MONDAY, April 14
Movie Night: SICKO
Minor 125, 8 PM
Come see Michael Moore's documentary about the US health care system. Snacks and drinks are provided.
TUESDAY, April 15
DINNER
On behalf of the Center of Global Health and the Global Public Health Society, you have been invited to Global Health Week sponsored by the Global Public Health Society at UVA.
The dinner is being catered by Boston Market and will take place on Tuesday night (April 15th) at 6PM. The event will take place in room 2005 (2nd Floor) of MR-5. This building is located on Lane Road directly across from the Jordan Hall Conference Center (It is bldg 20-B on the map.) The speakers and participants of Global Public Health week will be there to enjoy good food and conversation.
Please RSVP to gsb7b@virginia.edu. This event is free and open to all members of the University community.
WEDNESDAY, April 16
New Perspective on Latin America
Organized by: Towards a Better Latin America, La Alianza
Speaker: Ruby Cangrejo, Ken Garrett, Tom Cogill
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Newcomb South Meeting Room
Description: Come out and meet Ruby Cangrejo, who will be sharing her story about community development and empowerment in Bogotá's largest slum. Ruby will share the story of Laudes Infantis, a community building organization that has turned around vulnerable neighborhoods in Bogotá using the only resource that individuals have in abundance: each other. National Geographic photographer Ken Garrett and Environmental Photographer Tom Cogill will also talk about photography in Latin America, present some of their work, and judge the winners of a UVA student photography competition.
Contact: Daniel Coates, coates@virginia.edu
THURSDAY, April 17
BRUNCH
Brunch will be held on Thursday, April 17 from 11.15 am to 12.15 pm in Garden V (rain site Newcomb). Please RSVP to gsb7b@virginia.edu so we can estimate the amount of food needed.
Our guest for the breakfast will be Ms Eda Palacios, project coordinator of DOTS Plus project, part of Socios En Salud (Partners in Health), that deals with multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) treatment in Peru. Whether you are interested in international health or equity and healthcare issues in Peru, we hope to see you there!
Coffee, bagels and fruit will be provided. It is informal so you may leave early if you have a class and/or prior engagement.
Understanding the Current Conflict in Tibet: A Student Conference at UVa
3:30-7:00PM
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
For more information, see www.uvatibet.com
FRIDAY, April 18
LUNCHEON
1PM: Our guest for the luncheon will be Prof. Carolyn L. Engelhard, co-author of Health Care Half Truths; Topic: Health Politics in the US. Her research interests include social policy implications of the expansion of corporate managed health care delivery systems and current issues in governmentally financed health programs. This luncheon discussion will focus on the health care issues in the current presidential campaign.
TUESDAY, April 22
Challenges & Opportunities for Our Community's Local and Global Food Source
Organized by: Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: City Council Chambers, City Hall, 605 East Main St.
Description: What are the true costs of buying food from around the globe? How much food can we grow close to home? Is it enough to support us? And can we afford it? These and other questions inspired a University of Virginia class to conduct assessments of Charlottesville's "glocal" (global + local) food system. The presentation is open to the public, and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and to provide the students with comments and feedback. Please RSVP (desired, but not essential) by Friday, April 19, to chrisinger@virginia.edu
Contact: Tonya Denckla-Cobb, td6n@virginia.edu
Tuesday April 22
5:30pm in Maury Hall Room 209
Public lecture on Darfur, Rwanda and the issue of genocide in international peace talks... by former White House and International Crisis Group Advisor and human rights activist, John Prendergast (Enough Org) followed by Q&A and film.
Sand and Sorrow (Freedman, 93 minutes) Offered exclusive and unparalleled access to the situation on the ground inside Darfur, Peabody award-winning filmmaker, Paul Freedman ("Rwanda - Do Scars Ever Fade?"), joins a
contingent of African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur while a tragic and disturbing chapter in human history unfolds. While the heroic men and women of this undermanned and under-funded mission brave harsh conditions and unfettered violence, as many as 2.5 million displaced persons have no choice but to settle inside squalid camps to wait and hope. (An estimated our-hundred thousand civilians have perished so far.) John Prendergast, Samantha Power, and New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, lead the viewer through burgeoning refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border, past mass graves inside Darfur itself, and into offices of the United States Senate to plead on behalf of the innocents of Darfur. This impassioned trio inspires a growing and vocal advocacy movement that extends from rural high schools to big time college campuses, all the way to the halls of power in the US and beyond. Freedman's camera is there to capture the heroic struggle between politics and humanity. The film is narrated by George Clooney.
ttp://www.sandandsorrow.org/index.html
