Archive of Past Events

2008

August 29, 3:00-6:00 pm, New York, NY – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee participated in a panel discussion on "The Human Right to Food: Root Causes and Responses." The panel was part the New Human Rights Dialogue Series, and was part of a series of events to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

August 2, 8:30-10:30 am, Mexico City, Mexico – PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim presented as part of a panel on "Fresh Evidence for Action on Children’s Wellbeing: A conversation with the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS" at the Children and HIV/AIDS: Action Now, Action How International Symposium. The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA) is an independent network of policy-makers, practitioners and activists working to promote evidence-based policies to improve the lives of children, their families and communities affected by HIV/AIDS.

August 3-8, Mexico City, Mexico – Staff from PIH and its partner organizations in Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico and Boston participated in the 2008 International AIDS Conference. Many presented at poster sessions and on panel discussions, along with staff from PIH's other institutional "Pillars." View a schedule and read descriptions of their presentations.

June 23, 6:30 pm, New York, NY – Evan Lyon and Donna Barry of PIH and Loune Viaud of Zanmi Lasante joined colleagues from the RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice to launch Wòch Nan Soley: The Denial of the Right to Water in Haiti—a jointly authored report that documents the devastating consequences of the failure of the Inter-American Development Bank to disburse $54 million in life-saving loans for water and sanitation improvements.

May 31 through June 7, Across Canada –The Canada Haiti Action Network hosted a series of events to launch Peter Hallward's searing new book Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment. The author spoke in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. "Damming the Flood is an excellent book, the best study of its kind," said PIH co-founder Paul Farmer. "It offers the first accurate analysis of recent Haitian history, and of its history in the making." Click here for more information and the tour schedule.

June 1, Princeton, NJ – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer delivered the Baccalaureate address for Princeton University.

May 17, New Orleans, LA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer delivered the commencement address for Tulane Medical School.

May 13, 7:00 pm, Shrewsbury, MA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at Saint John's High School for the Abdella Center for Ethics Lecture.

May 9, 3:30 pm, Chicago, IL – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee delivered the 2008 commencement address for the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

May 9, 12:00 pm, Chicago, IL – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee delivered a keynote speech at the 2008 Student Diversity Conference at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. The conference theme for this year was "A Diverse Profession: Social Work in the Twenty-first Century." Her talk focused on how PIH addresses social problems.

May 5, National Public Radio – NPR's On Point interviewed PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee about the food crisis situation in Haiti. Listen to the segment.

May 4, 7:00 pm EDT/PDT, CBS network TV – Partners In Health will be featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Find out more.

May 1, 7:00 pm, Milton, MA – Evan Lyon, a physician who works with PIH projects in Haiti, spoke about his work with Zanmi Lasante at an event organized by Milton Public Schools to celebrate Haitian and Caribbean culture.

April 30, 12:00 pm, New York, NY – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at New York University. His presentation was part of NYU's Reynolds Speaker Series for Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century.

April 28, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, Minneapolis, MN – PIH Advocacy Director Donna Barry joined a panel discussion on innovative approaches to the global AIDS epidemic. The panel was part of a town meeting with Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) at the University of Minnesota.

April 27, 10:30 am, Brookline, MA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer received the All Saints Parish 2008 Spirituality and Justice Award during Sunday services at All Saints Parish, Brookline.

April 27, 10:00 am, Chicago, IL – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke at the American Physician Scientists Association Annual Meeting. The theme for her talk was "Research-Based Advocacy: Lessons from the Field."

April 19, 9:30 am, Cambridge, MA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer was a keynote speaker at a three-day conference organized by the Global Poverty Initiative at MIT.

April 17, 7:00 pm, Laramie, WY – PIH Vice President of Development Ed Cardoza spoke at the University of Wyoming's AIDS Awareness Week.

April 17, 11:30 am, Jamaica Plain, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke about how challenges in treating and preventing TB around the world impacts Massachusetts. The talk was part of a day-long event to recognize World Health Month, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Diversity Council, and was in the auditorium of the State Laboratory Institute.

April 15, 4:30 pm, Hanover, NH – Phuoc Le spoke on "Understanding Global Health Equity" at Dartmouth University's Haldeman Center. Phuoc is a resident in Global Health Equity, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. As part of his residency, he spends a significant amount of his time working in Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with PIH.

April 12, 10:20 am, New Haven, CT – PIH Co-founder Jim Yong Kim spoke at the Unite for Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conferece. The title of his talk was "Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health."

April 11-13, Austin, TX – The annual Face AIDS conference took place in Austin Texas. Dr. Henry Epino, the medical director for PIH Rwanda, was keynote speaker.

April 8, 6:30 pm, Hackensack, NJ – PIH Advocacy Director Donna Barry spoke about her experiences working with PIH and managing projects in Russia, Haiti and Boston. The event was held at the Bergen County Academies Auditorium.

April 5, 12:30 pm, Cambridge, MA – The Fifth Annual Urban Walk for Haiti was organized to raise awareness about Haiti and funds for Partners In Health.

April 3-5, Evanston, IL – The GlobeMed Global Health Summit brought together students from universities across the country for three days of lectures, workshops, and discussions with leading professionals in the field of global health. The theme of the summit was A Generational Calling: Solidarity in Global Health. Speakers included PIH Vice President fo Development Ed Cardoza and Evan Lyon, a physician working with PIH projects in Haiti.

April 1, 3:00 pm, New York, NY – PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim participated on a panel at the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on the Millennium Development Goals.

March 29, University Park, PA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke at Penn State University's Global Health Conference, organized by GlobeMed. Her talk focused on using the PIH model to address global health issues.

March 20, 2008, 6:30 pm, Cambridge, MA – A panel discussion at Harvard Law School will explore the role that international human rights law plays in guiding global priorities. The discussion will focus on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and other international initiatives that have brought attention to both the urgency and challenges of setting a limited number of global health priorities.

March 4-14, 2008, Lima, Peru – Socios En Salud (PIH's partners in Peru) planned a series of events to express TB through art as well as the role of TB in creating art. More details.

February 21, 2008, 8:00 pm, Boston, MA – A fundraiser to support PIH and Team Heart, a cardiac surgery team from Brigham and Women's Hospital that provides medical care to patients with rheumatic heart disease in Rwanda, was held at the Parris Lounge in Faneuil Hall. All proceeds went to fund a surgical mission.

February 17, 2008, 7pm, Deerfield, MA – Paul Farmer spoke at the Deerfield Academy.

February 7, 2008, Cleveland, OH – Paul Farmer will speak on Global Health Equity as part of the Town Hall of Cleveland 2007-2008 lecture series.

February 2, 2008, New York, NY – Is health care a human right? Are the principles of medical ethics universal or culture-specific? How can we make medicines available to the world’s poor? Experts from Weill Cornell Medical College discussed these issues and more at an interactive workshop for Health Care and Human Rights.

January 30, 2008, 7:30 pm, New York, NY – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke about issues that hinder the delivery of healthcare to poor communities around the world. The event was organized by Columbia University's chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.

2007

December 2, 2007, 2:00 pm, Ann Arbor, MI – PIH Advocacy and Policy Manager Donna Barry shared her experiences treating AIDS and providing basic health care under dire conditions, ranging from Russian prisons to extreme poverty. Proceeds benefited RESULTS, grassroots advocates for the end of hunger and poverty.

December 2, 2007, Hanover, NH – Peter Drobac, a physician with the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital who works with several PIH projects, spoke at a conference entitled "A Unified Response to HIV/AIDS and Global Injustice" at Dartmouth University. His talk focused on PIH's work to create/adapt health care systems to ensure appropriate and accessible HIV treatment. The conference coincided with World AIDS Day.

December 1, 2007, 7:00 pm, Anne Arbor, MI – PIH Advocacy and Policy Manager Donna Barry was the featured speaker at the Face AIDS University of Michigan Formal Benefit Dinner. The event was part of the University of Michigan's World AIDS Week.

November 27, Manzini, Swaziland – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee delivered the keynote address at the 2007 Paediatric AIDS Treatment for Africa (PATA) Forum. Her speech focused on PIH's work focusing on the needs of children and adolescents living with HIV and TB.

November 20, 4:30 pm, Philadelphia, PA – Paul Farmer delivered the first annual Jonathan Mann Health & Human Rights Memorial Lecture at Drexel University's School of Public Health.

November 19, 6:00 pm, Philadelphia, PA – Paul Farmer received the Dennis Clark Solas Award "honoring outstanding leaders for increasing access to health care" at a dinner event organized by the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.

November 15, 4:00 pm, Cambridge, MA – Paul Farmer spoke on Global Health Equity in the Kirsch Auditorium at MIT.

November 12, 7:00 pm, San Francisco – Paul Farmer was the keynote speaker at the Orphans of Rwanda benefit in the Herbst International Exhibition Hall in the Presidio.

November 8-12, Cape Town, South Africa – 38th Union World Conference on Lung Health. The theme of this year's conference, organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease was "Confronting the challenges of HIV and MDR in TB prevention and care."

November 8, 5:30 pm, Cambridge, MA – Internationally respected social justice advocate and bestselling author Randall Robinson read from his new book "An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President," at Harvard Law School. For more information, please click here.

October 30, 6 pm, New York, NY – Paul Farmer delivered a lecture as part of the Earth Institute Distinguished Lecture Series at Low Memorial Library on the Columbia University campus.

October 22, 12:00-2:00 pm, Boston, MA – PIH Medical Director Dr. Joia Mukherjee was the keynote speaker at the UN Day Celebration at the Massachusetts State House. The theme for this year was "Millennium Development Goal #6: Fighting AIDS, Malaria and other Infectious Diseases."

October 22, Santa Barbara, CA – Paul Farmer spoke at the University of California, Santa Barbara, School of Education.

October 21, 12:00-3:00 pm, New York, NY – PIH Medical Director Dr. Joia Mukherjee spoke on a panel on Social medicine: A revolutionary approach to health care at the Foundry Theatre (136 Second Ave, New York).

October 13, Cambridge, MA – The 14th annual Thomas J. White Symposium was held on October 13 at Sanders Theater in Cambridge. Actor and activist Danny Glover gave the keynote speech. Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, and Melinda Gates were also featured speakers.

October 11-12, Boston, MA – The Institute for Health and Social Justice, PIH's research and advocacy arm, co-sponsored a two-day conference on Integrating health, nutrition, and food security: Making the case. The conference was organized jointly with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and the
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.

September 28, 5:15 pm, Cambridge, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee delivered a keynote address at the national conference of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. Dr. Mukherjee drew on her experience working at PIH projects in Haiti, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Malawi to speak on "The Access-to-Medicines Crisis: Perspectives from the Field."

September 26, 7:30 pm, Syracuse, NY – Paul Farmer delivered a public lecture on Global Health Equity as part of the 2007 Syracuse Symposium at Syracuse University, which brought together a diverse group of lecturers, performers, and artists to explore justice.  

September 20 - October 26, Boston, MA – To mark the 20th anniversary of our founding, Partners In Health assembled an exhibit of 100 photographs depicting the work and the communities where we have forged partnerships with patients and local health workers to combat epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, hunger, poverty and injustice. “If a picture is worth a thousand words,” PIH Executive Director Ophelia Dahl wrote in a letter about the exhibit, “these images are worth millions for what they have to say about human dignity in the face of intolerable suffering and criminal indifference, about solidarity, and ultimately about hope.” The exhibit was displayed in the President’s Gallery at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design from September 20 to October 19, and a smaller version of the exhibit was then put on display at the Prudential Center in Boston from October 20 to 26. Plans are being developed to send the exhibit to other cities in the coming months.

September 17, 4 pm, Cambridge, MA – Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Building Resources Across Communities, one of the world's largest non-governmental organizations dedicated to combating poverty, spoke on "Thinking big and scaling up: the BRAC approach to poverty alleviation" at an event co-sponsored by the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.

September 15-October 6, Coast to coast – Arcade Fire fall US tour. The Montreal-based rock band distributee information about PIH and contributed $1 of every ticket sold to support our work in Haiti.

June 8, Boston, MA – Drs. David Walton, Heidi Behforouz and Jim Yong Kim of PIH all spoke at the Alumni Day Symposium at the Harvard Medical School. The theme of this year's symposium was “Global Health at Harvard Medical School: Why We Can’t Wait.”

May 20, Oakland, CA, and May 24, New York, NY – The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti held fundraisers on both coasts.

May 18, Boston, MA – Both Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer spoke at the Disparities in Surgical Care: Access to Outcomes course, a one-day program at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Kim spoke on "Global Health Inequities" and Farmer deliver a keynote talk.

May 16, New York – Paul Farmer delivered the commencement address at the Commencement and Convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

May 7, 12:00-6:30 pm, Cambridge, MA – Dr. Evan Lyon of PIH spoke on the impact of the Iraq war on health and the public health system in Iraq as part of a teach-in on The Current Health Crisis in Iraq. Other speakers include Dr. Salam Ismael of Doctors of Iraq. The event is sponsored by the Center for Middle Easter Studies at Harvard.

April 28, 9 am, Babson Park, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjeeg delivered a keynote speech on "Bringing Local Sensibilities to Global Challenges" at the Health Coverage Fellowship, Program for New England Journalists, sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.

April 26, for national broadcast – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee was interviewed on the Democracy Now! news show broadcast on more than 450 stations in North America. Joia was interviewed as part of Democracy Now!'s extensive coverage of the dispute between Abbott Laboratories and the government of Thailand over pricing and licensing of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection. To watch, listen or read a transcript of the show, go to the Democracy Now website.

April 24, 7:30 pm, Oxford, OH – Paul Farmer lectured on “Global Vulnerability and Health Care Distribution" at Miami University, Ohio.

April 23, 7 pm, Cincinnati, OH – Paul Farmer delivered the Ethics/Religion & Society Lecture at Xavier University.

April 21, 7 pm, Wellfleet, MA – PIH Director of Development Ed Cardoza spoke at the Wellfleet Public Library.

April 21, 4 pm, Cambridge, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke on a panel about Health Care Delivery at the 13th Annual International Development Conference at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

March 27, 11 am, Spartanburg, SC – Paul Farmer spoke at Wofford College, where he also received both an honorary degree and the Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind.

March 21, 7:30 pm, Wenham, MA – Tracy Kidder lectured at Gordon College, following a book-signing event at 6:00.

March 22, Boston, MA – Thomas J. White and Joia Mukherjee received the John M. Corcoran Award for Excellence presented by St. Mary's Women and Children's Center at their annual Diamonds of Dorchester gala.

March 22, 3:15 pm, Weston, MA – Donna Barry, co-director of women's health at PIH, spoke on "Global Rates of Maternal Mortality: Why Haven't They Decreased?" at Regis College.

March 24, worldwide – World TB Day mobilized people all over the globe for a day of social action and awareness. The theme for World TB Day 2007 was "TB anywhere is TB everywhere."

March 29, Tampa, FL – Paul Farmer spoke at the 67th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

March 31, 12 pm, Cambridge, MA – The fourth annual Urban Walk for Haiti will bring together concerned high school and college students and members of other social, religious and cultural organizations to raise awareness and funds for Haiti. Last year more than 900 participants raised almost $60,000 for PIH.

March 14, 7 pm, Hamilton, MA – PIH Director of Development Ed Cardoza spoke at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library.

March 14, 4:30 pm, Philadelphia, PA – Paul Farmer spoke on "AIDS in 2007: Building a Health Care Movement" at the 2007 Dean's Forum at the University of Pennsylvania.

March 12, 5 pm, Charlottesville, VA – Paul Farmer will speak on world hunger and related issues for the University of Virginia's Center for Global Health.

March 10, 9:10 am, Arlington, VA – Paul Farmer will deliver a keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the American Medical Student Association, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. The theme of this year's conference is "Health Care Justice: Pursuing the Dream of a Healthy Society."

March 8, 4:30 pm, Boston, MA – Dr. Nevin Scrimshaw, an internationally renowned expert on nutrition and health, spoke on "The Synergism of Nutrition and Infection," kicking off a series of seminars organized by PIH's education and advocacy arm, the Institute for Health and Social Justice.

February 28, 1 pm and 6 pm, South Orange and Newark, NJ – Paul Farmer participated in a series of events at Seton Hall University, starting with a public lecture entitled "Solidarity with the World's Poor – a Lenten Reflection" at 1 pm at the South Orange campus. The "day with Paul Farmer" concluded with a 6 pm presentation on "Access to Health Care as a Human Right" at an event sponsored by the Health Law and Policy Program on the Newark campus.

March 1, Sherman, TX – Paul Farmer spoke at Austin College.

March 2, Evanston, IL – Joia Mukherjee was the keynote speaker at the 2007 Summit of the Global Medical Relief Program and GlobeMed Education at Northwestern University.

February 20, 4:15 pm, Honolulu, HI – Paul Farmer spoke at the Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center Ballroom on: "AIDS in 2007: Building a Health Care Movement."

February 18, 3 pm, Honolulu, HI – Paul Farmer spoke at an event sponsored by the Global Health Interest Group at the University of Hawaii Medical School Auditorium in Kaka’ako on: "Community-based treatment of HIV: The Partners In Health experience in Haiti, Rwanda, and Lesotho."

February 16, Seattle, WA – Jim Yong Kim gave the keynote address at the Fifth Annual Western Regional International Health Conference at the University of Washington.

February 12, Ann Arbor, MI – Paul Farmer spoke at the University of Michigan School of Business.

February 10, Denver, CO – Paul Farmer participated in a Mardi Gras Celebration organized by the Colorado Haiti Project.

2006

Dec. 6, 6 pm, New York - Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl are honored as recipients of the Union Theological Seminary medal.
Paul and Ophelia were honored with the Union Medal in recognition of their work with PIH in making "significant public health advances in the world’s most impoverished areas." Previous recipients of the award include Bishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Moyers and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin.

Dec. 1, all day, worldwide - World AIDS Day 2006.
World AIDS Day was marked around the world with activities to raise awareness and strengthen solidarity with almost 40 million people infected with HIV, more than 12 million AIDS orphans and tens of millions more affected by the pandemic.

Nov. 28, 7:30 pm, Boston, MA - PIH's Dr. Evan Lyon will answer questions after a screening of A Closer Walk.
Academy Award nominee Bob Bilheimer's documentary about the global AIDS epidemic was shown in the COM 101 Auditorium at 641 Commonwealth Avenue, followed by a question-and-answer session featuring Dr. Lyon.

Nov. 15, 7:30 am, Seattle, WA - Paul Farmer speaks at the AIDS Housing of Washington Benefit Breakfast.
Paul was the featured speaker at the Guided by Compassion breakfast held at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel to raise funds and awareness in support of AHW's mission to increase and sustain housing and related services for people living with HIV/AIDS or experiencing homelessness.

Nov. 15, 8:00 pm, Palo Alto, CA - Paul Farmer meets with FACE AIDS student activists and supporters at Stanford.
Paul spoke at the Memorial Auditorium on the Stanford campus at an event organized by FACE AIDS, a campaign to mobilize and inspire students to fight AIDS in Africa.

Nov. 13, 7 pm, Seattle, WA – Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl visit the University of Washington as part of the school's Common Book program.
Paul Farmer's lecture at Kane Hall on the UW campus was filled to capacity and can be viewed via webcast.

Nov. 8, 6:00 pm, New York, NY – Paul Farmer and Tracy Kidder participate in a benefit for Village Health Works.
The benefit took place at 88 Crosby Street in SoHo and raised funds to help build and operate a health center in the East African village of Kigutu, Burundi. Village Health Works was founded by Deogratias Niyizonkiza, a Burundian who has worked with PIH and is currently pursuing his medical training in the United States.

Nov. 5, 7:30 PM, Cambridge, MA – Special screening of ¡Salud!, a new documentary film about Cuba's role in the movement to make health care a global birthright.
Paul Farmer and Arachu Castro of PIH joined producer Gail Reed on a panel to discuss and answer questions after the film. The screening took place at the Science Center, Hall B, at Harvard University.

Nov. 5, 12:00 noon, Boston, MA – Paul Farmer will address the Opening General Session of the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association
Dr. Farmer and Dr. Helene Gayle of CARE spoke at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, kicking off an annual meeting dedicated to the theme of "Public Health and Human Rights"

Oct. 26, 6:00 pm, Boston, MA – Tom and Lois White, long-time friends and founding trustees of PIH, honored at a reception and dinner benefiting St. Francis House
Tom and Lois were honored at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston for philanthropic work that goes far beyond their efforts on behalf of PIH; they are committed to helping the world's most vulnerable people both locally and abroad. To learn more about the work of St. Francis House, please visit www.stfrancishouse.org.

Oct. 23, 4:00 pm, Cambridge, MA – PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim lectures on "Human Rights, Ethics and the Global Response to the AIDS Pandemic: Why We Can’t Wait" at MIT
Kim delivered the 2006 Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics, focusing on the urgent need for innovative and ethical responses to one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.

Oct. 20, 7:30 PM, Cambridge, MA – Paul Farmer and Tracy Kidder discuss Mountains Beyond Mountains, this year's selection for the city-wide book club, Cambridge Reads
Farmer and Kidder spoke at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, on the Harvard University campus.

Oct. 20, 7:00 pm, Palo Alto, CA – PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim delivers keynote address at the FACE AIDS Forum
The three-day forum on the Stanford University campus brought together 400 students who are passionate about social justice and public health to celebrate and strengthen a national student movement to fight AIDS in Africa. Dr. Henry Epino, medical director of the PIH project in Rwanda, delivered a second keynote address on Saturday, Oct. 21.

Oct. 17, 12:00 noon, Miami, FL – Paul Farmer speaks at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Farmer spoke on "Social Medicine in Practice: Examples from Africa and Latin America" as part of the new Grand Rounds Series of the Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health. A webcast of the presentation can be viewed at:  www.jayweisscenter.org.

Oct. 11-13, Lima, Peru – Paul Farmer speaks at an international conference on "Exclusion and the Right to Health: The Role of Health Professionals"
Farmer focused on community participation in a plenary lecture on "Social Determinants of Health" and a roundtable discussion on "Global Politics and the Right to Health" at a conference coordinated jointly by the Center for Health and Human Rights Education (EDUCASALUD) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organizations (IFHHRO)

Oct. 12, 5:45 PM, Newton, MA -- PIH co-founder Thomas J. White will be honored at the Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation's annual dinner
Tom White received the foundation's Humanitarian Award and the Heroes for Health Award will be presented to The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts-New England Medical Center. The event was held at the Newton Marriott Hotel.

Oct. 5, Santa Fe, NM – Paul Farmer speaks on "Global Health in Times of Violence"
Paul spoke at 8:00 PM at the Greer Carson Theater at the College of Santa Fe. Paul’s appearance in Santa Fe was hosted by the School of American Research, which recently awarded his book Pathologies of Power the 2006 J.I. Staley Prize for outstanding book in anthropology.

Oct. 3, 12:15 PM, Princeton, NJ – Dr. Arachu Castro speaks on "The Right to Health in the Midst of Poverty: Health Seeking in Venezuela, Cuba & Haiti"
Dr. Castro delivered her talk under the auspices of the Program in Latin American Studies as part of a luncheon seminar series that is free and open to the public.

Sept. 30, Cambridge, MA – Partners In Health Symposium.
The 13th Annual Thomas J. White Symposium was held on September 30 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Kresge Auditorium, Building W16 on the MIT campus, 48 Massachusetts Avenue (rear), in Cambridge.

Sept. 30, Cambridge, MA – Calling all PIH interns
WHO: All former PIH interns (summer and full-year)
WHAT: First PIH Intern Reunion
WHEN: Breakfast meeting on September 30. the day of the PIH Symposium, from 9:30-11:30 am
WHERE: TBA (on the MIT campus)
WHY: To reconnect swith former PIH interns, establish a network, share experience and develop resources for the PIH website.
Please email or call Cynthia Rose (crose@pih.org; 617 432-3981) to rsvp or ask questions. Further details and an agenda will be sent by email.

Sept. 28, 12:00 noon, Boston, MA – Paul Farmer speaks at Northeastern University School of Law
Dr. Farmer delivered a public lecture on "Global Healthcare: Whatever It Takes" as part of the Northeastern University Law Forum: Discussions on Contemporary Legal Issues.

Sept. 26, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Boston, MA – Richmond Symposium: Child Health and Development in the 21st Century
PIH co-founders Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer were among the speakers at an all-day event honoring the 90th birthday, life, and work of Dr. Julius Richmond

Sept. 14, South Bend, IN – Paul Farmer and economist Jeffrey Sachs featured panelists in the second annual Notre Dame Forum.
The forum, entitled "The Global Health Crisis: Forging Solutions, Effecting Change," took place from 1:15 to 3:15 pm in the University's Joyce Center and was moderated by Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer. A live webcast is available at forum.nd.edu.

Sept. 11, San Francisco – Paul Farmer speaks at the University of San Francisco.
PIH co-founder Paul Farmer delivered a lecture as part of the Justice Lecture Series organized by the Lane Center for Catholic Studies and Social Thought.

Sept. 9, Port Angeles WA, and Sept. 10, Seattle, WA– Benefit concerts for Partners In Health.
Vocalist Jeanie Bryson and pianist Ted Brancato were the featured performers at two benefit concerts for PIH. Bryson, whose singing has been compared to both Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee, is the daughter of legendary jazz great Dizzie Gillespie and songwriter Connie Bryson. Brancato has played and recorded with Milt Jackson, Eddie Jefferson, Richie Cole, Max Roach, Houston Person and other jazz greats.

Sept. 9, Berkeley, CA – Paul Farmer speaks on Haiti panel.
Paul Farmer joined Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and Father Gerard Jean-Juste at an event organized by the Haiti Action Committee. The event, "Haiti Today: Occupation and Resistance," was held at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison Street in Berkeley at 7:00 pm.

September 8, Boston, MA – A Closer Walk
Oscar nominee Robert Billheimer's film about the global AIDS epidemic aired on WGBH in Boston at 9:30 PM. Filmed on four continents over a period of three years, A Closer Walk depicts the harsh realities of global AIDS, and explores the intricate relationship between health, dignity and human rights. First released in 2003, the critically acclaimed film includes a section highlighting PIH's work in Haiti and an interview with PIH co-founder Paul Farmer.

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