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President Jimmy Carter, 2014 CTH speaker
China's rapid development and Sino-American relations have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to provide Americans across the United States and beyond the opportunity to discuss these issues with leading experts. The eighth annual CHINA Town Hall will be held on October 16, 2014.
The National Committee is pleased to present this program, which will feature a live webcast with Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, as part of the Conversations at The Carter Center speaker series, followed by local presentations from on-site China specialists addressing topics of particular interest to the community. Each program is co-sponsored by the National Committee and a local organization. CHINA Town Hall is generously underwritten by the Starr Foundation.
To view last year's program brochure, please click here.
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 39th president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Ga., and grew up in nearby Archery. His father was a farmer and businessman and his mother was a registered nurse.
He was educated in the public schools of Plains, and attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology before graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. He became a submariner, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and rising to the rank of lieutenant. Chosen for the nuclear submarine program, he studied reactor technology and nuclear physics at Union College in Schenectady, NY, and served as senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf, the second nuclear submarine.
On July 7, 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. After his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and returned to Georgia. He took over the Carter farms, and he and Rosalynn operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains. He served on county boards supervising education, the hospital authority, and the library. In 1962 he won election to the Georgia Senate. He lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming Georgia's 76th governor in January 1971.
In December 1974, he announced his candidacy for president of the United States, and was elected president on November 2, 1976. He counts among his administration's significant foreign policy accomplishments the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. He championed human rights throughout the world. On the domestic side, the administration's achievements included a comprehensive energy program conducted by a new Department of Energy; deregulation in energy, transportation, communications, and finance; major educational programs under a new Department of Education; and major environmental protection legislation, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
In 1982, President Carter became University Distinguished Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center to address national and international public policy issues, working to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease. The permanent facilities of The Carter Presidential Center were dedicated in October 1986, and include the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives.
President Carter is the author of 28 books, most recently, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, published in April 2014.
On December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
2013 CTH webcast:
2013 CHINA Town Hall Venues (Organized by State)
Arizona Council for International Visitors (Scottsdale)
Bradley Kaplan, USN (Ret.)
"Northeast Asia: Security Challenges and Opportunities"
University of California, San Diego and The Bishop's School (San Diego)
Jeremy Wallace, The Ohio State University
Channel City Club and Committee on Foreign Relations (Santa Barbara)
Cindy Fan, University of California, Los Angeles
"China's Human Tide"
University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder)
Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer College
"China's Environment: Environmental Policies and their Contradictions"
University of Denver (Denver)
Frank Jannuzi, Amnesty International
"Six Dragons Imperiling China's Future"
Southern Connecticut State University and the U.S.-China Center (New Haven)
Liu Yi, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York
Chinese perspectives on doing business with Americans
Yale University (New Haven)
Deborah Davis, Jamie Horsley, Wang Xingzui, and Edward Wittenstein, Yale University
University of Connecticut School of Business (Stamford)
Keith Abell, SunGate Properties
"Trends in U.S.-China Economic Relations"
State College of Florida (Sarasota)
Kevin Nealer, The Scowcroft Group
"U.S.-China Economic Relations: Opportunities at an Inflection Point"
Saint Edward's School (Vero Beach)
Erin Ennis, US-China Business Council
"Five Things You Should Know about U.S.-China Trade"
Georgia State University (Atlanta)
Audrey Winter, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
"Are the Rules of the China Game Changing? Trade Negotiations and Investment Policies"
Pacific Forum, CSIS and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Honolulu)
Brad Glosserman, Pacific Forum, CSIS: "U.S.-China Defense and Security"
Gerald Kato, University of Hawaii at Manoa: "Issues in U.S.-China news media relations"
Betty Brow, Bank of Hawaii and Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii: "How the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii helps strengthen U.S.-China ties"
DePaul University (Chicago)
Amy Celico, Albright Stonebridge Group
"Challenges and Opportunities in America's Economic Relationship with China"
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Gardner Bovingdon, Indiana University
"China, the international community, and the problem of borders"
Des Moines Area Community College (Ankeny)
Jeff Albright, ESP International
"China's Manufacturing Competitiveness: Today and Five years from Now"
Kirkwood Community College (Marion)
Judy Polumbaum, University of Iowa
"The Optics of Understanding: How Chinese & Americans Bewilder Each Other"
Hawkeye Community College (Waterloo)
John E. Clarke, Phoenix Consulting
"Doing Business in China"
University of Kansas (Lawrence)
Dru Gladney, Pomona College
"Ethnic Conflict in Western China: Self-Immolation or Jihad?"
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge)
Randall Schriver, Armitage International, L.C.
Colby College (Waterville)
Katherine Kaup, Furman University
"Conflict and Violence in Xinjiang and Tibet: Is There a Way Out of China?"
Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (Baltimore)
Zha Liyou, Embassy of the People's Republic of China to the United States
"Put the China-U.S. Relationship in Perspective"
Five College Center for East Asian Studies (Amherst)
Jonathan Lipman, Mt. Holyoke College
"From the Pioneer Valley to Schoolrooms in China: Smith, Mount Holyoke, and the Rise of Modern China's Girls' Schools"
Suffolk University (Boston)
Vanessa Fong, Amherst College
"How Chinese Citizens Pursue Education in China and Abroad"
Whitman-Hanson Regional School District (Whitman)
Mike Kryzanek, Bridgewater State University
"The Importance of China in Global Education"
Assumption College (Worcester)
Eric Drouart, Assumption College
"China's Economic Achievements and Challenges"
World Affairs Council of Western Michigan (Grand Rapids)
Robert Daly, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"Reform and Renaissance in Xi Jinping's China"
Lindquist & Vennum (Minneapolis)
Chad Auer, Firestone, CO
"Implications of an Exponential China"
Saint Thomas University (Minneapolis)
Brian Chang
"Economic Impact of De-acceleration in China"
Concordia College (Moorhead)
Michael D. Schumann and Curtis B. Hamre; Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
"Global Intellectual Property Issues with a Focus on China"
Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester)
I. Allen Barber, Denver-Hainan Corporation
"A Current View of China, the Second Largest Economy"
Winona State University (Winona)
Li Zhu, World Wildlife Fund – U.S.
"China's Environmental Awakening: Reality and Outlook"
International Relations Council of Kansas City (Kansas City)
Frederick Jiang, Ivy Investment Management Company
"Myths and Facts about the Chinese Economy"
University of Montana, Missoula (Missoula)
Steven Levine, University of Montana
"Reflections on Secretary Albright's Thoughts on U.S.-China Relations"
University of New Hampshire College of Law (Concord)
Jerry Liu, University of New Hampshire College of Law
"Rock and Roll on the New Long March: Copyright Piracy and the Music Industry in China"
University of New Hampshire (Durham)
Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University
Cranford High School (Cranford)
Min Jiang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
"Across the Great (Fire)Wall: Reflections on the Chinese Internet"
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (Buffalo)
Terrill Lautz, Syracuse University
"China's Identity and Projection of its Image and Influence"
Cornell University (Ithaca)
Tashi Rabgey, The George Washington University
Fordham University School of Law (New York City)
Ira Belkin, New York University School of Law
"Recent Developments and the Intersection of Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Doing Business in China"
State University of New York, College at Oneonta (Oneonta)
Nevan Fisher, Nazareth College
"Breaking Down the Monolith: What Every American Needs to Know about China"
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (Long Island City, Queens)
R. Evan Ellis, National Defense University
"China Engages Latin America and the Caribbean: Implications for the Region, its Relationship with China, and the U.S."
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Duke University (Chapel Hill)
Cai Yong, University of North Carolina
"China's Demographic Challenges and Their Implications for Sino-U.S. Relations"
North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
Anne-Marie Brady, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"Marketing Dictatorship"
Ohio State University (Columbus)
Lloyd Neighbors, Senior Foreign Service (Ret.)
"Chinese Foreign Policy Through the Eyes of an American Diplomat"
University of Oklahoma, Schusterman Center (Tulsa)
Doug Guthrie, The George Washington University
"U.S.-China Trade Relations in the Era of New Leadership"
Northwest China Council (Portland)
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University
"China's Food Safety Risks: Domestic and Global Implications"
Bucknell University (Lewisburg)
Margaret Lewis, Seton Hall University School of Law
"The Bo Xilai Case and Rule of Law in China"
Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia)
John Yasuda, University of Pennsylvania
"China's Food Safety Crisis: Its Causes and Potential Solutions"
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Yanzhong Huang, Seton Hall University
"In Pursuit of a Healthy China: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Implications for U.S.-China Relations"
The Citadel (Charleston)
Dennis Blasko, U.S. Army (Ret.)
"U.S.-China Security Relations"
Clemson University (Greenville)
Douglas Paal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"China's Upcoming Reforms: Implications for U.S. Business"
South Carolina State University (Orangeburg)
Christian Murck
"U.S.-China Relations: Business Opportunities for the American Southeast"
South Dakota World Affairs Council (Brookings)
Charles Freeman, Rock Creek Global Advisors
Saint Edward's University (Austin)
Charyl Cross, St. Edward's University, and Paul Bolt, U.S. Air Force Academy
"The United States, Russia, and China: Confronting Global Terrorism and Security Challenges in the 21st Century"
Asia Society Texas Center (Houston)
Enrique Dussel Peters, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
"China's Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and New Triangular Relationships Between the U.S., Mexico, and China"
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (Salt Lake City)
Ira Kasoff, APCO Worldwide
"The Chinese Economy and U.S.-China Economic Relations"
Champlain College (Burlington)
Craig Pepin, Champlain College
"Education and Authority in Modern China"
Middlebury College (Middlebury)
Henry Levine, Albright Stonebridge Group
"China Goes Global: Economic Interests, International Interdependence, and Chinese Foreign Policy"
University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
Douglas Spelman, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
"Reducing U.S.-China Mutual Distrust: Mission Possible?"
George Mason University (Fairfax)
Barbara Finamore, Natural Resources Defense Council
"China's Twin Climate and Pollution Crises: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Response"
Everett Community College and the Tai Initiative (Everett)
Michael McCune
"Chinese Middle Class Pressures"
Washington State University (Pullman)
Nelson Dong, Dorsey & Whitney
"Chinese Investment in the United States: A National Security Perspective"
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (La Crosse)
Daniel Wright
"An Updated Strategic Rationale for U.S.-China Relations: From Washington to Iowa, Beijing to Chengdu"
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (Madison)
Jason Rockett
"Reforming the Dragon: The Third Plenum and Hopes of Economic Rebirth in China"
American Chamber of Commerce (Beijing)
Paul Haenle and Shi Han, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy; Huang Ping, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Timothy Stratford, Covington and Burling; moderated by Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Joshua Rosenzweig, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Local Venue Presentations
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (La Crosse, WI)
LaGuardia Community College (Queens, NY)
Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
Northwest China Council (Portland, OR)
St. Thomas University (Minneapolis, MN)
University of Denver (Denver, CO)
University of Denver (Denver, CO)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Duke University (Chapel Hill, NC)
World Affairs Council of Western Michigan (Grand Rapids, MI)
Click to watch a webcast video of Amb. Gary Locke
2012 China Town Hall Venues (Organized by State)
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
Stanley M. Erdreich, Jr., Quest, LLC
Arizona Council for International Visitors (Scottsdale, AZ)
Ira Kasoff, APCO Worldwide
Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations and Channel City Club (Santa Barbara, CA)
Daniel Lynch, University of Southern California
University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine
University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Lyle Goldstein, China Maritime Studies Institute
University of Denver (Denver, CO)
Frank Jannuzi, Amnesty International USA
Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT) [CANCELLED]
Rebecca Weiner, Stresbesana Resources
UConn School of Business (Stamford, CT) [CANCELLED]
Keith Abell, Sungate Properties
Yale University (New Haven, CT) [CANCELLED]
James Fallows, The Atlantic
Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan Media Project, Wesleyan University
Stephen Roach, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, Yale University
Jeremy S. Wu, Committee of 100, U.S. Census Bureau
Jessica Chen Weiss, Yale University
State College of Florida (Bradenton, FL)
Scott Lincicome , White & Case LLP
Allen Carlson, Sun Hydraulics Corporation
Pacific Forum CSIS (Honolulu, HI)
Ralph A. Cossa, Pacific Forum CSIS
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
Amy Celico, Albright Stonebridge Group
Indiana University, Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Scott Kennedy, University of Indiana, Bloomington
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
David Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Christine Boyle, University of North Carolina
World Affairs Council of KY and Southern IN (Louisville, KY) [CANCELLED]
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University and Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University
Colby College (Waterville, ME) [CANCELLED]
Kate Kaup, Furman University
Maryland-China Business Council, Xiamen-Baltimore Sister City Organization (Baltimore, MD) [CANCELLED]
Counsellor Zha Liyou, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States
Assumption College (Worcester, MA) [CANCELLED]
Eric Drouart, Assumption College
Suffolk University (Boston, MA) [CANCELLED]
Kevin Nealer, Scowcroft Group
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (Whitman, MA) [CANCELLED]
Michael Kryzanek, Minnock Center for International Engagement, Bridgewater State University
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Richard Solomon, Rand Corporation
Minnesota International Center (Minneapolis, MN)
I. Allen Barber, Denver-Hainan Corporation
Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester, MN)
Dr. Rushu Luo, Mayo Clinic
Winona State University (Winona, MN)
Joseph Borich, Washington State China Relations Council
International Relations Council of Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
John James Kennedy, University of Kansas
World Trade Center St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
David Brown, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Terry Weidner, University of Montana
Steven Levine, University of Montana
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Lincoln Community Foundation, NET Radio (Lincoln, NE)
Greg Adams, Nebraska State Senator
Steve Joel, Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent
Catherine Lang, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Commissioner of Labor
Pingan Huang, Confucius Institute
Patrice McMahon, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Skylar Falter, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Derrick Stevens, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of New Hampshire, World Affairs Council of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) [CANCELLED]
Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University
Columbia University WEAI (New York, NY) [CANCELLED]
Alexander Cooley, Barnard College
Benjamin Liebman, Columbia Law School
Andrew Nathan, Columbia University
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) [CANCELLED]
Thomas Christensen, Princeton University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY) [CANCELLED]
Damien Ma, Eurasia Group
Hong Kong Association (New York, NY) [CANCELLED]
Fred Teng, ChinaNews
Sidley Austin LLP and Fordham Law School (New York, NY) [CANCELLED]
Joseph Armbrust, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP
Carl Minzner, Fordham Law School
SUNY Buffalo Confucius Institute (Buffalo, NY)
Andrew Mertha, Cornell University
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Paul Schroeder, Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University
Stephen Feldman, Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Pär Cassel, University of Michigan
University of Oklahoma, Schusterman Center (Tulsa, OK)
Sandra Talbot, Utah State Office of Education
Northwest China Council (Portland, OR)
Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University
Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) [CANCELLED]
Bonnie Glaser, Center for Strategic and International Studies
St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA) [CANCELLED]
Deborah Davis, Yale University
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) [CANCELLED]
Douglas Spelman, Kissinger Institute on China
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
David Gries, China Vitae, former Central Intelligence Agency official
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Yancy Molnar, ACE Group
South Dakota World Affairs Council (Brookings, SD)
Amy Xu, Dorsey & Whitney
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
Robert Daly, University of Maryland
Asia Society Texas Center and Houston Committee on Foreign Relations (Houston, TX)
George L. McLendon, Rice University
John M. Rudley, Texas Southern University
Jerald W. Strickland, University of Houston
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (Salt Lake City, UT)
Michael McCune, Iconoculture
Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT) [CANCELLED]
Henry "Hank" Levine, Albright Stonebridge Group
Vermont Council on World Affairs, Champlain College (Burlington, VT) [CANCELLED]
James Cross, Champlain College
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) [CANCELLED] Additional Information
David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (Abingdon, VA) [CANCELLED]
James Allison, Caterpillar Global Mining
The College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA) [CANCELLED]
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) [CANCELLED]
Joseph Prueher, Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
Washington State China Relations Council (Seattle, WA)
Amb. Darryl Johnson, University of Washington in Seattle, Foreign Service Officer (retired)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Susan H. Whiting, University of Washington
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (La Crosse, WI)
Karil Kucera, St. Olaf's College
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (Madison, WI)
Min Jiang, University of North Carolina
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Christian Murck, AmCham China
Paul Haenle, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center
Matt Ferchen, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center
John Holden, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Ambassador Gary Locke's Biography
On March 9, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Gary Locke to be the 10th Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 27, 2011 and was sworn in on August 1, 2011. He assumed duty as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China on August 13, 2011.
Previously, Ambassador Locke served as the Secretary of Commerce where he worked to implement President Obama's agenda to turn around the economy and put people back to work. As the administration's point person for achieving the President's National Export Initiative, he presided over a 17 percent increase in exports from 2009 to 2010, while exports to China saw a 32 percent increase.
Before his appointment to the President's Cabinet, Ambassador Locke served two terms as Governor of Washington. He expanded the sale of Washington products and services by leading trade missions to Asia, Mexico and Europe.
Ambassador Locke has extensive experience working with China. As Secretary of Commerce, he co-chaired two sessions of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade that resulted in important changes to Chinese trade policy. As Governor of Washington, he strengthened economic ties between China and Washington State, more than doubling the state's exports to China to over $5 billion per year. As a partner in the Seattle office of the international law firm, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, he co-chaired the firm's China practice.
Ambassador Locke is the first Chinese-American to serve as Ambassador to China, as Secretary of Commerce and as Governor. His grandfather emigrated from China to Washington State, initially finding employment as a servant, working in exchange for English lessons. His father, also born in China, was a small business owner, operating a grocery store where Ambassador Locke worked while receiving his education in Seattle public schools. Ambassador Locke went on to earn a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University and a law degree from Boston University.
Click to watch a webcast video of Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Click below to watch Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski's remarks.
Click for listing of 2011 Local Venues
Assumption College (Worcester, MA)
Jason Qian, Harvard Law School
Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO)
David Gries, China Vitae
Center for China Studies, Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Erin Ennis, U.S.-China Business Council
Yu Keping, Peking University
Xiaobo Hu, Clemson University
Center for China Studies, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Panel of University of Michigan Scholars
Channel City Club, Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations (Santa Barbara, CA)
Amy Celico, Albright Stonebridge Group
The City of Baltimore-Office of the Mayor, with the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (Baltimore, MD)
Robert Goldberg, The Scowcroft Group
Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Katherine Kaup, Furman University
Concordia College (Moorhead, MN)
Wenran Jiang, University of Alberta
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Guobin Yang, Barnard College
Crane House, the Asia Institute, with the University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
Henry Levine, Albright Stonebridge Group
Shiping Hua, University of Louisville
Cranford Community Center (Cranford, NJ)
Margaret Lewis, Seton Hall University Law School
Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations (Dallas, TX)
Banning Garrett, Asia Program, Atlantic Council
Dayton Council on World Affairs (Dayton, OH)
Margaret Karns, University of Dayton
Laura Luehrmann, Wright State University
Andrew Lai, Wright State University
Dubuque Area Committee on Foreign Relations (Dubuque, IA)
Fordham Law School (New York, NY)
Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation
Carl Minzner, Fordham University School of Law
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Hastings College of the Law, University of California (San Francisco, CA)
Nicholas Howson, University of Michigan Law School
Frank H. Wu, UC Hastings
Keith J. Hand, UC Hastings
Houston Committee on Foreign Relations (Houston, TX)
Phillip Stalley, DePaul University
Janet H. Moore, Houston Committee on Foreign Relations
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Andrew Kipnis, Australian National University
Institute for Chinese Studies, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center
International Relations Council of Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)
Teng-Kee Tan, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (Denver, CO)
Steve Lang, U.S. Department of State
Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (La Crosse, WI)
Panel of Speakers
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (Madison, WI)
Douglas Spelman, Kissinger Institute
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center, University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Darryl Johnson, Former U.S. Ambassador
Middlebury College, with the Vermont Council on World Affairs (Middlebury, VT)
Christine Boyle, University of North Carolina
Local Panel Discussion
Northwest China Council (Portland, OR)
Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer College and Claremont Colleges
Cathy Chinn, Northwest China Council
Pacific Forum Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (Honolulu, HI)
Ira Kasoff, APCO Worldwide
Peoria Area World Affairs Council (Peoria, IL)
Jim Ryan, International Trade Center
Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA)
Thomas Kellogg, Open Society Institute
James Carter, Saint Joseph University
South Dakota World Affairs Council (Brookings, SD)
Merritt (Terry) Cooke, China Partnership of Greater Philadelphia and T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Tsinghua University
State College of Florida (Sarasota, FL)
Yancy Molnar, ACE Group
Suffolk University (Boston, MA)
Allen Carlson, Cornell University
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)
Peter Geithner, Asia Center at Harvard University
University of Connecticut School of Business - Stamford (Stamford, CT)
Janet Carmosky, China Business Network
Palitha T. B. Kohona, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
Yu Zheng, University of Connecticut
Tim J. Dowding, University of Connecticut
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Mark Frazier, University of Oklahoma
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Renqiu Yu, Purchase College, State University of New York
University of Oklahoma - Schusterman Campus (Tulsa, OK)
Robert Daly, University of Maryland
Kirby Lehman, Jenks Public Schools
Clydia Forehand, University of Oklahoma
Rodger Randle, University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania School of Law (Philadelphia, PA)
Joseph Battat, World Bank
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Tom Grunfeld, State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State College
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, with Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT)
I. Allen Barber II, Denver-Hainan Corporation
Jin Wang, Westminster College
Vermont Council on World Affairs, with Champlain College (Burlington, VT)
Craig Pepin, Champlain College
Winona State University (Winona, MN)
Roy Grow, Carleton College
World Affairs Council of Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ)
Michael McCune, Iconoculture
World Affairs Council of Atlanta, with Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Richard McGregor, Financial Times
John W. Garver, Georgia Institute of Technology
World Affairs Council of Detroit (Detroit, MI)
Brian Wu, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, with the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
Jamie Horsley, Yale Law School
William Hennessey, University of New Hampshire School of Law
World Affairs Council of New Orleans, the University of New Orleans, with Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
World Affairs Council of Northern California (San Francisco, CA)
Michael Armacost, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Click for Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski's bio
Zbigniew Brzezinski is counselor and trustee of the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C.
From 1977 to 1981 Dr. Brzezinski was national security adviser to the president of the United States. In 1981, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom "for his role in the normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations and for his contributions to the human rights and national security policies of the United States."
Before his government service, Dr. Brzezinski was on the faculty of Harvard University (1953-60) and Columbia University (1960-69). He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from McGill and his doctorate from Harvard.
Dr. Brzezinski is a frequent public speaker, commentator on major domestic and foreign TV programs, and contributor to domestic and foreign newspapers and journals. He is a prolific author. His most recent book is America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy, coauthored with Brent Scowcroft and moderated by David Ignatius. He is also the author of Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower; The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership; The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives; the best-selling The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century; Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century; Game Plan: How to Conduct the U.S.-Soviet Contest; Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977-1981; The Fragile Blossom: Crisis and Change in Japan; Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era; The Soviet Bloc: Unity and Conflict; and other books and many articles in numerous U.S. and foreign academic journals.
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Click for listing of 2010 Local Venues
Argosy University (Sarasota, FL)
Amy Celico, Albright Stonebridge Group
Asia Institute, University of Virginia, with Mary Baldwin College and Blue Ridge Community College (Charlottesville, VA)
Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Center for China Studies, Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Tom Duncan, Positec USA
Center for China-U.S. Cooperation, University of Denver (Denver, CO)
David Gries, China Vitae
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Daniel Lynch, University of Southern California
Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asia Institute (New York, NY)
Xiao Qiang, China Digital Times and Xiaobo Lü and Guobin Yang, Barnard College; moderated by Howard French, Columbia University
Concordia College (Moorhead, MN)
Duncan McCampbell, McCampbell Global, LLC
Confucius Institute, Community College of Denver (Denver, CO)
Regina Abrami, Harvard Business School
Confucius Institute, SUNY-Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
Samuel Fleming, Jessie Poon and Kristin Stapleton, SUNY-Buffalo
Confucius Institute, University of Oklahoma (Tulsa, OK)
Johann Tse, Aquarian Capital, LLC; moderated by Rodger Randle, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Christina Larson, New America Foundation
Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Roy Kamphausen, The National Bureau of Asian Research and Pierre Landry, Jun Saito, and Yasuhiro Matsuda, Yale Unversity; moderated by Jessica Weiss, Yale University
Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations (Dallas, TX)
Randall Schriver, Armitage International
Dayton Council on World Affairs, Wright State University (Dayton, OH)
Detroit Council for World Affairs (Detroit, MI)
Lyle Goldstein, U.S. Naval War College
Georgia State University, World Affairs Council of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Ira Kasoff, APCO Worldwide and Fei-Ling Wang, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology; moderated by Penelope Prime, Mercer University
Institute for Chinese Studies, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Cathy Barbash, Barbash Arts Consulting Services
Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (La Crosse, WI)
Dennis Nguyen, New Asia Partners
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (Madison, WI)
Derek Vollmer, National Academies
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center, University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Dimon Liu
Museum of Chinese in America (New York, NY)
Jonathan Lewis, Clean Air Task Force
Northwest China Council (Portland, OR)
Darryl Johnson, Former U.S. Ambassador and Jacqueline Fu, K & L Gates, Taipei; moderated by Cathy Chinn, Northwest China Council
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu, HI)
Michael McCune, TransPacific Brands
Peoria Area World Affairs Council (Peoria, IL)
Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester, MN)
Wang Liping, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Saint Edward's School (Vero Beach, FL)
Keith Abell, Sungate Properties
Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations (Santa Barbara, CA)
Paul Haenle, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark, NJ)
Carl Minzner, Washington University School of Law
South Dakota Council on World Affairs (Brookings, SD)
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (Abington, VA)
Steve Adkins, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe, LLP
Suffolk University (Boston, MA)
Douglas Spelman, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR)
Robert Daly, Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland
University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Sidney Rittenberg, Rittenberg Associates
University of Pennsylvania Law School (Philadelphia, PA)
David M. Lampton, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; moderated by Jacques deLisle, University of Pennsylvania
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy (Salt Lake City, UT)
Joe Borich, Washington State China Relations Council
Vermont Council on World Affairs, Southern Vermont College (Bennington, VT)
Thomas Redden, Southern Vermont College
Vermont Council on World Affairs, University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Juefei Wang, Freeman Foundation
Washington State China Relations Council (Seattle, WA)
Nelson Dong, Dorsey & Whitney LLP/Washington State China Relations Council
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Bruce Gilley, Portland State University
World Affairs Council of Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ)
Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer College
World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Daniel Rosen, Rhodium Group
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
Kathleen Walsh, U.S. Naval War College
World Affairs Council of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
Henry Levine, Albright Stonebridge Group
World Affairs Council of South Texas (Corpus Christi, TX)
Anna Brettell, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
World Trade Center Deleware (Newark, DE)
John Frisbie, US-China Business Council
World Trade Center San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Robert Kapp, Robert A. Kapp & Associates
Friends of the National Committee (Beijing)
American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei/Taiwan Broadcasting Company
Alexander Huang, Tamkang University
Columbia Global Centers East Asia, Renmin University School of Journalism and Communication
Shanghai Community International School
Kennet Jarrett, APCO Worldwide
China Europe International Business School (Shanghai)
Click for Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman's bio
Jon Huntsman was tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Ambassador to China in May 2009 and his nomination was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Huntsman was sworn in as Ambassador immediately following his resignation as the Governor of Utah on Tuesday, August 11, 2009.
Huntsman was elected twice as Governor of Utah, including in 2008 with a record percent of the vote, including the majority in all 29 counties. As Governor, Huntsman governed with his eye toward maintaining Utah's unparalleled quality of life, continually increasing the state's economic competitiveness and maximizing funding to Utah's public education system.
Huntsman's breadth of experience in Asia has been developed over a lifetime of interest and involvement. He has previously lived in Asia three times and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.
Huntsman's public service career began as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has since included appointments as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. As a U.S. Trade Ambassador, Huntsman negotiated dozens of free trade agreements, trade and investment framework agreements and brokered other bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade agreements for the United States with China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, India, Vietnam, West Africa, South Africa and other Asian and African nations. He played a critical role in launching global trade negotiations in Doha, Qatar in November of 2001, guiding the simultaneous accession of China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization.
He is a founding director of the Pacific Council on International Policy and has served on various boards such as the Brookings Institution Asia Policy Board, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, the Asia Society in New York and the National Bureau of Asian Research.
During his tenure as Governor, Utah was repeatedly recognized by many prestigious organizations for its dynamism, business climate and quality of life. Perhaps most importantly, Utah was named by the Pew Center as the Best Managed State in America. Even in times of economic hardship, Huntsman worked collaboratively with stakeholders to minimize impacts to critical human services while maintaining job-stimulating construction projects and keeping the State's Rainy Day Fund intact as a tool for any future fiscal distress.
Recognized nationally for his leadership, Huntsman served as chairman of the Western Governors Association and on the Executive Committee of the National Governors Association.
As a dedicated public servant, Huntsman is committed to serving in this critical post as Ambassador to one of the most important international relationships for the United States. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has four honorary doctorate degrees.
~From the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
Click to watch a webcast video of Kurt M. Campbell
Click here to watch a webcast video of Dr. Campbell's interview with National Committee Vice President Jan Berris. (E-mail registration required).
Click for listing of 2009 Local Venues
Argosy University (Sarasota, FL)
Dr. Anna Brettell, Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Washington, D.C.
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA
Dr. Anthony Kane, American Councils for International Education, Washington, D.C.
Center for China Studies, Clemson University (SC)
Ms. Amy Celico, Stonebridge International, Washington, D.C.
Center for Chinese Studies, University of Colorado (Boulder)
Dr. David M. Lampton, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Dr. Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute of International Economics, Washington, D.C.
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas (Lawrence)
Ms. Bonnie Glaser, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Center for U.S.-China Cooperation, University of Denver
Mr. Douglas Spelman, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D. C.
Central Florida Community College, Ocala
Dr. Ilan Alon, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Concordia College (Moorhead, MN)
Dr. Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Dr. Allen Carlson and Dr. Andrew Mertha, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Dr. Jessica C. Weiss, Dr. Pierre Landry and Dr. Jeffrey Prescott, Yale University, and Dr. Yu Zheng, University of Connecticut-Stamford
Dayton Council on World Affairs (Ohio)
Dr. Margaret P. Karns, University of Dayton, and Dr. Laura M. Luehrmann and Dr. Andrew Lai, Wright State University
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business (Atlanta)
Mr. Kevin Nealer, The Scowcroft Group, Washington, DC and Dr. Penelope Prime, China Research Center, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA
Institute for Chinese Studies, Ohio State University (Columbus)
Mr. I. Allen Barber II, Denver-Hainan Corporation, Denver, CO
International Trade Center (Houston, TX)
Dr. Steven Lewis, Baker Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX
Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Dr. Mark Frazier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
La Crosse Luoyang Friendship Association (Wisconsin)
Mr. Chris Hsieh, Trane Company, La Crosse, WI
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (Wisconsin)
Dr. Albert Keidel, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center, University of Montana (Missoula)
Dr. Steven Levine and Dr. Terry Weidner, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center
Museum of Chinese in America (New York, NY)
Dr. Yu Zhou, Vassar College
Northwest China Council (Portland, OR)
Mr. Tian Deyou, Chinese Consulate General, San Francisco, CA
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu, HI)
Dr. Robert Kapp, Robert A. Kapp & Associates, Inc., Port Townsend, WA
Peoria World Affairs Council (Illinois)
Dr. James Schopf, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Rochester Community and Technical College (Minnesota)
Mr. Henry Levine, Stonebridge International, Washington, D.C.
St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
Ms. Daniela Salaverry, University of Michigan
Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations (California)
Mr. Michael McCune, The China Business Network, Oakland, CA
South Dakota World Affairs Council (Brookings)
Dr. Daniel Wright, Albright Stonebridge Group, Washington, D.C.
Tulsa Global Alliance (Oklahoma)
Dr. Kalpana Misra, University of Tulsa
University of Pennsylvania Law School (Philadelphia)
Dr. James V. Feinerman, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
World Affairs Council of Arizona (Phoenix)
Mr. Sidney Rittenberg, Rittenberg Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA
World Affairs Council of Detroit (Michigan)
Dr. Xiao-huang Yin, Michigan State University
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire (Nashua)
Dr. Alan Wachman, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
World Affairs Council of New Orleans (Louisiana)
Mr. Charles Freeman III, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
World Affairs Council of South Texas (Corpus Christi)
Ms. Sheridan Prasso, journalist/editor, New York, NY
American Chamber of Commerce-China (Beijing)
American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
American Chamber of Commerce in South China (Guangzhou)
American Chamber of Commerce-Taipei
Click for Kurt M. Campbell's bio
Kurt M. Campbell
Assistant Secretary
Kurt Campbell became the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in June 2009. Previously, he was the CEO and Co-Founder of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and concurrently served as the director of the Aspen Strategy Group and chairman of the Editorial Board of the Washington Quarterly. He was the founder of StratAsia, a strategic advisory firm, and was the senior vice president, director of the International Security Program, and Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was also associate professor of public policy and international relations at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and assistant director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Dr. Campbell has served in several capacities in government, including as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia and the Pacific, a director on the National Security Council Staff, deputy special counselor to the president for NAFTA in the White House, and White House fellow at the Department of the Treasury. For his service, he received the Department of Defense Medals for Distinguished Public Service and for Outstanding Public Service. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in the Chief of Naval Operations Special Intelligence Unit.
He is the co-author with Jim Steinberg of Difficult Transitions: Why Presidents Fail in Foreign Policy at the Outset of Power, with Michele Flournoy of To Prevail: An American Strategy for the Campaign against Terrorism, with Michael O'Hanlon of Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security, and he co-authored with Nirav Patel The Power of Balance: America in iAsia. He is the editor of Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change, and The Nuclear Tipping Point: Why States Reconsider Their Nuclear Choices with Robert Einhorn and Mitchell Reiss.
He received his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, a Certificate in music and political philosophy from the University of Erevan in Soviet Armenia, and his Doctorate in International Relations from Brasenose College at Oxford University where he was a Distinguished Marshall Scholar.
Click for the 2009 CHINA Town Hall brochure
Click here for the 2009 CHINA Town Hall brochure.
Click to watch Norman J. Ornstein discuss China and the November 2008 elections
Click for Norman J. Ornstein's bio
Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other major publications, and regularly appears on television programs such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, and Charlie Rose.
He serves as senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission, working to ensure that our institutions of government can be maintained in the event of a terrorist attack on Washington. His campaign finance working group of scholars and practitioners helped shape the major law, known as McCain/Feingold, that reformed the campaign financing system. He is also co-directing a multi-year effort, the Transition to Governing Project, to create a better climate for governing in the era of the permanent campaign.
Norm is a member of the board of directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Campaign Legal Center, and of the board of trustees of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.
His many books include The Permanent Campaign and Its Future, Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy, The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track -- all co-authored with Thomas E. Mann; and Debt and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess and What to Do About It, with John H. Makin.
Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will be the moderator.
Click for listing of 2008 Local Venues
For a copy of the 2008 CTH Brochure, click here.
Argosy University, Sarasota
Speaker: Henry Levine
Arkansas World Trade Center (Rogers, Arkansas)
Speaker: Amy Celico
Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo
Speaker: Marilyn Beach
Baker Institute at Rice University; Houston Forum; University of St. Thomas
Speaker: Jacques deLisle, Steven Lewis, Hans Stockton
Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Organization; Maryland-China Business Council; University of Maryland's Institute for Global Chinese Affairs
Speaker: Daniel Wright
Center for Chinese Studies, Clemson University (Greenville, SC)
Speaker: Douglas Spelman
Center for China-US Cooperation, Denver University
Speaker: Nicholas Lardy
Center for Chinese Studies, University of California-Berkeley
Speaker: Sidney Rittenberg
Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Speakers: Mary Gallagher, Nicholas Howson, Kenneth Lieberthal
Channel City Club; Westmont College (Santa Barbara)
Speaker: Amy Gadsden
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Speaker: David Malpass
Colby College (Maine)
Speaker: Local Panel
Confucius Institute, University of Oklahoma (Tulsa)
Speaker: Mark Frazier
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Speakers: Allen Carlson, Peter Enns
Delaware World Trade Center (Newark)
Speaker: Frank Jannuzi
Federal Express; Memphis International Business Council
Speaker: Local Panel
Fishers Chamber of Commerce; Hamilton Southeastern Schools (Indiana)
Speaker: Heidi Ross
Foreign Policy Association; New York University
Speaker: Barry Naughton
Foreign Policy Research Institute; University of Pennsylvania School of Law (Philadelphia)
Speaker: Adam Segal
Kansas State University (Manhattan)
Speaker: David Finkelstein
La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association (Wisconsin)
Speaker: Local Panel
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center (Missoula, MT)
Speaker: Banning Garrett
North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
Speaker: Jonathan Ocko
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu)
Speaker: Michael Brownrigg
San Diego World Trade Center
Speaker: Joseph Borich
South Dakota Council on World Affairs (Brookings)
Speaker: Allen Barber
Southern Center for International Studies (Atlanta)
Speakers: William Zarit, Penelope Prime
St. Edward's School (Vero Beach, FL)
Speaker: Anthony Kane
Suffolk University; World Boston
Speaker: Ezra Vogel
Washington State University (Pullman)
Speaker: William Overholt
World Affairs Council of Arizona (Phoenix)
Speaker: Sheila Melvin
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire (Manchester)
Speaker: Joseph Fewsmith
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
Speaker: Sheridan Prasso
World Affairs Council of Spokane
Speaker: Daniela Salaverry
Yale University
Speaker: Byron Weng
Greater China
American Chamber of Commerce-China (Beijing)
American Chamber of Commerce-Shanghai
American Chamber of Commerce-Taipei
Watch the 2007 CTH National Reflections video
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Click for 2007 Overview
Now more than ever, China's rise is strongly influencing the course of world affairs, economic and political developments in the United States, and the daily lives of American citizens, from coast to coast and from all walks of life. CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming that gives Americans in 30 cities (see below) the opportunity to hear directly from policy-makers and specialists about these issues and the implications for U.S. policy and their own communities.
The National Committee is pleased to present this program, which features a nationwide talk by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen and local presentations by specialists on topics ranging from foreign policy to trade relations to law. Each program is cosponsored by the National Committee and a local organization(s). CHINA Town Hall is generously underwritten by The Starr Foundation.
Click for 2007 Local Connection Venues
Arkansas World Trade Center (Rogers, Arkansas)
Henry Levine
Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo; International Institute of Buffalo; Nichols School
Jacques deLisle
Boston Children's Museum
Daniel Rosen
Bridge to Asia Foundation; Google (Mountain View, California)
Denis Simon
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
J. Stapleton Roy
Congressman Joseph Crowley's District Office (Queens, New York)
Henry Tang
Congressman Rick Larsen's District Office (Everett, Washington)
Nicholas Lardy
Dayton Council on World Affairs
Randall Schriver
Denver Council on Foreign Relations
Edward Steinfeld
Detroit World Affairs Council
Lynn Paine
East West Center; Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Joseph Borich
Las Vegas World Affairs Council
Phillip Saunders
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (District of Columbia)
Stephen Orlins
Northwest China Council (Portland, Oregon)
Michael Totten
St. Louis World Affairs Council
James McGregor
The Southern Center for International Studies (Atlanta)
Amy Celico
Tulsa Global Alliance
Allen Barber
University of St. Thomas; Asia Society (Houston)
Kevin Nealer
Vermont Council on World Affairs (Montpelier)
Barbara Finamore
Wichita Committee on Foreign Relations
Frederick Crook
World Affairs Charlotte (North Carolina)
Steven Yates
World Affairs Council Columbia (South Carolina)
Xiaobo Hu
World Affairs Council of Arizona; Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Phoenix)
Sidney Rittenberg
World Affairs Council of Connecticut; MeetChinaBiz (Hartford)
Usha Haley
World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana (Louisville)
Cheng Li
World Affairs Council of New Hampshire (Manchester)
Burt Levin
World Affairs Council of New Orleans
William Zarit
World Affairs Council of Peoria
Local Panel
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia; MeetChinaBiz
Charles Freeman III
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Local Panel
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October is Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness month so I wanted to make people more aware.
"Sensory Processing Disorder is really confusing to explain, but here is how I do it: Brains have roadway systems that allow cars to get to point A to B without getting lost. Some roadway systems are not yet complete so cars will come to a screeching halt or will go Dukes of Hazzard and jump onto another road. Sometimes it causes traffic jams. This is when we see children (and adults) who cannot process what is going on in their environment. For example, while many of us can tune out the sound of a blender, my son couldn't. Therefore the only way for him to "tune it out" was to cover his ears."
"Now that I have kids with SPD, I can spot others with it. These kids are the ones who are constantly touching other kids (or their parents) to the point of annoyance or hugging on others, not understanding personal space. In order for them to understand their space, they have to "feel it out" literally. Some kids hate tags on their clothes and seams on their socks. This is my daughter. It drives her (and me) batty. So we cut the tags and turn the socks inside out. Many have a hard time sitting still and focusing in school. Some will chew their clothes, pens, pencils or hair to get oral feedback."
"Some kids are fearful in big crowds and they are the ones crying and clinging to mom and dad. Or they go wild with excitement and you literally have to drag them out by their feet. These kids are labeled as hyperactive or mislabeled as ADHD, but those two can go hand-in-hand. These "sensory-seeking" kids are doing just that, seeking something that feels good. These kids make excellent athletes and need activities like gymnastics, dancing, football and wrestling to expend their energy. Don't be surprised if they are skydiving or doing high-risk activities when they are older. Professionals call them "risk-takers," which can serve them well later in life (or not)."
I know several kids with SPD. I went to a lecture to learn more about sensory processing a few years back and it was fascinating. The parents had a chance to ask questions and it was incredible all the different ways this can present itself in kids. Multiple parents said their kids could NOT use public restrooms because of the automatic flush on the toilets. Other parents talked about brushing hair being problematic, certain food textures, crowds like at Disneyland or even groups like assemblies at school or church being overwhelming to their kids.
Like the lady in the article says, once you're aware of these kids, you see them all over the place.
I noticed one little fellow at our church always trying to leave the big groups at Vacation Bible School, and I finally put together it was a sensory thing.
You might notice kids swinging really high and hard on the playground. These kids are often seeking vestibular stimulation. Also you might notice high climbers. Often they are seeking stimulation too.
You might notice kids covering their ears when they get upset. Often, it's not that they are trying to ignore the parent. They are literally overwhelmed and trying to block the stimuli.
This website had a great list of things to help manage sensory overloads.
"2. Manage Sensory Exposure
If your child has sensory problems, it is critical to stay ahead of known triggers to minimize meltdowns. For kids with hypersensitivity to noise, try giving them a quiet place at home they can go to when they feel overwhelmed and need a break. For older kids, it may help to give them a watch or timer so they know exactly what time a bothersome activity or environment will end. If your child has extreme sensitivity to certain types of clothing, go through his wardrobe together to determine which pieces are tolerable and which ones aren't. Be an advocate for your child by explaining to others what sensory problems are and how they can help minimize your child's distress. If possible, create small kits for dealing with sensory problems on the go so you're always prepared. Kits should include ear plugs for noise, sensory fidgets to keep hands busy, and sticky notes to cover sensors on automatic toilets and hand driers. You may also want to include some headphones and a music player with their favorite music or a book for older kids. Staying ahead of your child's sensory sensitivities by being prepared can go a long way in minimizing distress."
I saw a meme last year about how Halloween can be really tough for kids with sensory issues. Here are some recommendations for those types of kids. Here is a second list for kids with other special needs.
Occupational therapists can help tremendously with these issues and can help you evaluate when it's really a sensory issue or when they just don't like something.
Have your kids been diagnosed with sensory issues? Do you notice kids at school or on the playground with sensory issues?
October 27th, 2013
8:50 pm
My son hasn't ever been officially diagnosed, but he definitely has some symptoms of SPD. We still can't go to fireworks because of how much he hates them. (No Stone Mountain Laser Show for us. Ever.) When it gets to chaotic, he can lose it pretty easily. He's 10 now, so we've learned how to manage some of his issues. When we're in a place that I know could cause sensory overload, I make sure he knows where he can go to quickly decompress. He's also become more aware of when he's starting to overload, and he'll voluntarily remove himself and find a quiet place.
There have definitely been times when it's caused problems with family members that don't understand, but in the decade I've been his mom, I've developed some pretty tough skin. I have to do what's best for my child, not what his grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. think I should.
October 27th, 2013
9:29 pm
My older child has sensory issues. He went to a sensory integration camp when he was in elementary school, which helped tremendously. An occupational therapist ran the camp. He's older now and is able to stay away from large crowds and loud noises.
He is a quite person who needs a lot of down time. Once he got older, he had much more control over his environment.
October 28th, 2013
6:11 am
Anoter reason 2 hate Obamacare. He is turnin R kids in 2 week litle loosers.
October 28th, 2013
6:32 am
What a crock.
October 28th, 2013
7:02 am
Yes, I work with quite a few so diagnosed, and know of quite a few others at my school. The range in ability from dull to bright, and can have a host of other problems. And many of their sensory problems are a GREAT DEAL MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN THE "inconveniences" cited.
October 28th, 2013
7:06 am
another copy paste and post article. when are you going to write something yourself?
October 28th, 2013
7:25 am
I wonder if these are similar to what I would define as "pet peeves"? I'm glad our kids are grown so I can realistically cease to have need to be concerned. And, for those who feel this to be legit, what will the steps be to "protect" them once they become adults?
October 28th, 2013
7:42 am
I am pretty skeptical. Being annoyed at tags?? Doesn't everyone hate tags? I always cut mine off and the ones in my kids' clothes. Why does that have to have a name and a disorder?
Not handling crowds and excitement very well? I thought that was called being a kid.
October 28th, 2013
8:07 am
I think I have a BS processing disorder.
October 28th, 2013
8:20 am
Yeah, when I was a kid I couldn't stand the seams on socks and clothing tags either. My parents told me to get over it. And so I did. It blows my mind how coddled and petted kids are these days. The only reason this exists is because indulgent parents allow it.
October 28th, 2013
8:37 am
Yes, this is real, although when my 16 year old was diagnosed with it, it was called SID – Sensory Integration Disorder. Hers was a result of her long hospitalization and ventilation when she was born, and we took her therapy for it (along with the many other physical issues she had). A few of her symptoms manifested when she was still an infant (refused to allow her feet to touch many surfaces such as grass and sand, for one), others when she got off her feeding tube at 4 (many food textures were completely intolerable), and yet others when she got into school (she couldn't sense the feedback from paper through pencil and broke many pencil points from pressing down hard enough to feel that she was touching the paper).
Therapy with someone who was specially trained to work with SI kids worked wonders, desensitizing her to a lot of it, teaching her how to manage the most of the rest of it. You couldn't tell now that she had all of these sensitivities unless you are aware of her history and pay close attention. She will avoid certain foods because of the texture (bananas still make her gag, although she loves the flavor in other things), and sometimes I notice her touch something, draw back, then touch it again more deliberately.
I'm sorry if some of you don't think this is real or is the result of coddling, and I doubt that my anecdotal evidence (and that of others with similar experiences) will sway you. However, I would ask that you not be dismissive of something new just because you have never heard of it.
October 28th, 2013
9:38 am
@xxx – haha. It seems like fireworks are too loud – obviously. Crowds are too big – yes. Is it SPD or just logical? We like some noise, but not too much. We don't like crowds – who does? Is this something that is made up just so we can label everyone who doesn't like noise, crowds, etc.?
October 28th, 2013
9:49 am
Manage Sensory Exposure?
If the SPD is not part of a more severe disorder such as Autism, it's best to teach the child how to defeat their perception of the external stimuli.
A friend of mine was convinced her three y.o. had an SPD because he would cover his ears and run from anything with a motor. Getting him into her car was a nightmare. My solution was to have him wear ear protection until he realized that the object making the noise was not a threat to his safety. After two exposures, he no longer runs nor covers his ears.
The world AND life are full of sounds and discomfort. A typical child should be taught to confront them head on, ear protection off.
October 28th, 2013
9:50 am
I am sure some children really do have problems but this looks like just another excuse for children to misbehave.
October 28th, 2013
9:53 am
Another thing!
Parents…mothers, especially, are finding it trendy to have a child with special needs. They do their children and parents of truly disabled children no favors by feeding their personal needs.
October 28th, 2013
9:55 am
I believe my son had some of these characteristics. At what point do a group of characteristics constitute a disorder? I have a Masters degree in psychology and once had a professor define psychology as "common sense with terms". That seemed so right to me because everything I learned just seemed like people being people. People having different characteristics, likes, dislikes etc.. My son would hold his hands over his ears until he was 5 yrs old any time we would walk past balloons. He could never enjoy fireworks or airplane shows. Eventually he got past it and he is just as "normal" as any other 13 yr old. I actually wondered if he fell on the Autism spectrum at some points because he had many characteristics of high functioning autism. Later he showed many characteristics of ADHD. Then again, who doesn't? I'm glad that these "labels" help people figure out how to best deal with children who have certain difficulties but I worry about crippling them with the labels. We never totally avoided the loud noises that made my son nervous but we didn't force him to be around them either. At Disney when we encountered the fireworks we just validated that he was bothered by it and assured him it would be over soon. At air shows we bought him ear plugs so he could enjoy the show. I don't know if it is common for kids to outgrow sensory disorders but If mine had a disorder it is gone now. He still has a low tolerance for crowds, lines etc.. but so do his parents so, disorder or just personality?
October 28th, 2013
10:57 am
I am aware of that the condition exists. I feel it is up to the parents to handle how help them it and find coping as they grow older. A 30+ year old running around with hands over their ears is not common, so I am guessing they do find coping skills.
October 28th, 2013
11:34 am
…be careful how you use these labels…
October 28th, 2013
12:34 pm
In my opinion, I think it is a spectrum and everyone is on it.
October 28th, 2013
4:19 pm
We label everything!!! I know kids that act this way and my own son has had some issues, but must we really give everyone a reason for their behavior? Doesn't matter what you call it everyone has to learn how to deal with certain things in life.
October 28th, 2013
6:48 pm
I have SPD. I am nervous about men in vans.
October 29th, 2013
8:11 am
The reason you want to diagnose children with issues like this is so they can have a more productive and happy childhood. Kids learn better if they are not overwhelmed by noise and other sensory issues. Sure most learn coping mechanisms by adulthood but occupational therapy can expedite the process and help the kids to learn more easily. Why would anyone be opposed to a therapy that will improve educational outcomes and make a child happier?
October 29th, 2013
9:43 am
@ dekalb parent who pays for the therapy? Unless the answer is the parent, charitable organization or something other than State/Federal Taxes I can see many reasons somoen would be "opposed to a therapy that will improve educational outcomes and make a child happier"
October 29th, 2013
10:16 am
Most of it can be done in the classroom or by the parents at home. It is also covered by insurance. Large gains can be maid in a short period of time for some kids. Just like it makes sense to pay for education because it is a public good it also makes sense to pay for therapies that are effective in allowing students to get the most out of school. Rather pay for therapy than welfare. But I guess you feel that only kids without learning disabilities should get a proper education. Not very caring are you
October 29th, 2013
1:00 pm
@ Dekalb parent I am against taxing people for public schools. I am against public schools. I believe that parents who pay for private school should be exempt from the current taxes as well as senior citizens. In fact I think the whole thing should be privatized and a parent can write off part of the money used to educate their child as an expense. THEN maybe the people of this country would finally fix the __________ education system instead of letting the kids "float" through.
YES mine do go to public school. By the time I pay my taxes and all I have no money for private education on single parent income. I don't ask for a handout but I still hate the current system and think it is just wrong.
October 29th, 2013
1:01 pm
OH I also blieve that proof of citizenship should be a requirement if you want a PUBLIC SCHOOL education in the current system. No citizenship, no PUBLIC school.
October 29th, 2013
1:03 pm
Insurance…meh, we got pleanty of folks going to be paying for that (thorugh the AHA) under the current tax laws. Don't think it is a tax? Supreme Court declared it a tax and IRS oversees it.
October 29th, 2013
5:04 pm
Yes, I am aware. I do not not know a lot about it and try to listen the the Speech and Occupational Therapists, when I can.
October 30th, 2013
8:36 pm
Yes, it exists. My son had to deal with it, 20 years ago when no one had heard of it, not doctors, not psychologists and very few school personnel.
As a toddler and pre-schooler, he had always had odd triggers — a doorbell could send him screaming, he absolutely hated swings, walked very early, odd clothing aversions, stubborn beyond all reason for food preferences, delayed motor development, etc., etc. Kindergarten was difficult, but first grade was painful — no one could figure out why a kid who was in the top 2% on all the intelligence tests they could throw at him, a kid who was doing square roots in his head at 6, absolutely couldn't figure out reading. The tell-tale mannerisms – the constant movement, the fidgeting, etc. were all there, causing a teacher to diagnose him as having ADD (no "H" at that time) and suggesting all sorts of dire possibilities. (For SD kids, it's the brain trying to orient the body in space — it keeps sending out signals because the kinesthetic interpretations are inadequate, thus the fidgeting.) The pediatrician shrugged and said, "Well, let's try him on Ritalin, and see if there's any change." Uh — no, you aren't giving MY son psychotropic drugs on a whim, thank you very much. The psychologist suggested ADD and therapy. I knew, deep down, it wasn't ADD — this was a kid who could spend HOURS on a Lego set, could work well within a soccer team (although clumsy), and had infinite patience with puzzles and educational computer games. When we visited the OT for a small-motor-skills consultation, the OT asked if anyone had talked to me about ADD. I sighed and admitted that yes, they had, but . . . She then told me "Well, I don't think it is," and filled me in about sensory defensiveness (an early term for some sensory processing disorders), and told me that if his problem was ADD, the OT regimen wouldn't hurt or help. But if it WAS sensory defensiveness, we could expect to see a discernable change quickly. Why not? We started OT, at first 3 times a week, with daily sessions at home, then down to 2, then 1, then one every week. Within two months, the psychologist was congratulating herself on the success of the Ritalin (I may have forgotten to mention that we never started it . . . ), and when I told her about the OT, she was amazed and intrigued. A month later, he was reading — he picked up a Hardy Boys book and sat down one afternoon and went through three of them in one sitting. He went from barely reading BOB books to reading 4th/5th grade chapter books in 16 weeks. (Reading has a lot to do with control over small muscles, such as eye tracking over a page . . . who knew?)
So, for those of you who poo-poo the idea of sensory disorders — fine. I don't really give a crap what you "believe". Roll your eyes all you want to — all I know is that OT for sensory defensiveness turned my miserable 1st grader into a confident academic star who lettered in three varsity sports and excelled on his almost full scholarship to a national top 20 university in the Southeast. I am quite certain that a significant portion of the kids currently being treated for ADHD are really dealing with a sensory issues, but doctors and psychologists aren't aware of the issue — doctors know medicine, pyschologists know emotional health and OT's deal with physical therapy. The paths only cross tangentially. But I do know that his psychologist starting working with his OT to learn the signs, and to arrange for SD testing before delving into ADHD issues — so it's moving in the right direction.
October 30th, 2013
11:46 pm
It is a real disorder. Those who leave snide or hapless comments, are full of themselves and their opinions.
Research has just found break through imagery of the part of the brain which is affected in sensory processing disorders.
For those parents who have children with the disorder, it is frustrating. There are so many aspects that are affected, and so many different variations of what is effected that it can be difficult to explain to the average person. As they say, " the out of sync" child.
I think the hardest part is seeing that your child is frequently ostracized, or can't make close connections when they desperately want to. They just can't figure out normal or peripheral social cues among their peers. Social cues are often extremely subtle, and not something that is easily taught.
October 31st, 2013
12:05 am
@ FCM and Tea Party, this is an article about a disorder. I think somehow you must have confused this as an invitation to discuss your anti tax / anti government rhetoric. If your writing to complain about your hatred towards everyone else who doesn't think like you, there are many forums that are perhaps more suited for your display of intolerance.
November 1st, 2013
3:42 pm
Sensory issues are becoming more common, and schools are getting better at detecting them and accommodating them. However, altering the underlying brain wiring so that a child begins to process sensory information more typically is important too! That's why a sensory diet and occupational therapy using SI theory (sensory integration) theory are important–you do the therapy but you make lifestyle changes at home so it's easy to have fun as a family and give your child the input needed to, over time, rewire the brain.


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Posted on Oct 30, 2013 | by John Loudat
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP) -- With the theme "Pressing On," New Mexico Baptists approved marriage and pro-life resolutions, various recommendations and a $4.8 million budget during their annual meeting.
The gathering drew a total of 365 messengers from 112 churches and 165 visitors from across New Mexico, California, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. According to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico's (BCNM) annual meeting report, there are now 343 affiliated congregations with a total of 85,685 members.
Two churches sent their first messengers to this year's meeting, which was held Oct. 22-23 at Sandia Baptist Church in Albuquerque.
New Mexico Baptists gathered in Albuquerque on Monday, Oct. 21, for their annual Missions Fair and Missions Celebration. They attended the WMU Missions Celebration and the Pastors' and Laymen's Conference the next morning. The annual meeting consisted of three sessions: Tuesday afternoon and evening and Wednesday morning.
Marriage resolution
Messengers passed a resolution in support of the biblical definition of marriage. That same day the New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments on the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the state.
The resolution states:
-- their opposition to "any attempt to re-interpret current New Mexico law to allow 'same-sex marriage,'"
-- their encouragement of legislators "to continue to affirm the sanctity of marriage as designed and defined by God,"
-- their love for "those who struggle with same-sex attraction and who are engaged in the homosexual lifestyle,"
-- their opposition to "any form of gay-bashing,"
-- their affirmation "that pastors as well as all believers should proclaim both in church and in the public square the truth of God's word on human sexuality, marriage, purity, and love with all boldness and without fear of reprisal,"
-- their urging of "fellow Southern Baptists to consider how they and their churches might engage in compassionate, redemptive ministry to those who struggle with homosexuality" and
-- their commitment to "proclaim that Christ offers forgiveness of sin for those who turn from their sins and believe on Christ for the forgiveness of sin."
The BCNM's Christian Life Committee urged Baptists to participate in the Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Preservation of Marriage on the opening day of their annual meeting.
Messengers also passed a resolution encouraging Albuquerque voters on Nov. 19 to vote for the "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance," which, if approved, would make the state's largest city the first in the country to enact a ban on abortions 20 weeks or more into pregnancy.
Presiding during the convention were BCNM President Tar Henderson, pastor of Gila Valley Baptist Church in Gila, and First Vice President Jonathan Richard, pastor of First Baptist Church Estancia. Both were elected by acclamation to second and final one-year terms; and Dennis Dunn, pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Albuquerque, was elected by acclamation as second vice president.
Henderson closed the convention with his president's address on Wednesday morning while Clovis pastor Alan McAlister brought the annual meeting sermon on Tuesday afternoon. Joseph Bunce, the BCNM's executive director, wrapped up the Tuesday evening session with his report.
Leading a Bible study in each of the convention's sessions was Chuck Kelley, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Brian Autry, executive director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, brought messages during each session.
"I don't want to pastor a church of the frozen chosen," McAlister, pastor of Central Baptist Church in Clovis, said. He made the comment after sharing the story of a ship that was caught in the Antarctic ice cap in the 19th century.
McAlister used the Apostle Paul's admonition in Philippians 3:12-14 as his text. "Live in the present," he said. "The task of sharing the gospel with everyone everywhere "is not done. ... There's work to do."
It is easy for Christians to become weary and weakened from having to deal with life's frustrations. They may not consider the danger that others are in, McAlister warned. He concluded by inviting everyone to join him in asking God to do whatever He needed to do in their lives to get them involved in the task of sharing the Gospel across the state and to the ends of the earth.
Bunce, BCNM's executive director, challenged messengers based on Jeremiah 25-29 to realize they are living in unfamiliar territory. "You and I have got to learn to do ministry in Babylon," he said.
"Do we curse our culture?" Bunce asked.
"We must bring Christ to our culture," he responded. "It is only Christ who is going to change this world."
New Mexico Baptists should celebrate what they have accomplished together, Bunce said. He called attention to the millions of dollars they have sent to support Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries through the Cooperative Program and the annual offerings for North American and international missions.
The state's Baptists, he added, need "to pour love and care into those who are captured in sin."
Henderson, BCNM's president, said New Mexico Baptists must have a clear perspective of what God wants of His chosen people. God wants what the Apostle Paul wrote in Colossians 3:17: "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (NIV).
"Everything that we do is important to God Almighty," Henderson said during the convention's final message.
Christians have a responsibility to live lives of witnesses for Christ, he said. Henderson stressed the necessity of putting away the things that characterized the sinful nature and putting on "heavenly garments."
"We have the power; we just have to tap into it and be obedient ...," he said.
Autry, executive director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, said Jesus is "the Lord of empowerment who wants to refresh this Land of Enchantment [New Mexico's nickname]."
Many Christians fail to drink the living water Jesus makes available to them, Autry said. They "will overflow as Spirit-filled followers of Christ" when they are committed to sharing the life Jesus gives them with others, he said.
"We live in the midst of darkness," he said.
Calling attention to Philippians 2:12 and the verses following, Autry challenged New Mexico Baptists to "shine as stars" in the darkness.
"God knows we live in the midst of darkness," he said. The more Christians are like Jesus, the brighter they shine in the darkness.
Kelley, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, said
"Paul knew that this Gospel was a Gospel of power."
"You will not be fruitful in a ministry if that is not your core conviction," Kelley said.
Acknowledging the challenging times America is experiencing, Kelley said, "Because of what Jesus did, we know how the story ends!"
"Kapow!" Kelley shouted repeatedly while leading a Bible study in the convention's second session. He described the many truths Paul shared about Jesus in Philippians 2:5-11.
"He took all His power and privileges as God, and he emptied it all out," Kelley explained. "He who was God also became man, drawing together in one person all of God that God could be and all of man that man could be."
Paul tells believers "to look and act like Jesus," Kelley continued. While it is a problem that many Christians today do not share the gospel, the "core problem" is "that more of us don't look and live like Jesus."
Calling attention to Philippians 4:6, Kelley said in a later session that those who pray catch "a glimpse of God's calm face" and experience His peace, which is "not an emotion and feeling ... (but rather) an active force protecting and guarding our heart."
"The greatest days we have ever had in our history lie ahead if you, if I, will be people of prayer," Kelley concluded.
Messengers moved quickly through each of the convention's business sessions. They passed all recommendations with little or no discussion and no opposition.
One proposal included the approval of a recommended merger between the BCNM's two camp corporations and the BCNM. Now approved, the organizations can begin the process and submit documents for messengers to affirm during the 2014 BCNM annual meeting.
Messengers also approved an Executive Board recommendation to strike all references to the BCNM's Historical Committee from the BCNM bylaws.
Messengers approved the BCNM's budget. It will require 2.2 percent more from New Mexico Baptist churches than is needed to meet the convention's 2013 budget.
Next year's budget calls for $4,035,055 in Cooperative Program (CP) receipts from the churches -- an increase of $86,881 from the amount required for the current budget.
The budget includes an increase in salaries for BCNM employees of 2 percent for administrative staff and 3 percent for support staff.
An estimated $926,847, or 23 percent, will be deducted for shared ministries from CP contributions the BCNM receives next year. Following this deduction, 35.25 percent of the remaining CP receipts -- an estimated $1,095,643 -- will be forwarded to the SBC for national and international missions and ministry.
The percentage to be sent to the SBC will be increased from 35 percent this year to 35.25 percent next year.
The remaining 64.75 percent, $2,012,565, along with the amount above that had been deducted for shared ministries and additional income of $1,929,244 from various sources - that include BCNM camps, BCNM children and student conferences, Baptist New Mexican subscriptions and advertising and the SBC's North American Mission Board and LifeWay Christian Resources -- will be used to support a total operating budget of $4,868,656 for mission work in New Mexico.
Leading worship during this year's convention were Lamar Morin, leader of the BCNM's leadership development team; the New Mexico Singing Churchmen; and Richard Bowling, worship pastor of First Baptist Church, Bloomfield.
The 2014 state convention will be held at First Baptist Church, Deming, Oct. 21-22.
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According to the log, the man allegedly tried to lure the child into the vehicle but didn't follow him when he rode away.
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7:28 a.m.: A silver 2009 Chevy Malibu was allegedly stolen from in front of a residence on the 700 block of West Mount Diablo Avenue. The owner was reportedly inside while the vehicle was warming up and saw it being driven away as he returned outside. Police are investigating.
8:41 a.m.: Police were unable to verify reports that students from Millennium High School were smoking marijuana at a residence on the 200 block of West Lowell Avenue. An employee at the school received an anonymous tip that students were smoking at the residence and that there were also marijuana plants growing on the property. Police spoke with an elderly couple living at the home and found no signs that students were present.
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3:29 p.m.: Police arrested a 46-year-old man on the 1100 block of West 11th Street for allegedly punching a second man 15 times in the face. The victim was reportedly at a doctor's office waiting for approval to visit an oral surgeon.
10:01 p.m.: Two men were allegedly seen trying to burglarize a vehicle that was parked on the 2400 block of Lighthouse Circle. They were gone when police arrived.
11:20 p.m.: Police arrested a man in Kingsley Park, 2130 Robert Gabriel Road, for unknown reasons. The man was allegedly looking into vehicles with a flashlight with a group of three other people. Details about the man's name, age and charges were redacted from the police log. The log does indicate that the man might have an outstanding warrant.
• This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher's daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. Charges may have been added or dropped as of press time, and all suspects are assumed innocent until proven guilty. To report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.