Nobel Peace Prize Winner to Speak

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World Affairs Council of Maine To Feature Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Adil Najam <o:p></o:p>

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <o:p></o:p>

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Contact: Gail Witherill

World Affairs Council of Maine

Telephone: 207-221-4386

gwitherill@wacmaine.org

www.wacmaine.org

5-7PM at Ludke Auditorium, University of New England, Portland Campus<o:p></o:p>

 The World Affairs Council of Maine announces that Adil Najam is the featured speaker for the May 6, 2010 Bernstein Forum. Currently, Adil Najam is Director of Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.  He studies high profile issues like the war on terror and global warming, but also less-covered subjects like senior care in poor countries and new trends in philanthrophy.  In 2007, he shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Al Gore and to scientists on an international climate change council.  A multifaceted person with a global perspective, Najam hosts a popular web blog (10,000 hits daily) encouraging dialogue among Pakistanis (www.Pakistaniat.com) and he is often sought out by national news organizations such as NPR and CNN for his expertise on the Muslim world. His topic will be: Climate Change, Development and Human Security<o:p></o:p>

 The program will take place on May 6, 2010, from 5-7PM, at the Ludke Auditorium, University of New England-Portland Campus on 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine. The program is free and open to the public but donations are accepted.  Registration is necessary.  Call 221-4384 to register or email info@wacmaine.org with names of the people who would like to attend.<o:p></o:p>

For additional information contact: <o:p></o:p>

Gail Witherill<o:p></o:p>

World Affairs Council of Maine <o:p></o:p>

Telephone: 207-221 -4386<o:p></o:p>

gwitherill@wacmaine.org <o:p></o:p>

www.wacmaine.org <o:p></o:p>

The World Affairs Council of Maine is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public membership organization dedicated to bringing issues of international importance into focus through the presentation of world leaders and opinion makers at its public programs, business briefings, schools and special events. <o:p></o:p>

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