OFFICIAL OF ARAB-AMERICAN ORGANIZATION TO SPEAK


Insult has been added to the injury that the Arab-American
community has experienced since the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, says a representative of the American-Arab Anti-
Discrimination Committee who will speak at UC Davis Friday,
Jan. 25.


Michel Shehadeh, West Coast regional director for the 30,000-
member organization, says Arab-Americans have not only lost
loved ones and suffered business losses like others, but
they've also experienced hate crimes and curtailment of their
civil liberties.


"Americans are standing up and speaking out against civil
rights abuses and against hate crimes," Shehadeh says. "We
need to be united in this fight to protect our rights."


While Arab-Americans are the subject of negative stereotypes
in the popular media, he adds, all Americans would be
enriched by learning about their true cultures.


Shehadeh will speak on the impact of the current
international affairs on the Arab-American community when he
delivers the keynote address at a symposium titled "Borders,
Migration and Trade: The Impact of International Law and
Policy on Local Communities."


The event is organized by the UC Davis Journal of
International Law and Policy to explore the intersection of
international law and policy on local communities. The
program will begin at 8:30 a.m., and Shehadeh's presentation,
at 8:45 a.m., will be followed by three panel discussions:
Economics of Trade at 9:45 a.m., Culture and Community at 1
p.m., and International Law and Domestic Policy at 3 p.m.


The symposium will be held in the Moot Court Room of King
Hall on the campus.


Media contacts: Erin Webster-Main, editor-in-chief of the
journal and symposium organizer, (530) 902-3220,
eemain@ucdavis.edu; Julia Ann Easley, News Service, (530)
752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.



BUSINESS, SCIENCE OF WINEMAKING FOCUS OF SEMINAR


Topics ranging from the perils of Pierce's disease to the
intricacies of marketing will be examined at a seminar on the
business and science of winemaking in Sacramento Monday, Feb.
4, to Wednesday, Feb. 6.


About 50 middle and senior managers from the wine industry
are expected to attend the Wine Executive Program, a joint
offering of the Graduate School of Management and the
Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis.


Sessions open to the media include: "Got Wine? Strategic
Image Management in Good Times and Bad" with Professor Kim
Elsbach of the management school at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb.
4; "The Wine Industry: A Global Perspective" with Robert
Smiley, dean of the management school and a wine economist,
at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5; and "How to Survive the Cycle:
Cutting-Edge Wine and Grape Research" with faculty from the
viticulture and enology department at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday,
Feb. 5.


The sessions will be held in Suite 100 at One Capitol Mall,
Sacramento. Registration is required for those other than
members of the media.


Media contacts: Robert Smiley, Graduate School of Management,
(530) 752-7366, rhsmiley@ucdavis.edu; Tim Akin, Graduate
School of Management, (530) 752-7362, tmakin@ucdavis.edu;
Julia Ann Easley, News Service, (530) 752-8248,
jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.