Author: Jonathan Munoz

The Date with History contest encourages young people, aged 13 to 30, to upload a video speech about the future of the planet to appear at the United Nations Rio+20 Conference from June 20-22. One winner will travel to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the summit. The winner… Read the rest at our website.

Timur Kuzibaev, 22, a political science major from Miami Dade College North Campus, will be headed to Germany soon. Kuzibaev has been selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals, a full-year work-study fellowship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange. The program begins in July… Read the rest at our website.

Ivonne Baki, Secretary of State for the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, will discuss a new environmental protection initiative in Ecuador to protect a national park on April 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wolfson Campus Auditorium, 300 NE Second Ave., Room 1261. The initiative involves the Ecuadorian government and… Read the rest at our website.

Students Aiding International Development (S.A.I.D) will screen scenes from the HBO documentary The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, on March 13 at Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104 St., in Room 6120. Screenings will be held twice, from 9:50 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. and from 5:40 p.m. to 6:55… Read the rest at our website.

The Students Aiding International Development (S.A.I.D) Club, in partnership with Campus Activities Board and Phi Theta Kappa, are hosting the “Heal, Empower, Rebuild” Concert for Congo. S.A.I.D’s goal is to raise $20,000 to build a safe house for rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The safe house… Read the rest at our website.