USAID “Feed the Future” open webinar
MEDIA ADVISORY
Church World Service, USAID
“Feed the Future” open webinar: Tackling global food
security
USAID’s Rajiv Shah, Paul Weisenfeld, Zeenat
Rahman, CWS’s John McCullough to present
WASHINGTON, D.C./NEW YORK -- Thursday January 19,
2012 -- The United State Agency for International
Development’s Center for Faith-based and Community
Initiatives and global humanitarian agency Church World
Service will present a live webinar briefing this Friday
(January 20) to highlight what’s working, challenges and a
look ahead in the struggle to develop global food
security.
The event marks the first such webinar
collaboration on global hunger organized by USAID's Center
for Faith based and Community Initiatives particularly for
the U.S. faith community and social justice advocates.
Media, the public and faith-based constituencies are invited
to attend and submit questions.
In the open Internet
briefing, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, the agency’s
Bureau for Food Security Assistant Administrator Paul
Weisenfeld and other USAID leaders will join Church World
Service Executive Director the Rev. John L. McCullough in
sharing the latest tracks and findings of President Barack
Obama’s Feed the Future initiative (http://www.feedthefuture.gov) and
successful ground level food security approaches that CWS is
supporting around the world.
WHAT
Feed the Future, Church World Service and You
A webinar on the
progress and challenges in the global struggle to overcome
hunger
WHO
• Rev. John L. McCullough, Executive Director and CEO, Church World Service
• Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator
• Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, USAID
• Zeenat Rahman, Acting Director, Center for Faith Based and Community Initiatives, USAID
• Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Senior Advisor on Feed the Future, USAID
WHEN
Friday January 20, 2012
1:00 - 2:00 PM
TO
PARTICIPATE:
Participants must dial one of the phone
numbers below to access the audio portion of the webinar.
The webinar screen will be used only to display PowerPoint
presentation visuals and will not have audio available.
Opening presentations will be followed by an audience
question and answer session, with audience questions
submitted via twitter (#cwswebinar) or the chat function on
attendees’ webinar screen.
For online webinar
presentation (no audio)
Webinar URL: https://ac.usaid.gov/cws/
(Note: It is not necessary to register in advance. Go to the site above 5-10 minutes before the start time on January 20, click "Guest" and enter your full name.)
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