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NOTE: Community
Language and Culture Bank officially
changed its name to Center
for Intercultural Organizing
in August, 2005 to better reflect our mission, work and values.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 12, 2003
Community Language and Culture
Bank
Media Contact: Kayse Jama
kayse@interculturalorganizing.org
http://www.interculturalorganizing.org
More Information: (503) 287-4117
Former Somali Prime Minister Visits
Portland
The Community Language and Culture Bank is honored to
bring Ali Khalif Galaydh to Portland. During his
three-day stay, the former Prime Minister of Somalia
will meet with the local Somali community, and speak at
Marylhurst University and Portland State University.
When Ali Khalif Galaydh was chosen Prime Minister of
Somalia in 2000, the country had no government or rule
of law—and very few resources. "We had no
furniture, no stationery, no buildings. We had
nothing," Galaydh told Time Europe Magazine. With
little help from the international community, rebuilding
Somalia after years of civil war proved daunting.
Over the subsequent two years, the professor and
one-time Minister of Industry put Somalia back into the
international arena. His administration reopened
embassies and reclaimed the nation’s seats in the
United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and
the Arab League. But his biggest challenges were
domestic.
Come and hear Galaydh's story of rebuilding a country
from ground zero and his perspectives on post-Cold War
Africa, globalization, and Western influence over the
continent.
ALI KHALIF GALAYDH’S PORTLAND ITINERARY
Wednesday, June 4
2:30 – 4:00 PM
A Conversation with the Somali Community
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)
10301 NE Glisan Street, Portland
Free and open to the public
Thursday, June 5
Noon – 1:30 PM
Brown Bag Lunch Presentation
Marylhurst University
Commons Cafeteria
17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy. 43)
Marylhurst, OR
Free and open to the public
Thursday, June 5
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Presentation and Forum
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Auditorium
SW Broadway and Montgomery
Free and open to the public
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