Golto Aila of Ethiopian Politics Blog argues, "If you are an Ethiopian under forty, you probably don’t recall much of Emperor Haile Silasie’s reign. You will have lived under dictatorial rule for all your adult life, or you may have run away from your country to live in peace somewhere else. Even though you are thousands of miles away from all the turmoil , you are still restless; for you are mindful of the terrible life your loved ones whom you left behind go through day in and day out. you are physically in a free country, yet remain a prisoner in your innermost core ... Instead of nurturing you, protecting you, and strengthening you, your government is eliminating, imprisoning and undermining you. You have lost parents, siblings and friends ... History books tell you wonderful stories about your country’s glorious past and its old civilization. While all this knowledge fills you up with pride, the reality you are in makes it impossible for you to relate. Your country is blessed with natural resources, yet it is perennially begging for food." To read the full article, click here.
Friday, June 13, 2008
News about Ethiopia
Voice of America correspondent Peter Heinlein reports that the World Food Program is diverting emergency food shipments to Ethiopia, where officials expect already severe shortages to worsen over the next few months. Heinlein reports July is likely to be the most critical period, with deteriorating nutrition levels among people already living on the edge. To read the full article, click here.News about Ethiopia
Voice of America correspondent reports, "the US denies silence on rights abuses in Ethiopia," from the state department. Yesterday the US "persistently expressed concern regarding human rights abuses, especially, regarding allegations in the Ogaden region, Gollust explains. To read the full article, click here.
Ethiopians Celebrated
According to Paul Gains of Canada's CBC Sports, "Dire Tune of Ethiopia celebrates her victory in the 1-hour race at the IAAF Golden Spike international athletics contest in Ostrava, Czech Republic" today. Additionally, "Earlier this year the 22-year-old Tune, who comes from Asalla in the Arsi region, won the 2008 Boston Marathon on April 21 with a time of 2:25:25 and the Houston Marathon in January in a personal best time of 2:24:40...With the money she earned from her Boston and Houston earnings she has built a new house in Addis Ababa." To read the full story, click here.Thursday, June 12, 2008
News about Ethiopia
According to Voice of America Correspondent Alisha Ryu explains, Human Rights Watch reports Ethiopia is committing war crimes in Ogaden. US-based Human Rights Watch claims it has collected substantial evidence confirming allegations that the government in Ethiopia continues to commit war crimes against humanity in its military effort to crush the rebel movement in the restive Ogaden region. Ryu reports that the rights group is critical of donors from western nations for remaining silent in spite of the abuses. To read the full article, click here . Also to hear the full report, click here .Wednesday, June 11, 2008
TSEHAI Conference 2008 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2008
Tsehai Conferences Focus on Youth
Conference Will Take Place in Washington, D.C., June 28-July 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tsehai Conferences announced its third Annual Conference, which will be held at George Washington School of Law in Washington, D.C., a city renown for its vibrant yet burgeoning Ethiopian community, from June 28 to July 3, 2008.
The conference theme, “Ethiopia’s Youth, Ethiopia’s Future,” will serve as a forum to discuss new developments in Ethiopia’s social and political landscape and provide participants with the opportunity to network with leaders in diverse sectors of the Ethiopian community from around the world.
Founder of Tsehai Conferences Elias Wondimu, an exiled journalist and now Publisher, said, “as Ethiopia passed its watershed millennium mark almost one year ago, it is important to remember that the youth have arrived to claim its future.” In this spirit, Tsehai Conferences proudly announces the first conference that focuses on the youth and its future. “The youth are frequent subjects of conversation, but in spite of their significant role, very little space has been made for them,” Wondimu said. “Tsehai Conference 2008 will lead the effort in bridging this gap,” he added.
Most importantly, the conference will remain a neutral space to ensure that it continues to facilitate the most thorough and deep conversations possible. “The conference is not ideological, rather it is a medium for the exchange of thought.” The conference also aspires to help participants gain insight into the past by featuring leaders of the 1970’s student movements and the then political leaders, and also highlights today’s young professionals and community leaders to show their vision for tomorrow.
The conference will include a film festival featuring various documentaries as well as a feature film, lectures and numerous panel discussions. The panelists will address current issues that have been at the center of discussions, past legacies, current challenges and future prospects. While helping us understand various problems Ethiopians confront, panelists will also recommend strategies for solving problems and moving forward.
“Bringing the youth into the center of our conversation allows us to learn from our past mistakes without recrimination, and frees us to look into the future with open arms towards each other” Wondimu said. “It is important for us to accept that it is impossible to undo our past mistakes, but we can do the right things today, in order for the young generation to start fresh and build the future with a new vision.”
Tsehai Publishers, widely known for its books, conceives of the conference as an important supplement to its contribution to knowledge production. Indeed “to many of our authors, it is an opportunity to get out from behind our desk and interact with the public, a page simply is not enough for people to truly understand the humanity behind the dialogue,” Wondimu said.
Tsehai Conference panels will provide attendees perspectives from distinguished friends and Ethiopian scholars, researchers, politicians, artists, educators, historians, social scientists, journalists, and authors who will be addressing diverse issues of importance in a format that can engage its audience into fruitful discussions. Our distinguished panelists will include Messay Kebede, Alem Hailu, Damtew Teferra, Ayele Bekerie, David Shinn, Sulyman Young, Yonas Kifle, Kay Shelemay, Ellias Fullmore Tseday Abera, Terrence Lyons, Pietro Toggia, Muse Clark, Belachew Yemaneh, Nahom Beyene, Winta Teferi, Abezash Tamrat, and more.
The conference is sponsored by the George Washington University, School of Law; Loyola Marymount University; Katten Muchin Resenman LLP; Howard University’s African Studies Department; PEN USA; Antioch University, Los Angeles; and George Mason University’s Center for Global Studies. The conference is also a collaborative effort, including the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation, Tsehai Publishers and Distributors, Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies, AGM Enterprise and the African Tribune.
For more information regarding past conferences and details regarding Tsehai Conferences 2008, visit the website at http://www.tsehaiconferences.com, or contact us via email: info@tsehaiconferences.com.
About Tsehai Conferences
TSEHAI Conferences, a Tsehai Publishers project that is jointly organized by the International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation, and the Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies (www.eineps.org), aspire to promote, encourage, and facilitate the most needed communication among individuals, groups, regions, nations and the world. Tsehai Conference’s website address is http://www.tsehaiconferences.com.
For more information, contact:
Nader Alsheikh
Tsehai Conferences Staff
E-mail: naderalsheikh@gmail.com
June 11, 2008
Conference Will Take Place in Washington, D.C., June 28-July 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tsehai Conferences announced its third Annual Conference, which will be held at George Washington School of Law in Washington, D.C., a city renown for its vibrant yet burgeoning Ethiopian community, from June 28 to July 3, 2008.
The conference theme, “Ethiopia’s Youth, Ethiopia’s Future,” will serve as a forum to discuss new developments in Ethiopia’s social and political landscape and provide participants with the opportunity to network with leaders in diverse sectors of the Ethiopian community from around the world.
Founder of Tsehai Conferences Elias Wondimu, an exiled journalist and now Publisher, said, “as Ethiopia passed its watershed millennium mark almost one year ago, it is important to remember that the youth have arrived to claim its future.” In this spirit, Tsehai Conferences proudly announces the first conference that focuses on the youth and its future. “The youth are frequent subjects of conversation, but in spite of their significant role, very little space has been made for them,” Wondimu said. “Tsehai Conference 2008 will lead the effort in bridging this gap,” he added.
Most importantly, the conference will remain a neutral space to ensure that it continues to facilitate the most thorough and deep conversations possible. “The conference is not ideological, rather it is a medium for the exchange of thought.” The conference also aspires to help participants gain insight into the past by featuring leaders of the 1970’s student movements and the then political leaders, and also highlights today’s young professionals and community leaders to show their vision for tomorrow.
The conference will include a film festival featuring various documentaries as well as a feature film, lectures and numerous panel discussions. The panelists will address current issues that have been at the center of discussions, past legacies, current challenges and future prospects. While helping us understand various problems Ethiopians confront, panelists will also recommend strategies for solving problems and moving forward.
“Bringing the youth into the center of our conversation allows us to learn from our past mistakes without recrimination, and frees us to look into the future with open arms towards each other” Wondimu said. “It is important for us to accept that it is impossible to undo our past mistakes, but we can do the right things today, in order for the young generation to start fresh and build the future with a new vision.”
Tsehai Publishers, widely known for its books, conceives of the conference as an important supplement to its contribution to knowledge production. Indeed “to many of our authors, it is an opportunity to get out from behind our desk and interact with the public, a page simply is not enough for people to truly understand the humanity behind the dialogue,” Wondimu said.
Tsehai Conference panels will provide attendees perspectives from distinguished friends and Ethiopian scholars, researchers, politicians, artists, educators, historians, social scientists, journalists, and authors who will be addressing diverse issues of importance in a format that can engage its audience into fruitful discussions. Our distinguished panelists will include Messay Kebede, Alem Hailu, Damtew Teferra, Ayele Bekerie, David Shinn, Sulyman Young, Yonas Kifle, Kay Shelemay, Ellias Fullmore Tseday Abera, Terrence Lyons, Pietro Toggia, Muse Clark, Belachew Yemaneh, Nahom Beyene, Winta Teferi, Abezash Tamrat, and more.
The conference is sponsored by the George Washington University, School of Law; Loyola Marymount University; Katten Muchin Resenman LLP; Howard University’s African Studies Department; PEN USA; Antioch University, Los Angeles; and George Mason University’s Center for Global Studies. The conference is also a collaborative effort, including the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation, Tsehai Publishers and Distributors, Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies, AGM Enterprise and the African Tribune.
For more information regarding past conferences and details regarding Tsehai Conferences 2008, visit the website at http://www.tsehaiconferences.com, or contact us via email: info@tsehaiconferences.com.
TSEHAI Conferences, a Tsehai Publishers project that is jointly organized by the International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation, and the Ethiopian Institute for Nonviolence Education and Peace Studies (www.eineps.org), aspire to promote, encourage, and facilitate the most needed communication among individuals, groups, regions, nations and the world. Tsehai Conference’s website address is http://www.tsehaiconferences.com.
For more information, contact:
Nader Alsheikh
Tsehai Conferences Staff
E-mail: naderalsheikh@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
WELCOME
Greetings and Welcome to the TSEHAI Conference 2008 BLOG!
Although the Third Annual International TSEHAI Conference will take place in Washington, DC, we've chosen to jump start the conversation to include as many participants as possible as well as offer the highest quality discussion possible.
As one can imagine, the theme of this year's conference, "Ethiopia's Youth, Ethiopia's Future," is a highly complex topic area. A topic area with such complexity benefits tremendously from having a foundation for its engagement; it offers the historical context necessary for addressing some of these pressing concerns.
Engaging today's youth is fundamental to the international Ethiopian community's progress and sustainability. Today blogs are an essential medium for intellectual exchange amongst the youth population. It is in this spirit that we’ve chosen to bring the conversation to this particular venue.
TSEHAI, traditionally known for publishing books, conceives of knowledge production as its most fundamental mission. It is with this in mind that TSEHAI Conference 2008 invites you to partake in the conversation. TSEHAI Conference 2008 is an extension of the work done by TSEHAI Publishers and similarly the blog is meant as an extension of the conference itself.
TSEHAI conceives of itself as a perennial committed to reaching people through a variety of mediums. While the blog is no substitute for the conference itself, we do believe the blog will serve as a useful resource in supplementing the work done by TSEHAI Publishers and Conferences.
Expect this blog to be updated daily to keep you informed on developments. The blog will offer in depth coverage of all news related to the conference's topic areas, logistics, analysis and more.
Moments such as this one and the conference itself are opportunities to collaborate in order to grow with and through others. We’d like to officially invite you to capitalize on this opportunity.
Although the Third Annual International TSEHAI Conference will take place in Washington, DC, we've chosen to jump start the conversation to include as many participants as possible as well as offer the highest quality discussion possible.
As one can imagine, the theme of this year's conference, "Ethiopia's Youth, Ethiopia's Future," is a highly complex topic area. A topic area with such complexity benefits tremendously from having a foundation for its engagement; it offers the historical context necessary for addressing some of these pressing concerns.
Engaging today's youth is fundamental to the international Ethiopian community's progress and sustainability. Today blogs are an essential medium for intellectual exchange amongst the youth population. It is in this spirit that we’ve chosen to bring the conversation to this particular venue.
TSEHAI, traditionally known for publishing books, conceives of knowledge production as its most fundamental mission. It is with this in mind that TSEHAI Conference 2008 invites you to partake in the conversation. TSEHAI Conference 2008 is an extension of the work done by TSEHAI Publishers and similarly the blog is meant as an extension of the conference itself.
TSEHAI conceives of itself as a perennial committed to reaching people through a variety of mediums. While the blog is no substitute for the conference itself, we do believe the blog will serve as a useful resource in supplementing the work done by TSEHAI Publishers and Conferences.
Expect this blog to be updated daily to keep you informed on developments. The blog will offer in depth coverage of all news related to the conference's topic areas, logistics, analysis and more.
Moments such as this one and the conference itself are opportunities to collaborate in order to grow with and through others. We’d like to officially invite you to capitalize on this opportunity.
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