Southern Center For International Studies Inc

Programs: Richard b. Russell library of political research and studies project: a multi-year project initiated by the above library at the university of georgia in which the southern center's 50 year archive of print, audio and video materials will be identified and cataloged to library of congress standards for placement in the library's permanent collection. The center's 965 hours of video materials will be converted to the digital format used in library research and internet use. Worldwide access to the materials will become possible though the library data banks.

planning and developing other new projects, such as a one-hour television production with the former u. S. Secretaries of defense, the 16th in a series of 45 similar programs that also feature the former u. S. Secretaries of state, world leaders, u. S. Ambassadors to the u. N, and others. All programs are nationally aired over the public broadcasting stations. Portions of the television programs are part of the video component in the center's ongoing world in transition project. Begun in 1990 at the request of the georgia department of education, the southern center produced a multimedia series of educational materials focusing on the history, geography, economics, politics, cultures, and religions of regions of the world. Designed by teachers for teachers, these educational materials are given pro bono to all teachers who attend teacher training workshops. Materials have been distributed in eleven states with thousands of teachers trained and millions of students educated about world and global affairs. The series is currently undergoing a major expansion, revision, and updating for the modern electronic classroom. Our goal is to encourage the systemic change in the way social studies is taught in america's schools.