COMMUNITY SERVICE: Info about CUPID
From: Julia Kumari Drapkin
I wanted to forward the invitation to participate in CUPID* (Columbia University Partnership for International Development) to the general student body. Those interested in multi-disciplinary approaches to international development issues
should definitely come by for meetings or get involved in the activities in the works:)Cheers, Julia
Julia Kumari Drapkin
juliekumari@yahoo.com
727-504-355****
CUPID (Columbia University Partnership for International
Development) will be working on putting together its second annual large scale,
high-level academic conference highlighting multidisciplinary
perspectives on an international development issue (to be
determined) for this coming spring.Last year’s conference on armed conflict and forced migration was
well received by all the participants, and we are looking forward
to improving upon it this year. Some possible topics for this
year’s conference include:HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Education, Gender
Parity, Access to Clean Water, etc.Participation in the conference organization process will afford
lots of opportunities to meet and dialog with professors and
professionals, fellow students and administrators. If you are
interested in being part of the committee to bring this exciting venture to fruition, please contact Justine Chao at jc2470@columbia.edu.Another opportunity for involvement with CUPID is the International
Development Project. The concept is to create a specific project in
the developing world, with research and implementation entirely student
run and led, focused on ensuring that all perspectives are included and
accounted for in addressing the developmental needs of the project, in order
to not replicate countless failed development projects of the past which
fail because of their short-sightedness and tunnel vision. If you are
interested in joining this committee please contact Susan Ilyin at
sai2102@columbia.edu, who will also be working with a team to
explore the possibilities of bringing this idea to reality.* CUPID. We may have a cheesy name, but we do interesting things.
