emerging role of China in the world.
"Communicating in Latin America" Is the Topic of a New Video.
The Educational Video Group, a national publisher of multimedia materials, has added a new video to their catalogue featuring the Center's Director, Prof. Rodger Randle. The video, created at the Center, explains the ins and outs of effective communication in Latin cultures and offers tips for people who will be traveling or doing business in the region. Topics covered include cultural orientation in Latin America and its historic roots, language differences within the region, and social and business customs. The video is available for purchase from the Educational Video Gorup. To visit their website, click here.
Global Kids Connection to Be Lauched During 2008-2009 School Year.
The Center has recently received the good news that it has been selected to participate in an exciting and innovative program for K-12 education. The program has been titled “Global Kids Connection” and is designed to stimulate interest in world cultures and world geography. Participating schools are located in rural southern Oklahoma. The Center’s role in the project will include live video conferencing events between the students and the Center’s offices at OU-Tulsa. The events will feature guests from global cultural backgrounds. The Center will also be developing a special web site for the students and the creation of special video content. The program has been funded though a rural technology grant of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Center is very honored to have been selected as a content provider.
The Center was pleased to host one of Oklahoma's most distinguished political figures at a special event at Harwelden. Mickey Edwards was a long time member of the Oklahoma congressional delegation, and he rose to prominence in Washington as a national leader of the conservative movement. At the time of his election to congress from Oklahoma City he was one of only two Republicans in the delegation. After leaving Congress, Edwards spent several years at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is currently at the Woodrow Wilson Center at Princeton, and he continues to write and speak widely throughout the United States. Grandchildren in Oklahoma City give him a reason to return frequently to Oklahoma.
"Reclaiming Conservatism" was published by Oxford Press.
The Center Leads OU-Tulsa's Constitution Day Observances.
The Center has created a special website about the United States Constitution as the centerpiece of OU-Tulsa's observance of Constitution Day on September 14, and Center Director Rodger Randle provided a talk on "America in the Time of the Constitution" (see the schedule of Center events. Constitution Day is observed each year and colleges and universities that receive federal funding of any kind are required by law to observe the day with activities that promote understanding and knowledge of the Constitution. The Center has focused OU-Tulsa's study of the Constitution on the Bill of Rights and the guarantees it provides to each citizen. To visit the Constitution Day website, click here.
The Constitution Day website includes a link to a full text version of the Constitution as well as a number of self-study options for those who would like to learn more about the history and significance of the document. Also included are a number of quotes from notable Americans about the Constitution. Although the website was created especially for the obsevance of Constitution Day, it will be open all year and will remain available for the use of those who are interested in learning more about American heritage.
The talk "America in the Time of the Constitution" was free and open to the public x x
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The Americanization of England. A talk by Peter Graham Harris at the September 2008 meeting of the English Speaking Union in Tulsa. Click here.
A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007. A talk by Russell Evans at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
Comments on the Economic and Social Impact of Anti-Ilegals Legislation (HB 1804) in Oklahoma. A talk by Dr. Scott Carter at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
Economics, Immigration, and America's Future. A talk by Dan Siciliano at the annual meeting of the Coalition of Hispanic Organization (Tulsa), hosted by the Center at OU Tulsa in August 2008. Click here.
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For a biography of the Director of the Center, click here.
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