Trading Places: African Leaders Come to the U.S. With a Message for Obama

Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:00pm EDT

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Representatives from Government, Foreign Policy, and Civil Society Call for a
New Path on U.S. Foreign Aid

WHAT  The Obama Administration has pledged to make alleviating poverty,
fighting disease, and increasing economic opportunity in the developing world
core components of U.S. foreign policy. Leaders in Congress are pushing to
reform U.S. foreign aid to make sure these development efforts have more
impact than ever before. How can we get it right? To start, by listening to
the voices of people who know best: development professionals and aid
recipients themselves.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080221/DC14723LOGO )

WHEN Thursday, July 16, 2009, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. 

WHERE Newseum 
555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Freedom Forum Entrance
Washington, DC 20001

WHO  Panel participants include:

    --  Susan Glasser, Executive Editor of Foreign Policy (Moderator);
    --  Andrew Mwenda, an award-winning Ugandan journalist who has written
        extensively on the impact of aid in Africa and has been jailed for his
        work to expose official corruption;
    --  Honorable O. Natty B. Davis, Minister of State, National Coordinator
for
        Reconstruction and Development, and Head of the Secretariat of the
        Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee (LRDC);
    --  Wore Gana Seck, President of Conseil des ONG d'Appui au
        Developpement (CONGAD) and Executive Director of Green Senegal; and,

    --  Paul O'Brien, Director of Aid Effectiveness, Oxfam America


Panelists will be available for comments and interviews before and after the
event. 

RSVP:  oxfamrsvp@gpgdc.com and (202) 295-0174

Media Contact: 
Helen DaSilva at (617) 331-2984 or hdasilva@oxfamamerica.org
Sam Hiersteiner at (202) 295-0171 or shiersteiner@gpgdc.com

About Oxfam America
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that
creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with
individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam saves lives,
helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. To join our
efforts or learn more, go to www.oxfamamerica.org.

CONTACT: Helen DaSilva of Oxfam America, +1-617-331-2984,
hdasilva@oxfamamerica.org;  or Sam Hiersteiner, +1-202-295-0171,  
shiersteiner@gpgdc.com,  for Oxfam America

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- July 13/



SOURCE  Oxfam America