President/Executive Director Of American Jewish World Service To Speak At Muhlenberg
On Tuesday, October 2, Ruth Messinger, President and Executive Director of the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) will give a talk, “Pursuing Global Justice: The Role of Grassroots Social Change Organizations,” at 7 p.m. in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall.Wednesday, September 26, 2007 01:59 PM
The lecture, part of the semester-long series, Globalization from Above and Below, is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow program and the College’s Center for Ethics. This event is free and open to the public.
AJWS is a not-for-profit organization that provides financial support, technical assistance, emergency relief and skilled volunteers to grassroots non-governmental organizations in the developing world without regard to race, religion or nationality. These groups are involved in community building, and in sustainable agriculture, education, health, economic development, women’s empowerment and civil society work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine. Under Messinger’s leadership, AJWS is expanding its scope and visibility and creating new service, education and outreach programs.
Messinger worked in public service in New York City for 20 years and was the first woman to secure the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor. She has been a visiting professor at Queens and Hunter Colleges. She is a social worker by professional training, is an active member of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism and serves on the board of several not-for-profit organizations. In November 2001, she was named one of the Forward newspaper’s 50 most influential Jews of the year.
Messinger will be on Muhlenberg’s campus from October 1 – 5, as a part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow program. Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows connect a liberal education with the world beyond the campus by bringing thoughtful and successful practitioners to colleges for a week of discussions with students and faculty. Fellows are scheduled for formal presentations in classrooms, panels, and public platforms, and informal encounters at meals, in student centers, clubs, dormitories, career counseling and individual sessions. The week-long visit allows Fellows to explicate their ideas fully and often leads to continuing ties.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has developed and conducted programs in higher education since 1945. More than 200 colleges have participated in the Visiting Fellows program since 1973.
For more information on this event or other Center for Ethics programs, please visit www.muhlenberg.du/cultural/ethics.
Muhlenberg College gratefully acknowledges the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation’s support of the Center for Ethics.
