7-9pm, Sunday March 26 Free and open to the public. Free pizza and refreshments provided.

Distinguished Guests: John Clark, a Senior Fellow at Sagamore Institute for Policy Research in Indianapolis and Dan Thomann, the convener of the Chicago Alliance for the International Criminal Court.

Followed by time for members of the community to ask questions or make brief comments. Part of a national series sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy, a non-partisan educational organization that seeks to engage Americans in discussion about the U.S. role in the world.

Further Explanation:

Students at Goshen College to Host Town Hall Meeting on Darfur and Beyond as Part of National Initiative On March 26, students from the Goshen College chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy are hosting a Goshen College town hall meeting on Darfur and Beyond: The Role of the International Criminal Court. The town hall will allow students at Goshen College and members of the Goshen community to begin a conversation about reform to the United Nations and the repercussions for the security, health and well-being of countries around the world. The town hall comes at a critical time in the U.S. role in the I.C.C. In March of 2005, the U.N. Security Council referred the crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court. Notably, the U.S., a veto power on the Security Council, decided not to use its veto to block this historic action. Just months later though, in August of 2005, President Bush appointed John Bolton as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton has a clear record of ardently opposing the International Criminal Court and aggressively seeking to undermine its effectiveness and legitimacy. With America at a crossroads in its engagement with the International Criminal Court, Americans for Informed Democracy seeks to launch a major public education effort to bring discussion to 25 communities on the role of the United States in the future of the International Criminal Court. This town hall is part of a broader national initiative called Global Governance for a Changing World, which includes dozens of town hall meetings throughout the U.S. that are raising awareness about the future of international institutions in our rapidly globalizing world. The series also includes a videoconference dialogue between students across the U.S. and around the world, including Africa and Latin America, on the same topic. The series is sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy, a non-partisan educational organization that seeks to engage Americans in discussion about the U.S. role in the world. See www.aidemocracy.org for more information.