Join WFPG for a Conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Ambassador Samantha Power is the US Permanent
Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama's Cabinet.
At the United Nations, Ambassador Power works to advance US interests, promote
and defend universal values, and address pressing global challenges to global
peace, security, and prosperity. Prior to serving as U.S. Permanent
Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Power served as Special
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and
Human Rights on the National Security Staff at the White House. In this role
she focused on issues including UN reform; LGBT and women's rights; the
promotion of religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities;
human trafficking; and democracy and human rights.
Before joining the government, Ambassador Power was the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School. She was also the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Ambassador Power is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide (2002) and Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World (2008). She is also the recent co-editor of The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World (2011). Ambassador Power began her career as a journalist, reporting from places such as Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, and contributed regularly to The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, the New York Review of Books, and The New Yorker Magazine.
Reception 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Discussion 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
1615 M Street, NW
Washington, DC
Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
The Wilderness Society
Space is limited. Advance registration is required.
Please direct any questions to 202-429-2692 or programs@wfpg.org.
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