Mon. July 2
Topic: Rwandan Tribunal
Reconvenes
Guests: David Scheffer,US
Institute of Peace
Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International
An estimated 800,000 Rwandans
were killed in the space of 100 days between April and June 1994. So far
two nuns, a professor and a businessman have been found guilty of taking
part in the genocide. The trials are set to reconvene and our guests will
discuss what happens next and the importance of these trials.
Tue. July 3
Topic: Games We Played
Guest: Steven A. Cohen,
VP
Ogilvy Public Relations
As we start the summer season
in the United States and our activities move outside, author Steven Cohen,
will discuss the games famous people played as children and the impact
those games had on them.
Wed. July 4
Topic: Relevance of the
Declaration of Independence Today
Guest: TBA
Wow ! We’re celebrating
our 225th Birthday ! Did the founding fathers of these United States really
believe their experiment in democracy would last this long or look the
way it does today? Talk To America is putting together a special
birthday show! We’ll be talking to people about the Bill of Rights, The
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and what they mean to our
lives.
Thr. July 5
Topic: Families As We
Are
Guest: Perdita Huston,
frmr Peace Corps country director in Mali & Bulgaria
Ms. Huston has traveled
around the world talking and listening to families. In her book, Families
As We Are , she writes about the changing face of what we now call family.
We will discuss her findings and the new friends she has made throughout
the world.
Fri. July 6
Topic: The Changing Relations
Between North and South Korea
Guests: Peter Beck,
Korea Economic Institute of America
Wm. Drennan, Program Officer, US Institute of Peace
June 25,1950, the North
Korean People’s Army crosses the 38th parallel and invades South Korea.
On June 27, 1950 US President Harry S. Truman ordered the US Air Force
and US Navy to help South Korea. The United States has been involved with
the two countries ever since. Last year, relations started to warm
between the two Koreas. How will this change the role the United States
plays? Our guests will discuss these and other issues surrounding the two
Koreas. . |