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<P class=style24 align=left><U>Randall Lewis Seminar Series - May 20,
2010</U></P>
<H2 class=style31 align=center>Why U.S. Cities Need to Foster Global
Relationships</H2><IMG hspace=6 alt="Lalit N. Acharya" vspace=2 align=left
src="Images/L-Acharya-WEB.jpg" width=200 height=270>
<P class=style9 align=left>When President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the
Sister Cities program in the mid-1950s to improve America’s image and
standing around the world, U.S. cities took a largely cultural approach to
their international relationships.</P>
<P class=style9 align=left>But as the world shrinks and societies become
increasingly borderless, international relationships are becoming
significantly more important than the original ambassadorial intent. More
U.S. cities are collaborating with their citizen volunteers to create a
variety of cultural, economic and development-oriented activities with
sister cities around the world.</P>
<P class=style9 align=left>Using Riverside and other exemplar cities as
case studies,<STRONG> Lalit N. Acharya,</STRONG> International Relations
Manager for Riverside Mayor Ronald Loveridge, will focus on approaches
that are being used or should be used by U.S. cities to craft a policy
capable of optimizing global relationships and raising their international
profile.</P>
<P class=style33 align=left>The seminar will begin at 5:30 p.m. in
Conference Room B, UCR Extension Building, 1200 University Ave.,
Riverside. (See <A href="Images/Room B Map .pdf">MAP</A>)</P>
<P class=style9 align=left>Dr. Acharya oversees Riverside’s seven sister
city relationships and manages Mayor Loveridge’s initiatives on
international and “green” economic development. He also serves as the
city’s Human Relations Commission coordinator. </P>
<P class=style9 align=left>Before being appointed to his current post in
2006, Dr. Acharya was a professor of media law, ethics, and journalism at
Cal Poly Pomona. He has been instrumental in crafting sister city
agreements between Riverside and Obuasi in Ghana and between Riverside and
his native city of Hyderabad in India. He also crafted sister university
agreements between UCR and Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan; and between
UCR and Osmania and N. G. Ranga agricultural universities in
Hyderabad.</P>
<P class=style9 align=left>Dr. Acharya was a member of the Riverside
Public Utilities Board from 1999 to 2006, serving as its Chair from 2002
to 2004. In 2003, he was selected to represent California on the Policy
Makers Council of the American Public Power Association, a position he
held until 2006. He has served on the advisory boards of UCR’s Anderson
School of Management, and the Community Foundation of Riverside and San
Bernardino Counties. He also serves on the boards of Sister Cities
International and the Riverside County Philharmonic. He is the founder and
president of Riverside Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation, and spearheaded
the effort to place a $500,000 Gandhi monument in downtown Riverside.</P>
<P class=style9 align=left>Dr. Acharya earned a Ph.D. from the University
of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications. </P>
<H4 class=style9 align=center><SPAN class=style32>Seminar:</SPAN>
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.,<BR>Conference Rm. B, UCR
Extension Bldg., 1200 University Ave., Riverside</H4>
<P class=style12 align=center>The seminars are free of charge. </P>
<P class=style9 align=center><SPAN class=style15>If you plan to attend,
registration is required at:</SPAN></P>
<P class=style9 align=center><A
href="http://or.ucr.edu/event/index.aspx">http://or.ucr.edu/event/index.aspx<BR></A>or
contact Judy Swineford, 951-827-7945</P>
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<H2 class=style13 align=center>About Randall Lewis </H2>
<P class=style8 align=left><IMG hspace=3 alt="Randall Lewis" vspace=2
align=right src="http://cssd.ucr.edu/Images/RandallLewis.jpg" width=100
height=169>Randall Lewis is well known for his innovative approaches to
planning, designing, and marketing residential communities as Executive
Vice President of the Upland-based Lewis Group of Companies. </P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He has been Secretary of the Los Angeles County
Citizens Planning Council, Director of the Home Builder's Council,
National Director of the National Association of Home Builders, and
President of the Inland Empire Arts Foundation.</P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He was inducted into the California Building
Industry Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Sales and
Marketing Council's MAME Awards Marketing Person of the Year. He is a long
time ULI member as well as a Governor of the ULI Foundation.</P>
<P class=style8 align=left>He serves on several executive boards,
including the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and the UCLA
School of Public Policy and Social Research.He received his B.A. from
Claremont McKenna College. </P>
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<P align=center><SPAN class=style8>Center for Sustainable Suburban
Development<BR>University of California, Riverside <BR>B101 Highlander
Hall Riverside, CA 92521<BR>Phone:
951.827.4103</SPAN><STRONG><EM><BR></EM></STRONG><BR><A class=style9
href="http://or.ucr.edu/">Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
</A></P>
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