Nerd Nite Liberia: March 11, 2014
Join us at Fuzion (14th and Tubman) on Tuesday, March 11th at 8pm for the sixteenth edition of Nerd Nite Liberia! All three presentations are really different, and really awesome.
Presentations include:
Not Just Lincoln and Kennedy: The True Stories of US Presidential Assassinations—By Tracy Slagle
And
The Power of One Vote—By S. Aaron Weah-Weah III
And
Barbershop Singing is Cool!—By Chris Sheehan
Here’s more info about the presentations and presenters:
Not Just Lincoln and Kennedy: The True Stories of US Presidential Assassinations—By Tracy Slagle
Facts surrounding American presidential assassinations tend to get lost in silly conspiracy theories or nonsensical coincidences – when the facts about the more than twelve successful and attempted assassinations are often even stranger than fiction. Learn about the attempted assassin whose main motivation for murder may have been his severe stomach problems, the number of would be assassins that were instructed by either God or a dead president in a dream to murder the sitting President, and why poor President Ford was the only President to be the victim of assassination attempts by women.
Tracy currently serves as the Director of National Partnerships for Tiyatien Health, where she is lucky to spend her days talking about community health interventions and policy. During her free time she likes to tell anecdotal stories about American presidents, which her friends have assured her is a perfectly normal thing to interject into conversations.
The Power of One Vote—By S. Aaron Weah-Weah III
Voter apathy is a major challenge affecting young democracies around the world. The more and more elections there are in a country, the less important citizens see the need to turn-out and vote during elections. There are many factors that are responsible for this behavior trend, many of which you may be aware of. But the essence of the presentation is not to state those factors responsible but rather provide hope for electorates in the midst of so many failed campaign promises and politicians disregard for the needs and aspirations of the vast majority within a democracy. We always need to be reminded that, indeed, there is power in one vote.
S. Aaron Weah-Weah III is a Liberian youth activist who has spent the last decade getting youth, students, and the broader population involved in local and national decision making processes that affect their lives. As a country engulfed by the aftermath of over a decade long civil war that was fought mostly by children conscripted as soldiers, Liberia is finally getting back onto its feet. At the same time as the war was ending and the child soldiers were going home, as a young man of the same age, Aaron was working for a calmer country and a greater future, one in which coups could be replaced by peaceful activism, freedom of political expression, and the positive and balanced reform of a working democracy.
Barbershop Singing is Cool!—By Chris Sheehan
Audio visual presentation with a surprise ending! Chris will give a brief explanation of the history of the barbershop singing art form and show short videos of different performances to demonstrate the appeal of this “hobsession”.
Chris Sheehan is a Technical Adviser with the Ministry of Finance in Liberia. He has a long background of tax administration. He discovered barbershop singing in 2007 and has not looked back. He loves singing and rarely passes up an opportunity.
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