People in the Fight Against AIDS in Tanzania

Dr. Theresa Kaijage (pictured), founder of WAMATA, a grass roots Tanzanian non-governmental organization that works with people affected by HIV/AIDS, presents a convocation entitled "WAMATA, People in the fight against AIDS in Tanzania" at 1 p.m. 3 February 2010 in Carpenter Hall's Goddard Auditorium on the campus of Earlham College in Richmond. Admission is free.

The acronym stands for the Swahili phrase "Walio Katika Mapambano Na AIDS Tanzania" which means "People in the fight against AIDS in Tanzania".

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Wayne County Chamber Leader to Visit China

The president of the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce will join a national delegation to China, reports Inside INdiana Business. Dennis Andrews will travel with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Association on a thirteen day mission to Beijing, Shanghai and other cities. The goal of the trip will be to establish business relationships and exchange information with Chinese business leaders.

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More Hoosier Business Leaders Go to Japan

Six business leaders from Richmond and Wayne County are in Japan this week to thank four companies that have plants in Richmond and meet with leaders at Isuzu in hopes that they might invest or influence suppliers to invest in Wayne County, reports Inside INdiana Business. They return on 13 September.

The group going to Japan includes Richmond Mayor Sally Hutton, Chamber President Dennis Andrews, County Commissioner Mary Heyob and EDC Representatives Jim Dinkle, Bob Hansen and Steve Holman. Japan has four companies in Wayne County: Suncall, TBK, Asahitec and Howa.

Cambodian to Speak at Earlham

International human rights leader Arn Chorn-Pond (right) will be in Richmond this week share the story about how music saved his life and how it led him to help others recover from the trauma of war during Earlham College's first Artist and Lecture Series event of the semester, according to the Earlham news bureau. Chorn-Pond presents "Healing and Restoring Cambodia through the Arts" at 7 p.m. Tuesday (25 September) in Goddard Auditorium's Carpenter Hall. Tickets, available at the Runyan Center desk, are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Arn Chorn-Pond's life is featured in the documentary film The Flute Player and more recently in Where Elephants Weep, a Cambodian opera. This Artist and Lecture Series event is sponsored by the Kazue Fukuda Hawkins Endowed Fund.