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Tax policies for nonprofits is subject of talk

James J. McGovern, a principal with KPMG Peat Marwick's Exempt Organization Tax Practice, will discuss Congress's 1996 overhaul of tax regulations for nonprofit organizations in a talk on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at noon in the first-floor conference room of 88 Trumbull St. His talk, titled "Protecting Yourself and Your Board Members: Personal Tax Liability under Intermediate Sanctions," is sponsored by the Program on Non-Profit Organizations at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. The event is free and open to the public, however, as seating is limited, those interested in attending should reserve a space by calling Karen Refsbeck at 432-2121.

In his talk, Mr. McGovern will discuss changes made by Congress in 1996 legislation in the wake of scandals involving major nonprofit organizations, and will identify strategies for implementing or improving intermediate sanctions for risk-management programs.

Mr. McGovern formerly served as assistant commissioner and associate chief counsel for the Exempt Organizations division of the Internal Revenue Service. He is the author of numerous articles in national journals. He also authored a chapter in the text "The Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Challenges, Changes and Policy Considerations."

Ghana's former finance minister to open lecture series

Kwesi Botchwey '68 LAW, a development adviser at the Harvard Institute for International Development who served as minister of finance in Ghana 1982-95, will be the opening speaker in the lecture series "What Happened to African Socialism?," sponsored by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies' Council on African Studies. Mr. Botchwey's talk, titled "Growing up a Young Pioneer," will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 4-5 p.m. in Rm. 203 of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The event is free and open to the public.

Mr. Botchwey has been widely recognized in international development circles as a leading advocate of African economic reform and development. As Ghana's minister of finance, he spearheaded a program of economic reform and transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a member of the advisory boards of a number of African research and development assistance institutions, including the African Economic Research Consortium and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has chaired the economic committee of the Washington-based Global Coalition for Africa since its inception five years ago, and also chairs the executive board of the African Capacity Building Foundation in Harare. He is a special adviser to the United Nations Special Initiative on Africa and coordinator of a team of scholars from Yale, Oxford and the University of Amsterdam that has been appointed by the International Monetary Fund to conduct the first review of its loan program, Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility.

Self-taught metal sculptor to be the guest at master's tea

Charlie Lucas, a self-taught metal sculptor who began his artistic career later in life and whose work is exhibited around the country, will be the guest at a tea on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the Calhoun College master's house, 189 Elm St. The event is free and open to the public.

Born in 1951, Mr. Lucas grew up in Alabama in a family of 14 children. From childhood, he had an interest in building things, and by the age of 14 he left home to work in construction, traveling throughout the South in search of jobs. He also worked on a Florida dock before returning to Alabama in the early 1970s. More than a decade later, he began making sculptures using old metal objects after a serious back injury left him confined to bed for almost a year. "I asked God to let me do something that nobody else can do," explains the artist, who uses other people's discarded items -- old bicycle rims, mufflers, tubing and tools -- to make his creations. Commenting upon the fame he has achieved for his work, Mr. Lucas has said: "My career is at the point that I want it to be. I don't care if my name is in lights. ... I'm real happy about myself. I'm teaching myself to read. In school I just wanted to study art. My teacher said 'No! You need to learn a trade. Art is for white people.' Now I can do anything I want to do ... Now people recognize me and say 'there goes Charlie Lucas.'"

Indian film producers to discuss their work at screening

Film producers Anurag Singh and Jharana Jhaveri will discuss their film "Kaise Jeebo Re!" ("How Do I Survive?") following the screening of the work" on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The event, sponsored by the Program in Agrarian Studies, is free and open to the public.

"Kaise Jeebo Re!" is a documentary about the uprootment, struggle and survival of people displaced by the Bargi dam on the Narmada River in western India. Shot over six years, the film reflects the belief of the film's creators that the Narmada project, one of the biggest river projects in the world, hurts the interests of poor and marginal groups.

Mr. Singh has been involved in photography, cinematography and filmmaking since 1984, and has focused his work on political, environmental and social issues. His other films include "Manibeli," about police repression in the Indian village of Manibeli, and "Battle for Peace," a documentary about Burmese students in exile in India.

Ms. Jhaveri's work is also focused on environmental, political and human rights issues. She teaches rural and urban Indians how to use film as a medium of social transformation and empowerment. Her works include "Angan Manch," an account of women's participation in a movement for self-empowerment in the villages of South Bihar, and "Devdasi," a film exploring the religious practice of dedicating young girls to Goddess Yellamma and forcing them into prostitution.

Theater director will read works by Irish writers

Richard Digby Day, director of the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, will present a reading titled "Irish Voices: Irish Poetry and Prose, 1900-1940" on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is being offered in conjunction with the center's exhibit "Irish Paintings from the Collection of Brian P. Burns."

Since training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Mr. Day has been director of five regional theaters in Great Britain. He was also the artistic director of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre for many years. His work has been seen widely on tour in Great Britain, particularly his productions of Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" and "Company," Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple," and the Welsh National Opera's "Dear Ivor," as well as one-person shows he devised and directed. He has worked frequently in Canada, where he taught at the National Theatre School. At the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Ireland, his work has included plays by O'Neill, Schiller and Beckett.

Mr. Day has been director of the National Theater Institute since 1990, and has served since 1993 as vice president of the Shaw Society. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an associate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Advocate for people with AIDS to discuss future HIV challenges

"Future Challenges of HIV From a PWA's Perspective" is the title of a talk being presented on Thursday, Oct. 9, by Michael Shriver, director of public policy for the National Association of People with AIDS. Mr. Shriver's talk, part of the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), will begin at 4 p.m. at ISPS,
77 Prospect St. The event is free, and the public is welcome.

Prior to his current post, Mr. Shriver served 1993-95 as executive director of Mobilization Against AIDS in San Francisco, where he worked on protecting and augmenting federal funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and care. He also worked on the creation and establishment of the Comprehensive HIV Prevention Working Group under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services. He more recently served on the steering committee convened by the National Institutes of Health to examine ethical aspects of HIV-prevention vaccines. He formerly was public policy director of San Francisco's 18th Street Services, the nation's largest outpatient drug and alcohol counseling program for gay and bisexual men.

Lecture will explore patients' ambivalence toward doctors

"Deity or Demon? Ambivalence Toward Doctors, From Hippocrates to HMOs" is the title of a talk being given on Thursday, Oct. 9, by Dr. Paul Harmat, professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Vienna in Austria. Dr. Harmat's talk, part of the Program for Humanities in Medicine lecture series, will begin at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The public is welcome to attend the free event.

Dr. Harmat believes that popular attitudes toward the medical profession have always been ambivalent. In his talk, he will emphasize doctors' need to realize that the respect they command, and the dread and opposition they invoke, are part of a common phenomenon that has always been present throughout history.

For more information, call 785-5494.

Goldman Sachs president is featured in SOM talk

Henry M. Paulson Jr., president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs and Company, will discuss the topic "Managing a Global Financial Institution" on Friday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-11:45 p.m. in Rm. 114 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect streets. His talk, part of the Perspectives on Management series offered by the School of Management, is free and open to the public.

Mr. Paulson joined Goldman Sachs' Chicago office in 1974 and was elected a partner with the company in 1982. He previously served as co-head of the investment banking division. He was made partner-in-charge of the Midwest investment banking region in 1983 and became managing partner of the Chicago office in 1988. He currently serves as a member of the company's Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Paulson was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as staff assistant to the president 1972-73 and as staff assistant to the assistant secretary of defense (comptroller) at the Pentagon 1970-72. A member of the boards of the Harvard Business School and the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, he is chair of the board of directors of the Peregrine Fund, Inc. Mr. Paulson also is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Economics Club of Chicago, as well as the Asia/Pacific Council of the Nature Conservancy.

Coverage of children's issues is subject of talk

"How the News Media Covers Children's Issues" will be the subject of a talk on Friday, Oct. 10, by Cathy Trost, director of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families at the University of Maryland. Her talk, part of the weekly lecture series on social policy issues sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, will begin at noon in Rose Alumni House, 232 York St. The event is free and open to the public.

The Casey Center was established in 1993 to enhance reporting about the issues and institutions affecting disadvantaged children and their families, and to increase public awareness about the concerns facing at-risk children. Before becoming director of the center, Ms. Trost was a journalist for nearly 20 years. Most recently, she worked for nine years in the Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau as a reporter covering urban affairs, housing, labor and workforce issues, as well as child and family issues. Prior to that, Ms. Trost was a reporter for the Detroit Free Press and United Press International.

Ms. Trost is the author of "Elements of Risk," a book about the chemical industry, published in 1984. She was the recipient of an Alicia Patterson Foundation journalism fellowship in 1981 and she currently serves on the Patterson Foundation's board of directors.

To obtain additional information, call 432-9935.

Noted opera singer featured in gala recital

Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade will present a gala recital with pianist Martin Katz on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. in the Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St. The program will be announced. Tickets are $50 or $100 for patron tickets. Holders of patron tickets are invited to a post-concert reception in honor of the artists. To order tickets, call 432-4158.

Since debuting with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970, Ms. von Stade has performed in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world. She also has been invited to perform with leading orchestras around the world, including the Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and London Symphony Orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestra of La Scala, among others. In 1995, at a celebration of her 25th anniversary with the Metropolitan Opera, the company mounted a new production of "Pelléas et Mélisande" specifically for her; one critic described her as "the Mélisande of one's dreams." More recently, Ms. von Stade performed the role of Madame de Merteuil in the world premiere of Conrad Susa's "Dangerous Liaisons," which was broadcast on PBS.

Ms. von Stade's performance on campus will benefit the Friends of Music at Yale and the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.


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