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i NEWS The Battalion I 2.4.15 Alii Bradshaw — THE BATTALION Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps, a non profit organization, extensively covered international aid and leadership during the event Tuesday. Message to nonprofits: ‘No fast fixes or shiny solutions’ By Spencer Davis Professors and students were given a look behind the scenes on how non profit organizations function in international aid Tuesday night. The Mosbacher Institute hosted a discus sion on global humanitarian crises led by Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps. Keny-Guyer has managed the organization since 1994 and oversees their annual dis bursement of $375 million in aid. “He brought Mercy Corps to be known in the international NGO world as the first to the worst with the most,” said Ryan Crocker, dean of the Bush School of Gov ernment and Public Service, who intro duced Keny-Guyer. Keny-Guyer lectured an audience of aid workers and students on effective means of international aid provided by non-profit or ganizations. Combining historical anecdotes and personal stories to identify solutions for global problems that are often irregular. His main message focused on a strategy of com munity-driven, market-led development that finds sustainable solutions. “How do you not only alleviate immedi ate suffering ... but do it in a way that they’re stronger when the next shock, the next crisis hits and they are better able with their own resilience, with their own internal fortitude, with their own strength to respond to those challenges?” Keny-Guyer said. He said he challenged them not to try to find one big, fundamental answer to this question, but to take an individual approach to development. “There has been an unprecedented con fluence of complex crises that we have faced in the last 18 months,” Keny-Guyer said. “There are no fast fixes or shiny solutions to complex challenges.” Ciisis management, Keny-Guyer said, can be met with obstacles. Keny-Guyer identified bad governance and armed con flict as two issues to development in poor countries — problems well known to Mercy Corps, which operates in over 40 underde veloped nations. MOREATTHEBATT.COM TUESDAY & THURSDAY TRIO Enjoy Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Fettuccine Alfredo and a Slice of Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS ONLY fast, fresh. Italian. FREEU r^.r s " cks 400 Harvey Rd. 979-694-5199 JOIN THE FAMILY! Sign up to receive offers sent directly to your eMail! _ r&airs Rj IMB YYWW.faZ0liS.com I Fazoli s and logo are federally registered trademarks of Faroli’s System Management, LLC, Lexington. KY. ' • v rnffimlKj 1 tmM I Sarah Lane — THE BATTALION Activist leader Urvashi Vaid leads a seminar focused on the cultural obstacles that the LGBT community will have to overcome after its members are granted marriage equality. Marriage equality not the end, lecturer says By Sarah Medrano The message from Urvashi Vaid, activ- ^ ist and leader in the LGBT communi ty, to Tuesday’s crowd in Rudder Theatre was clear — LGBT movements are at a turning point, but there is still more to be done. The Women’s and Gender Studies program welcomed Vaid to campus to host a seminar titled, “Beyond the Wedding Ring: Is There a Future for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Move ment?” Vaid’s presentation explored the ad vancements of marriage equality and the establishment of its critical predecessors. Her talk focused on three main conversa tions occurring within the LGBT commu nity, covering current legal and legislative progression and the issues that follow. “The dominoes seem to be toppling after the Supreme Court Windsor decision,” Vaid said. “Every day brings some news. How ever, there is an existing fallacy among sup porters and opponents that marriage is the turning point at which all other rights will be simply be undeniable if not fully realized. It is much more than that.” M0REATTHEBATT.COM %5, HHHHM rS the battalion Classified Advertising • Easy • Affordable • Effective Call 845-0569 Aggieland2015 It’s not too late to order your copy ol the 2015 Aggieland yearbook. The 113th edition of Texas A&M’s official yearbook will chronicle the 2014-2015 school year - traditions, academics, athletics, the other education, the Corps, Greeks, residence halls, campus organizations, and student portraits. Distribution will be in Fall 2015. By credit card go online to http: / /agg ieland iamu .ed u or call 979-845-2613. Or drop by the Student Media office in Suite 1400 of the MSC. Aggieland2015 Be 1 of 9 Aggies who make important recommendations on how fees are used to support programs & departments in the Division of Student Affairs APPLY NOW! http://safab.tamu.edu Application deadline: 5:00 pm, February 17th, 2015 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Affairs F<m Advisory Board