Marc,
This was the next email in my inbox following your request for the
cartoon. Not as humorous, but on topic.
Dorothy
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From: ECSP Email [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: Reminder: Responding to Disasters: Myths, Mistakes, andRecovery
Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program and the
Comparative Urban Studies Project for a discussion of
Responding to Disasters: Myths, Mistakes, and Recovery
featuring
Paul Born
Co-Founder and Director, Tamarack - an Institute for Community
Engagement, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Frederick Burkle
Senior Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars; Senior Fellow & Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative,
Harvard School of Public Health
Leonard Doyle
Country Spokesperson, Haiti, International Organization for Migration
Arif Hasan
Advisor, Orangi Pilot Project; Founder and Chairman, Urban Resource
Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro
Adjunct Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships,
McGill University's Centre for Developing-Area Studies; Member of the
Presidential Advisory Council for Rwandan President Paul Kagame
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
6th Floor Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org
Please RSVP to [email protected] with your name and affiliation.
More than ever, we are overwhelmed by images of devastating disasters
unfolding around the world. Whether the result of natural systems,
conflict and war, or technological and human failures, these disasters
prompt large-scale responses by international NGOs and foreign
governments. Millions of dollars are poured into affected regions, and
yet death rates continue to rise and whole populations lack adequate
shelter, sanitation, or access to health services, in some cases many
years after the disaster. The panelists will discuss their experience
dealing with these challenges across their areas of expertise, which
range from public health and government policy to technology and
infrastructure. They will share the opportunities and strategies they
have developed to better meet the needs of the communities they serve,
as well as the obstacles to implementation they have faced.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into
the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The live webcast
will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You
will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the
free player, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th
Floor Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Please allow additional time
to pass through security.
Dorothy C. Zbicz, PhD
International Environmental
& Marine Policy
Senior Consultant
1701 N. Kent St. #1103
Arlington, VA 22209
+1 703-528-6866
[email protected]
