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The Harvard Humanitarian is a monthly e-newsletter compiled by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) to publicize news, publications, and events in the Harvard community related to advancing responses to humanitarian crises of war and disaster. Please help us make this a robust resource by contributing your Harvard community news items via email.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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New HKS course teaches disaster recovery and urban development with Hurricane Katrina as a model
Exploring the impacts of Hurricane Katrina and the problems evident before and after is the theme of "Disaster Recovery Management & Urban Development: Rebuilding New Orleans" (HUT 206), offered for the first time this year by Doug Ahlers, the Director of Harvard Kennedy School's Broadmoor Recovery Project in New Orleans. In addition to studying Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, students will have the opportunity in January 2010 to spend two weeks in New Orleans to implement initiatives developed during the fall.
HHI Fellow Rebecca Grais profiled in the journal Science
HHI Senior Fellow Rebecca Grais was recently profiled in Science's Career Profiles. In "Serving Human Rights and Humanitarian Needs," Rebecca shares her passion for humanitarian response research. Rather than a heroic job, she says she views her career as "a social responsibility" to conduct research where it is needed. "Perhaps it's dangerous," but "the majority of the time it isn't. ... People use that as an excuse." Doing your part for society, she notes, "shouldn't be a rare event." HHI Affiliate Faculty Kirsten Johnson speaks on panel to Canadian House of Commons on the "Will to Intervene"
HHI Affiliate Faculty Kirsten Johnson, MD, MPH, delivers the public health argument. for pre-genocide intervention to the Canadian House of Commons. She served on a panel with Senator Dallaire, Paul Dewar, Robert Fowler and Allan Gotlieb to present on the recent "Will to Intervene" report.
For more information, please visit
http://migs.concordia.ca/events.html
HHI Co-Director, Michael VanRooyen will visit his alma mater, Michigan State University, on October 15, 2009 to accept the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is given annually to alumni who have "distinguished themselves by obtaining the highest level of professional accomplishments and who possess the highest standards of integrity and character to positively reflect and enhance the prestige of Michigan State University." To read an article about the honor, visit "Human rights activist named alumni of year."
HHI's Patrick Meier gears up for the First International Crisis Mapping Conference
With overwhelmingly postitive response from mapping practitioners and technology experts, the First International Conferenceon Crisis Mapping (ICCM) will bring together over 100 of the most engaged practitioners, scholars, software developers and policymakers at the cutting edge of crisis mapping. The goal is to convene these experts to define the future of the field along with best practices and lessons learned. Over 50 organizations will be represented at the conference to be held in Cleveland from October 16-18.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and the Department of Political Science at John Carroll University (JCU) are jointly hosting the conference which is sponsored by the Open Society Institute (OSI), Humanity United (HU), and the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
Gender Based Violence Program produces reports for OSI and OXFAM
HHI's Gender Based Violence Program produced two major reports this month for the Open Society Institute (OSI) and OXFAM America on gender based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more information about HHI's Gender Based Violence Program (GBV) and projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur, Sudan & Chad, please visit HHI's GBV Program page. Senior HHI Fellow Sheri Fink given University of Michigan Humanitarian Service AwardOn September 25, 2009, HHI Fellow Sheri Fink was given the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts's "Humanitarian Service Award." This award acknowledges Ms. Fink's outstanding accomplishments in the field of humanitarian response. |
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Event times, dates, and locations listed here are subject to change without notice. Please contact the event host for more information.
Yole! Africa: Building Peace and Community Through Film in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Monday, October 5th, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Weiner Auditorium, Taubman Bldg
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK St, Cambridge
Presented by the Africa Health Forum, Harvard School of Public Health
Featuring: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, Congolese Filmmaker
Filmmaker and social activist Petna Ndaliko Katondolo uses film to build peace and community. He has received numerous international awards for his work and started an international youth arts nonprofit organization. Mr. Katondolo will discuss his journey and screen two of his most recent short films, "True Story" and "Lamokowang."
Global Voices 8th Annual Film Festival: Powerful International Documentaries
Thursday, October 8th - Sunday, October 11th
Harvard Film Archive, Brattle Theatre and Harvard Kennedy School
Join the Harvard Film Archive, Brattle Theatre, and Harvard Kennedy School
for a weekend of powerful international documentary films dealing with issues from the plight of migrant farm workers in the US to interpretations of Islam in Syria, and from the complexities of water use in developed countries to the role of widows in India. The Global Voices Film Festival presents films capturing the lives of people around the world. Don't miss this collection of Global Voices presented by United Nations Association of Greater Boston and Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association, for the first time showcasing international documentaries from the Cannes Film Festival.
For more information, visit Global Voices: United Nations Association Film Festival.
How Can You Tell When a War is Over for Women: Some Feminist Clues
Thursday, October 15th, 2009, 11:40a.m.
Harvard Kennedy School, Fainsod Room, Littauer building 3rd floor This event is open to the public. Lunch will be provided. Already the Iraq War has slipped off the front pages. But how are Iraqi women and US women experiencing what too-simply is called "post-war" not only now in this war but in other wars? This talk will explore the gendered politics of widowhood, of mental illness or the woundeds' recuperations, of memorializing heroism. Wars do not end quickly or easily for women or for men.
Cynthia Enloe is Research Professor at Clark University. Among her ten books are Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics; The Curious Feminist; Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link. Her forthcoming book is Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics.
For more information please visit the WAPPP website.
Global Chat with Sheri Fink
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009, 12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge G-2
Global Chat is an interactive health forum wherein experts from around the world share their experience and expertise in an informal and informative setting. Dr. Fink will present on her recent publication and recent research findings on medical decision making in a major hospital in New Orleans during the days after Hurricane Katrina.
This is a lunchtime seminar sponsored by the HSPH Student Government. A catered lunch by Sebastian's Cafe is provided.
For more information, please contact Ramon Sanchez, HSPH Student Government President, [email protected]. Doctors for Africa: The Challenges of Establishing a Medical University in a Resource Poor Country like Tanzania
Tuesday, October 20th, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) South Building
Room S010 Harvard Distinguished African Studies Lecture
Join the Committee on African Studies and the Harvard Initiative for Global Health for a talk by Professor Esther Mwaikambo, Founder of the Medical School and Former Vice Chancellor of Hubert Kariuki Memorial University in Dar es Salaam; Founder of the Medical Women Association of Tanzania; and Pediatrician, Specialist in Cerebral Manifestations of Malaria.
Contact [email protected] or 617.495.5265 for more information
Empowerment of Marginalized Youth in Refugee Camps
Monday, October 26th, 5:30p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Barker Center Rm. 133
The Cultural Agents Initiative and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative are co-sponsoring a presentation on art as intervention in refugee camps in Gaza and the West Bank. Speakers include Nidal al Azraq, author and filmmaker, and Nitin Sawhney, Director, Voices Beyond Walls, Research Affiliate MIT Visual Arts Program.
Breast Cancer in the Developing World: Meeting the Unforeseen Challenge to Women, Health and Equity
Tuesday, November 3rd - Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Longwood Medical Area, Boston
- Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; pre-registration required
- Wednesday, Nov. 4th, full day beginning at 8:30a.m.; Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center; pre-registration recommended
- Thursday, Nov. 5th, full day beginning at 8:30a.m.; pre-registration recommended for plenaries, required for workshops
- Talks by: Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History; Margarita Zavala, First Lady of Mexico; opening address by Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Harvard; Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health and more
Physicians for Human Rights Regional Advocacy Institute
Saturday, November 7th, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Harvard Medical School
PHR Regional Institutes are geared toward instilling a heightened awareness of each student's advocacy power, helping them make new connections, and sharing ideas for taking action during the academic year. This event is open to the public.
Sessions and speakers will include:
- PHR: Our Role & Our Impact: Sarah Kalloch, Outreach and Constituency Organizing Director, PHR
- "Clean Needles Save Lives: Why and What We Can Do": Paola Barahona, Senior Global Health Advocate, PHR
- "Health and Human Rights Education" Panel & Breakout
- Leading student activists presenting on sessions such as "Organizing Effective Events" and "Building Relationships with your Member of Congress"
For more information, please email Danielle Fox, PHR Student Program Coordinator, at [email protected] or visit www.knowdareact.org. |
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
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- Fink S and Ornstein C. "Key Panel Presses for Clearer Guidance on Who Gets Scarce Resources in Major Medical Disasters," ProPublica, September 24, 2009.
- Fink S. "Flu Nightmare: Patients Could be Denied Ventilators," Mother Jones, September 24, 2009.
- Fink S. "Attorney in Louisiana Evaluates Statements on Patient Deaths," ProPublica, September 12, 2009.
- Moulton C. "Humanitarian Rights Activist Named Alumni of the Year," The State News, September 21, 2009.
- Pain E. "Serving Human Rights and Humanitarian Needs," Science, September 25, 2009.
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About The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention; instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies; and educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders. In 2005, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative was established as a University-wide interfaculty academic and research center, supported by the Office of the Provost and the Harvard School of Public Health with the participation of faculty from Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals. For more information, visit www.hhi.harvard.edu.
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