[Speaker Series Announcement] Transforming the Workplace and Empowering the Team with Professor Luis Huete, M.B.A., Ph.D. (March-18-2021)
Change is creating unprecedented opportunities and threats for individuals and institutions.
Our Virtual Speaker Series brings a great opportunity to gain insights and learn from a world-renowned business school faculty member and consultant who will discuss the future transformation of the workplace and how to make teamwork a success.
Professor Luis Huete is well known in the field of international management. He holds a Law Degree and an M.B.A from Spain’s IESE Business School, and has been a professor there since 1982. Huete was also a Fulbright Scholar at Boston University where he received his D.B.A.
A speaker to top management teams in more than 800 companies in more than 70 countries, Huete has lectured at Harvard Business School’s Achieving Breakthrough Service and Advanced Management programs. He is the co-founder of Instituto Gobernanza y Sociedad, vice-chancellor and treasurer of the International Academy of Management and serves as a board member of numerous companies.
Professor Huete is the author of 12 books on management, and is a frequent contributor of articles for the business press.
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[RECORDING AVAILABLE] 2020 Vision of U.S.-Mexico Border: Frontline Perspectives from Journalists and Researchers
Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzM-fC4T48c
The San Diego Chapter of the Fulbright Association is pleased to present a special virtual roundtable discussion on contemporary border issues featuring acclaimed Mexican and U.S. border journalists and scholars. The Mexico-US border region, long a site of cross-cultural creativity and conflict, is today a hotspot where international and national issues are mixing in volatile, unpredictable ways.
Topics:
- Words matter: The consequences of anti-immigrant rhetoric along the border.
- Health consequences of pandemic mitigation in border areas.
- Rhetoric of free-trade and protectionism versus border realities: lessons from the economic history of the region.
- Threats to press freedom from cartels and beyond.
- Tijuana – San Diego: Between assimilation and gentrification.
The San Diego Chapter of the Fulbright Association is pleased to sponsor this important panel of distinguished journalists and scholars who will increase our understanding of pressing U.S. Mexico border issues confronting our San Diego region. The event is part of our effort to make our Chapter a true cross-border one that acknowledges how the international border sometime masks how the San Diego region is currently and historically interdependent, both culturally, economically, educationally and socially.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Dra. Ietza Rocio Bojórquez Chapela
Dr. Bojorquez is an epidemiologist and a public health specialist. Her main research interest is on the social determinants of health, in the areas of mental health, health-related practices (diet, physical activity) and migrant health.
After graduating from medical school, she worked in health promotion in rural areas in Mexico. From 2007 to 2010 she was Deputy Director of Operations Research in Mexico’s Ministry of Health. From 2010 on, she has been a professor-researcher at the Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico, where she is currently in charge of the Surveys of Migration in Mexico’s Borders (EMIF).
Her recent research projects include “Prevalence and factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, HIV and latent tuberculosis, among migrants in Tijuana, Mexico”, “Mental health and trajectories of reintegration of young return migrants”, “Public spaces and physical activity in cities in Northern Mexico”, “Feasibility study of a cellphone-based intervention to promote mental health among deported migrants”, and “Participatory Development of a Health Promotion Intervention to Improve Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practices in an Underserved Community”.
Vicente Calderón
With more than 30 years practicing journalism on both sides of the Mexico-U.S border, Vicente Calderón has a unique perspective on the dynamic and complex border region.
Today we talk about the new phenomenon of “All Terrain” reporters, but Calderón has a long career that has evolved with the development of multimedia platforms.
Calderón started in radio in Tijuana and has accumulated experience and knowledge in Los Angeles as a TV news anchor as well as in San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, first as a reporter and today as editor of Tijuana’s first online news site, Tijuanapress.com. Tijuanapress.com is dedicated to the professional training and development of journalists and to the promotion and defense of freedom of expression on both sides of the border.
He has developed news in English and Spanish, producing for CBS News and ITN of England or Al Jazeera America, as well serving as a correspondent for mexican national media such as Milenio TV.
Calderón help launch Newsweek en Español Baja California as editorial coordinator. He left that post in May 2018 due to a renewed interest from several international media outlets on stories about Tijuana and an increased demand of Tijuanapress.com services.
Vicente Calderon is a graduate of the School of clinical Psychology of CETYS Universidad from Tijuana, Mexico.
Alfredo Corchado
Alfredo Corchado is the Mexico Border correspondent for the Dallas Morning News and author of Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness. Born in Durango, Mexico, he was raised in California and Texas. He worked the fields of California’s San Joaquin Valley alongside his parents who were members of the United Farm Workers union led by Cesar Chavez. Corchado began his career in journalism at the El Paso Herald-Post, before working for the Wall Street Journal in 1987. He is a 2009 Nieman at Harvard and also a fellow at Woodrow Wilson, Rockefeller, Lannan, USMEX and IOP. He is a recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University in 2007.
In 2009, he received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism from Colby College. He has reported on the reach of Mexican drug cartels into the United States, the plight of Mexican and Central American immigrants in the U.S. and government corruption on both sides of the border and debate about immigration. The former director of the Borderlands Program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, Corchado was also inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2018. He was named 2020 Justice Media Trailblazer by John Jay College and Texas’ Star Reporter of Year.
Dr. James Gerber
Dr. James Gerber is retired from San Diego State University where he taught economics for 34 years. He successfully served as SDSU’s Director of the Center for Latin American Studies (2002-2009) and obtained federal grants designating it as a National Resource Center for Latin America. Among his other works, he is the author of the widely used textbook International Economics and co-author of the economic history Fifty Years of Change on the US-Mexico Border. His recent book, A Great Deal of Ruin: Financial Crises since 1929 was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. He has been a visiting professor in universities in Canada and Mexico.
[RECORDING AVAILABLE] The Digital Future of Health with Professor Shafi Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D.
Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4GiamqYWs&t=31s
In this webinar, Professor Ahmed discussed emerging technologies on Digital Health and shared his valuable insights and experience as a world-renowned surgeon, innovator, teacher, futurist and virtual reality leader.
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award-winning cancer surgeon working at The Royal London Hospital. He is faculty at Imperial College, Bart’s Medical School, Queen Mary University, Bradford University, Harvard Medical School and Singularity University where he teaches on innovation and digital transformation.
He is a member of the NHS assembly advising the government. Advisor to the Abu Dhabi government for digital transformation. Ambassador for Vodafone for 5G and connected healthcare for 2020. Cofounder of Medical Realities. Chair of the WebIT Health Summit. A TEDx and international speaker having delivered over 200 keynotes in over 30 countries on innovation, the future of healthcare and digital transformation.
His vision is to merge the world of medicine, global education, and virtual reality. In 2016 he performed the first virtual reality operation which was watched in 140 countries. He is one of the top 20 global influencers in Digital Health and a HIMSS Future50 clinical leader 2020.
Chapter Statements on Discrimination and Equality
- We believe and will always advocate for the equal appreciation and value of all human beings regardless of country of origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, economic, social or educational status. We recognize that humans are often not treated equally and therefore we will always stand with individuals, groups or organizations that fight for this inalienable right.
- Our Chapter will always advocate for the equal appreciation and value of all human beings regardless of country of origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, economic, social or educational status. Our Chapter recognizes that humans must be treated equally and therefore we will always stand with individuals, groups or organizations that fight for this inalienable right. Our Chapter activity promotes citizenry and organizationally-based efforts and programs that promote and create an environment of equality.
PARA SU INFORMACIÓN, ESTAS SON LAS DECLARACIONES DE PRINCIPIOS DE LA SECCIÓN SOBRE DISCRIMINACIÓN E IGUALDAD.
- Nosotros creemos fervientemente y siempre abogaremos por el reconocimiento universal de todos los seres humanos, independientemente de su país de origen, orientación sexual, género, edad, nivel económico, social y educativo; estamos a favor de que a todo ser humano se le trate y valore de la misma manera. Reconocemos la realidad, en la que no todos los seres humanos son tratados se la misma manera a causa de la discriminación, y por ello siempre apoyaremos y estaremos del lado de los individuos, grupos, y organizaciones que luchan a favor de la igualdad; en contra de la discriminación.
- Nuestra sección siempre abogará por que a todos los seres humanos se les valore de la misma forma y se les otorgue el mismo trato – sin discriminación alguna – independientemente su país de origen, su orientación sexual, su género, su edad, y su condición económica, social y educativa. Nuestra sección reconoce que todos los seres humanos son iguales y que deben ser objeto del mismo tratado y valoración. Y, por lo tanto, siempre apoyaremos a las personas, grupos u organizaciones que luchan por este derecho inalienable. Nuestra sección promueve toda actividad ciudadana cuyos esfuerzos y programas organizativos estén orientados hacia el desarrollo de una atmósfera de igualdad entre los seres humanos.
[Highlighted Virtual Event by UCSD Kroc School of Peace Studies] A Democracy for All of U.S.
As we move forward out of a devastating pandemic and with a new president, what problems must we confront and what solutions must we create to develop a strong, inclusive democracy for all?
On January 28 at 5 p.m. PST, join the Kroc School online for the first in a three-part virtual event series dedicated to insightful and interactive conversation on the future of democracy in the U.S.
[Speaker Series Announcement] The Digital Future of Health with Professor Shafi Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D.
In this webinar, Professor Ahmed will discuss emerging technologies on Digital Health and share his valuable insights and experience as a world-renowned surgeon, innovator, teacher, futurist and virtual reality leader.
Professor Shafi Ahmed is a multi-award-winning cancer surgeon working at The Royal London Hospital. He is faculty at Imperial College, Bart’s Medical School, Queen Mary University, Bradford University, Harvard Medical School and Singularity University where he teaches on innovation and digital transformation.
He is a member of the NHS assembly advising the government. Advisor to the Abu Dhabi government for digital transformation. Ambassador for Vodafone for 5G and connected healthcare for 2020. Cofounder of Medical Realities. Chair of the WebIT Health Summit. A TEDx and international speaker having delivered over 200 keynotes in over 30 countries on innovation, the future of healthcare and digital transformation.
His vision is to merge the world of medicine, global education, and virtual reality. In 2016 he performed the first virtual reality operation which was watched in 140 countries. He is one of the top 20 global influencers in Digital Health and a HIMSS Future50 clinical leader 2020.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 12/03/2020
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
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[RECORDING AVAILABLE] Electing the President: Electoral College Vote and National Popular Vote
Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb-RC8o9LM
Presenters:
- Mary Thompson – Civil Engagement Chair & Jeanne Brown: League of Women Voters – History of Presidential Election Process
- Miranda McGowan: Professor of Law USD: – Electoral College Vote
- Derek Cressman: Candidate for CA State Senate representing Sacramento – National Popular Vote
The presenters discussed the background of the election process established by the framers of the US Constitution, which includes the role of Congress, States, and the public. There was a lack of one strong unified method for an election process drafted by the founders in 1776, due to the multiple issues they had to consider. A sampling of the issues that had to be addressed included: 1) emerging new rural states with small populations, 2) the enslaved being a large part of southern states populations, and 3) a lack of reliable methods of communication to distant voters. The requirements that were clear and unified were that each voter had to be male and own property. This qualification stood until 1800 when Andrew Jackson ran for office on a platform of “universal suffrage” and thus property ownership was eliminated as a voting requirement.
Through the years adjustments were made to the process such as, methods for selecting electors varied by state, the population moved from rural and agricultural to residing in big cities, and slavery being abolished and the right to vote, along with women who also won the right to vote. The Electoral College has had positive and negative effects on elections through the centuries, most recently requiring interventions by the Supreme Court in the 2000 election and again on 7/6/2020 regarding “faithless” electors. Efforts to amend the Constitution to change the method of election have not been successful. “One person one vote”, is the current theme for pursuit of the National Popular Vote as the preferred method for selecting the president in the USA. The panel will discuss the history, the Electoral College and the national popular vote regarding how to elect the president.
Sponsors:
This Webinar was supported by the San Diego Chapter of Fulbright Association and University of California San Diego: Division of Global Education
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Mary Thompson
Mary Thompson is Chair of the “Civil Engagement Committee” of the North County San Diego League of Women Voters (LWV). She also researches and writes for the LWV (CA) on the Pros and Cons of voter education material. She retired as an executive from ViaSat Inc.in 2005; and currently promotes deliberative democracy with the LWV.
Jeanne Brown
Jeanne Brown has her BS in the sciences and mathematics and taught for 35 years. She then earned her MA in Curriculum and Supervision. Following her retirement she was San Diego’s organizer for Common Cause for four years. She now serves on the Board of LWV and has served as President in the past. Her areas of expertise are “fair elections”, “money in politics”, and “redistricting’.
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman is a California-based political reform advocate, author and former Candidate for CA Secretary of State. His political ideals focus on removing big money from politics, improving campaign finance transparency and modernizing the California voter Registration System. He began work on these issues in 1995 as the Democracy Program Director for U. S. PIRG and worked in many positions including Vice President for States at Common Cause 2006-2013. He is currently a Candidate for CA State Senate representing Sacramento. For additional information go to www.derekcressman.com
Miranda McGowan
Miranda McGowan is a Professor of Law at University of San Diego, School of Law. She teaches Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination, and Torts. Her research is in the areas of Constitutional Law and racial and gender equality. For additional information go to www.sandiego.edu/schooloflaw/faculty
[RECORDING AVAILABLE] Virtual Hike at San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve and Nature Center
As our climate continues to change, and sea levels steadily rise, restoring the San Elijo Lagoon’s health has become a critical step – both for the land itself and the native wildlife living there. This natural habitat includes threatened and endangered species. The goal of this event is to exchange and share ideas about the impact of climate change on fragile habitats such as the San Elijo Lagoon. We want to hear from a representative about the conservancy and community activism effort, all while enjoying a hike in the outdoors and maintaining social distancing guidelines.
Update:
Due to COVID-19 and San Diego County health order, the Fulbright Association San Diego chapter decided to record the hike and make it available for everyone to enjoy on virtual basis.
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Virtual events fall 2020
- 2020 Vision of U.S.-Mexico border: Frontline Perspectives from Journalists and Researchers (Sept 24, 2pm-3:30pm)
- Electing the President: Electoral College Vote and National Popular Vote (Oct 14th 6-7.30pm)
Panel on the film “The Vote”: women’s path to achieve voting rights
Check out this panel of local leaders discussing the film “The Vote” which tells the story of women’s path to achieve voting rights in America. The film will air in July on KPBS and will provide some of the history of how women achieved the privilege to vote in the US.
This special online event features selections from the two-part, four hour documentary followed by a panel discussion with local experts.