Honolulu, HI—October 6, 2005
Chaminade University of Honolulu will host a forum on “Terrorism and 9/11: What We Must Do To Defend Ourselves” on Friday, October 14, 2005, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., in Henry Hall #102 on campus. Alvin Adams, the former US ambassador to Djibouti, Haiti, and Peru, will speak on current global terrorism in general and on events of September 11th, 2001, specifically. Ambassador Adams is a retired career Foreign Service who also served as Principal Deputy in the Bureau of Counter Terrorism (U.S. Department of State), and as President and CEO of the United Nations Association of the United States. In addition, he formerly taught Peace Studies for International Relations at Tokai University Pacific Center. Currently he serves as Honorary Consul of Peru and Counselor to the President of the Bishop Museum for International Affairs. Adams will discuss what is new in today's form of terrorism and how the US can most effectively combat it. A question and answer period will follow. The public forum is free. Contact Professor Pierre Asselin at 739-8530 for more information.
Celebrating 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers a liberal arts curriculum with day,
accelerated evening, online and
graduate courses. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu military bases and Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade University website at
www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.
