From dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net Sun Jul 27 15:28:02 2008 From: dfledfoundation-announce at communityforum.net (dfledfoundation-announce@communityforum.net) Date: Sun Jul 27 16:30:02 2008 Subject: [DFLEF] Please edit Message-ID: DFL Education Foundation Downtown Discussion A monthly gathering of citizens interested in learning about and discussing the political issues with the greatest impact on the lives of Minnesotans. Promoting Democratic Institutions Abroad and at Home With Tom Kelly National Democratic Institute's?Senior Resident Director, Serbia Wednesday, August 6 at Noon Frederickson and Byron Law Office Conference Room 200 So. 6th Street, 40th Floor US Bank Building, corner of 6th Street & 2nd Avenue A former Minnesotan, Tom Kelly,? will talk about his work in Serbia as?it struggles to lay the foundation of a democratic political system, and about the work of NDI, one of four institutes compromising the National Endowment for Democracy, a result of? legislation during the Reagan Administration. ? For eight years before joining NDI in 2007, Kelly worked with several Minnesota nonprofits,? and with the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland on strengthening local party branches and also was a?researcher in the Minnesota Senate Majority Leader's office. The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. NDI works with democrats in every region of the world to build political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.? For more information about NDI, see www.ndi.org .?? Bring bag lunch ? coffee and soft drinks will be provided -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mapnp.Geeks.ORG/pipermail/dfledfoundation-announce/attachments/20080727/084b65c3/attachment.html