Fellow Intersections’ ChangeTheStory.net panelist Charity Tooze is a freelance journalist and academic focusing on politics in the Middle East.  She is producing a multi-media project about the plight of the 2.2 million externally displaced Iraqi refugees which was recently featured in Worldfocus. To learn more about her project contact her at: charity@charitytooze.com.

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ChangeTheStory Panelists Michael Jordan, Charity Tooze, Kim Shultz and C. Eduardo Vargas

On Feb. 4, the ongoing Iraqi refugee crisis was the topic of the second in a series of panel discussions sponsored by Intersections’ ChangeTheStory.net Project. Panelists included media branding expert Michael Jordan; journalist Charity Tooze; artist Kim Schultz; and Intersections’ C. Eduardo Vargas, who manages the Iraqi Voices Amplification Project (IVAP).  Visit the Intersections news page and staff blog to read more about the event.

In November 2008, C. Eduardo Vargas was an invited speaker at a panel discussion on the Iraqi humanitarian crisis at Columbia University. The panel entitled, “Iraq’s Displaced: The Challenge For The Next U.S. Administration,” was hosted by  The Humanitarian Affairs Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and the New York Consortium for Security and Humanitarian Action. The panel also featured prominent speakers from such organizations as Human Rights Watch, International Rescue Committee, The List Project, and UNHCR.

In January 2009, Project Manager, C. Eduardo Vargas was interviewed on the weekly podcast series, Conversation on Diplomacy and Power Politics and shared background information and policy prescriptions on the looming Iraqi refugee crisis. To listen to his interview, click here.