The Berkana Institute and Meg Wheatley invite you on a Walk Out Walk On Women's Learning Journey to South Africa, November 1-12, 2011, to explore the role that women are playing in recreating community, government, and themselves. This journey promises to be a provocative, inspiring and transformative personal experience as we encounter the promise and paradox of the new South Africa as it continues to strive to become a truly "Rainbow Nation" 17 years on from its first democratic elections. Meg is co-leading this journey with Marianne Knuth, co-founder of Kufunda Learning Village in Zimbabwe. Read more

The past, the present and the preferred future for home economics education in Hong Kong - Ada Ma1 and Donna Pendergast2

Calling All Classroom Teachers!

• Any Level PreK-12
• Any Subject
• New Teachers and Veterans

INVITATION: The biennial Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association conference is rapidly approaching. Please join us February 29 through March 2, 2012 at the Holiday Inn City Center in Charlotte, NC. Registration information is available from the web site (http://www.eferma.org). The registration form is available from the EFERMA web page or directly at http://mrupured.myweb.uga.edu/files/2012_EFERMA_Conference_Registration_Form.pdf

REMINDER: The deadline for submissions for posters, presentations, and papers is September 26, 2011. Submission guidelines are available from the EFERMA web page or directly at http://mrupured.myweb.uga.edu/proposal.html   Information about Student Scholarships is available from the same link.

REQUEST:  We need reviewers for both educational programs and posters/papers. Given the number of registrations I've already received, we anticipate a large number of submissions. To volunteer, send an email message to Yoko Mimura ymimura@fcs.uga.edu indicating whether you wish to review educational programs or posters/papers. The more volunteers we have, the lighter the load will be for each one.

Teaching and Research Conference
Illinois State University, Normal, IL

June 4-5, 2012

In March of 2010, the Pursuit of Social Wealth commenced in Louisville, Kentucky with a gathering of international scholars who brought discussions of various issues that related to the development of social wealth. One of these matters concerned the development of education settings and preparation of teachers to affect the financial teaching and learning that are needed to develop fiscally responsible citizens.

This call represents an invitation for teachers and researchers to continue the dialogue that commenced at that gathering. Literature well documents the financial illiteracy of American youth, with most reporting that they learn about their finances at home. These conditions breed disparate patterns of financial practice that range from prudent to reckless.

DESA News
Newsletter of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
August 2011- Vol. 15, No.8
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On May 27th, our friend, colleague and mentor, Allen Martin, passed away. It has been a long summer, and we miss him tremendously.

Please join his colleagues, friends, and family for a reflection, remembrance, and celebration of his life on the CSUN campus in the Music Recital Hall.

Tuesday, August 23rd: 9:30 a.m.

Click here for details and map

In lieu of gifts/flowers the family requested that donations be made to:

The Consumer Resource Center
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
California State University, Northridge

You can make checks payable to "CSUN Foundation." Please write in the memo line "Consumer Resource Center/Allen Martin." Donations can be sent to:

California State University, Northridge
College of Health and Human Development
ATTN: John Pepitone
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215

Issue No. 78 of the Quarterly Bulletin, ‘Families International’, published by the Vienna NGO Committee on the Family, is available online for downloading at: www.viennafamilycommittee.org.

This issue contains the proceeding of an International Forum, which was held during a Full Committee Meeting on May 16th  to observe the International Day of Families (IDF) 2011, with the theme: ‘Confronting Family Poverty and Social Exclusion’, in the Vienna International Centre of the United Nations, and includes the Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as well as the text of a Statement submitted to the Forum by Renata Kaczmarska, Focal Point, United Nations Programme on the Family, New York.

Related links:
www.viennafamilycommittee.org
www.10yearsIYF.org
www.civilsocietynetworks.org