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SUMMARY:Global Development August Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Global Development Meetup\n\n**Our apologies for the automated 
 messages announcing a July 3rd meeting -- please note this date is incorrec
 t.**\n\nOn Thursday\, July 17th\, we'll be joined by filmmaker Kobina Aidoo
  who will screen his new film\, The Neo African Americans\, a one hour docu
 mentary that explores how the rapid immigration from Africa and the Caribbe
 an is transforming the African American narrative. [A preview of the film c
 an be seen here: Preview - The Neo African Americans ]\n\nAbout the filmmak
 er: At the same he was attending the University of Ghana\, Kobina Aidoo was
  a television producer/director/editor\, playing a key role in launching Me
 tro TV\, Ghana's private television station pioneer. He then came to Barry 
 University in Miami\, Florida\, where he majored in Communications. Upon gr
 aduation\, he worked as a new media producer for Warner Bros. Publications 
 and then worked for a nonprofit initiative of Intel Corp. and the MIT Media
  Lab\, helping underserved youth become technologically fluent. In 2005\, h
 e quit his MBA studies and went to Harvard Kennedy School of Government whe
 re he also served as Co-Chief Editor of the Africa Policy Journal. He gradu
 ated in 2007 as a Master in Public Policy and has spent majority of the las
 t year writing\, traveling and working on this documentary. \n\nJoin us at 
 6:30pm for conversation and snacks -- and we'll begin the screening around 
 6:45pm. After the film\, we'll have a discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker
 .\n\nHope you can join us!\n\nWarm regards\,\nHeather Haines\n\nWashington\
 , DC  20036 - USA\n\nThursday\, August 7 at 6:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos
 1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/5/7/event_2461111.jpeg\n\nAttending: 19\n
 \nDetails: http://intlrel.meetup.com/68/calendar/8361227/
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