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Shaping the Future: The Need for Global Citizens

Carol Bellamy, President and CEO, World Learning,
Alumni Lecture

San Francisco, California

Date and Time: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Lecture, question/answers followed by a wine reception

Location: The World Affairs Council of Northern California 312 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94108

Cost: $10 per person (This fee will help support future World Learning alumni events.)

Carol Bellamy believes that one of the greatest challenges in today’s world is how to live as a global citizen. In her talk, Bellamy will argue that the world simply cannot afford bystanders or passive participants. The social problems we face arise from the choices that we make. Poverty does not persist for no reason; war does not emerge from nowhere; and HIV does not spread in ways we do not understand. We make choices that result in these afflictions. How we allocate resources, how we assess the impact of our decisions, how often we consider children in our choices: these are the moments that matter. Creating a network of concerned and active global citizens is Carol Bellamy's and World Learning's vision.

Bellamy assumed leadership of World Learning in May 2005, following ten years as executive director of UNICEF. Prior to joining UNICEF, she was director of the United States Peace Corps. She spent thirteen years as an elected public official, including five years in the New York State Senate (19731977). In 1978, she became the first woman to be elected president of the New York City Council, a position she held until 1985. Bellamy also has had a distinguished career in the private sector. She was a managing director of Bear Stearns from 1990 to 1993 and a principal at Morgan Stanley from 1986 to 1990. From 1968 to 1971 she was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Bellamy earned her law degree from New York University in 1968. She is a former fellow of the Institute of Politics at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and an honorary member of Phi Alpha Alpha, the US National Honor Society for Accomplishment and Scholarship in Public Affairs and Administration. In 2004, she was named to Forbes magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.