Subject: Art of Advocacy -- Class Schedule with Guests
From: "Rob Norton" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Anne Marie Person" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:22:55 -0500

Here's an updated version of the schedule with the guest we discussed on
Monday.

Also, I had a crazy idea that may not be feasible... Instead of a final
paper, what if we had a final project where we split the class in two and
have them prepare advocacy presentations (pro and con) on an issue of
relevance to someone like Chris Dodd (I wonder if he's on any international
issues like copyright protection/pirating in China, India, etc). If he's
still willing to come to class, we could get one of his issues and have the
two teams each prepare a pitch which Dodd could discuss and critique. We
give them the assignment a couple weeks out, so it resembles a real world
situation. This might even be helpful for Dodd or whomever we get, because
they're getting 18 students to war game an advocacy situation. Might be
more helpful for the students, and we wouldn't have to grade papers. This
could also work with someone other than Dodd... like a former chief of
staff who has some experience preparing this stuff for their boss.

*CLASS SCHEDULE WITH GUESTS*
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*JANUARY*
Jan 17 -- Intro Class
Jan 24 -- Advocate Panel -- WITH GUESTS -- Sally Susman, Sen. Ted Kaufman,
Rick Leach
Jan 31 -- Food Security Class

*FEBRUARY*
Feb 7 -- Food Security WITH GUESTS -- Dan Glickman, Randy Russell
Feb 14 -- PEPFAR Class
Feb 21 -- PEPFAR Class WITH GUESTS -- Gary Edson, David Lane
Feb 28 -- 1967 Arab-Israeli War Class

*MARCH*
March 6 -- NO CLASS -- Georgetown Spring Break
March 13 -- 1967 Arab-Israeli War Class WITH GUESTS -- Ambassador Oren
March 20 -- BP Class
March 27 -- NO CLASS -- Sidwell Spring Break (need to let Georgetown know)

*APRIL*
April 3 -- BP Class WITH GUESTS -- Hilary Rosen
April 10 -- Afghanistan Class
April 17 -- Afghanistan Class WITH GUESTS -- VP Biden
April 24 -- Conclusion/Wrap-up Clas