Archive of Past Events

2009

November 12, 8:00pm EST – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder and PIH physician David Walton, who works with PIH projects in Haiti, joined book parties hosted by PIH supporters across the country for a live webcast event, Read, Connect, Act: A Day of Nationwide Book Parties on Global Health. Participants discussed the bestselling books Mountains Beyond Mountains and Strength in What Remains, and had their questions answered by Tracy and David. Watch a video from this event.

November 12, Amherst, MA – PIH physician David Walton joined local professors from the Five Colleges in the Pioneer Valley for a panel discussion about global health and PIH's work at local sites.

November 2, 6:30pm, Cohasset, MA – Author Tracy Kidder talked about his new book Strength in What Remains at an event to benefit the Cohasset Public Library.

October 29, 12:00-2:00pm, Washington, DC – The world faces a global health crisis, one that can be solved with a comprehensive global health strategy.  The United States has a unique and crucial role to play, and current initiatives—including the Obama Administration’s Global Health Initiative and Congressional efforts to reform U.S. foreign assistance — offer a promising start. This Policy Forum offered specific recommendations for the next phase of U.S. global health policy, and discussed new ways that advocates and policy makers can work together to make this vision a reality. 

October 19, New York, NY – Academy Award-winning actors Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline teamed up with producer/playwright Tony Kushner and other Broadway and Hollywood luminaries to benefit Partners In Health and American Jewish World Service by reprising Public Theater's 2006 production of Mother Courage and her Children. Daniel Craig, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Linda Emond, Mike Nichols, Jenifer Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Frederick Weller, and the Broadway cast of Hair also joined the cast.

October 17, 2:00pm, Pleasantville, NY – The local chapter of RESULTS held a teleconference with Paul Farmer at Pace University in Goldstein Lecture 100.

October 13-November 20, Santa Clara, CA – "On the Same Map: A Photo Exhibition Celebrating Partners In Health's 20 Years of Health and Social Justice” was displayed on the campus of Santa Clara University. This exhibit depicts the clinics and communities where PIH has forged partnerships with patients and local health workers to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, hunger, poverty and injustice over the past 20 years.

October 8, 7:00-8:30pm, San Diego, CA –The 2009 – 2010 Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series kicked off with a lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer who examined the connection between peace and development. The event was held in Camino Hall on the campus of the University of San Diego.

October 3, 3:00pm, Cambridge, MA – Partners In Health held its 15th annual Thomas J. White Symposium on the afternoon in the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. This yearly event brought together PIH staff, family, friends and fellow activists and advocates for health and social justice for the poor. More information.

September 28, Emmistburg, MD – Dr. David Walton, who has been working with PIH since 1997, divides his time between Haiti and Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. He spoke about the work of PIH to incoming Mount St. Mary’s University students who have read Mountains Beyond Mountains.

September 23, Helena, MT – The Carroll College Alpha Seminar committee selected Mountains Beyond Mountains as a common reading experience for incoming first-year students to read over the summer. PIH physician David Walton joined the eager campus and discuss the work of PIH with students and community members.

September 11-13, Omaha, NE – PIH Advocacy Director Donna Barry gave a keynote address at the Midwestern Global Health Conference. The theme for the conference was be Global Health Crossroads: Dare to be Challenged. Learn more.

April-September, Los Angeles, CA – "On the Same Map: A Photo Exhibition Celebrating Partners In Health's 20 Years of Health and Social Justice” was displayed on the campus of UCLA in Glorya Kaufman Hall. This exhibit depicts the clinics and communities where PIH has forged partnerships with patients and local health workers to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, hunger, poverty and injustice over the past 20 years.

August 22, Castleton, VT – David Walton, a physician working with PIH projects in Haiti, spoke about the work of PIH to incoming freshman students who have read Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains at Castleton College.

July 30, Washington, DC – Celebrate Medicare’s 44th birthday by showing Congress and President Obama that unions, doctors, nurses, seniors, faith groups, and Americans of every stripe support a single-payer system. This event, Single-Payer Health Care: Made in America, is organized by the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care. For more information, please visit: http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/single-payer-rally/

July 29, 4:00pm EST (3:00pm CT) – Public Radio PIH executive director Ophelia Dahl will discuss PIH's work on the program Here on Earth, produced by Wisconsin Public Radio. Visit their website to hear a live stream of the program, or to download the podcast after July 29.

July 19, 4:00pm, Brooksville, FL – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at a fundraiser for Partners In Health's work. The beachside event included food, fun, entertainment and an auction. More information.

April 3-June 30, Los Angeles, CA – "On the Same Map: A Photo Exhibition Celebrating Partners In Health's 20 Years of Health and Social Justice” was displayed on the campus of UCLA in Glorya Kaufman Hall from April 3 to June 12. The exhibit was just one of the exciting events scheduled for the 2009 UCLA Global Health Awareness Week. Please visit here for more information.

June 18, Seattle, WA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at the University of Washington as part of the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA) Discovery Series lectures. His talk focused on how global health success is influened not only by clinicians in the field, but by people from different backgrounds using their individual talents and passions to creatively approach health disparities. He was joined by Dr. Chris Elias, President and CEO of PATH.

June 4, Little Rock, AR – Paul Farmer lectured about "Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor" in Sturgis Hall at the Clinton School of Public Service. More information.

May 25, New Haven, CT – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer gave the commencement address for the Yale School of Public Health.

May 16, 10 am, Norfolk, VA – Dr. Paul Farmer was the commencement speaker for the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) graduation ceremony. EVMS presented diplomas to approximately 230 students. EVMS has been among the finalists for the annual Community Service Award given by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

May 15, 1:00-5:15pm, Norfolk, VA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer participated in the Physicans for Peace Global Health Forum "Collaborative and Sustainable Health Care in the Developing World." The event was be held at Norfolk State University.

May 14, 5:00-9:00 pm, Newton, MA – Local children’s apparel company Laughing Out Loud Kids held a trunk show on May 14 to support Partners In Health. Popular Boston children's boutique and “Best of Boston 208-west” Mila Lilu hosted a showing of designer Mila Cole's latest fashions Thursday, May 14 from 5 to 9pm at Mila Lilu 1199, Walnut St. Newton, MA. According to Cole, "Kids love our soft, comfortable fabrics and swingy silhouettes, and moms are happy to find high-quality apparel that holds up over time." Visit their website for more information.

May 12, 12:00 pm, Philadelphia, PA – Dr. Paul Farmer spoke at the Renée C. Fox Lectureship in Medicine, Culture, and Society at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The annual lecture was endowed in honor of Dr. Renée C. Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences.

April 30 - May 2, 10 am - 4pm, Camden, ME – NOTEWORTHY, held a sale of over 1,000 handmade greeting cards to benefit Partners In Health from April 30 to May 2. There were a variety of cards, from whimsical to nautical, contemporary to landscape, floral to abstract. For more information, please call Mary Amory at 207-236-6903.

April 30, 6:00 pm, New York, NY – Dr. Paul Farmer participated in the NYU Reynolds Speaker Series entitled "Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century" If you were unable to attend, the events were recorded and available here.

April 26, New York, NY – Have you ever walked the entire length of Manhattan? The 5th Manhattan Tip to Tip Walk for Haiti was held on Sunday, April 26, 2009. All participants (tippers) were asked to raise $108 to go towards supporting Partners in Health. In total, the walk took about 8 to 9 hours, and covered 13.4 miles (260 city blocks), beginning at 220th St. and ending in Battery Park. For information contact organizer Ana Maria Cardenas at Ana.Maria.Cardenas@verizon.net or go to facebook evets and type "The 5th Manhattan Tip to Tip Walk...for Haiti."

April 24, New York, NY – PIH Advocacy and Policy Director Donna Barry participated in a conference titled "How to Save the World" presented by the NYU World Health Initiative. The conference of speakers, Q&A sessions with experienced volunteers, and recruiting for volunteer, career and internship opportunities by organizations such as Partners in Health, Keep a Child Alive, Aravind Eye Care Network, Ghana Health and Education Initiative, Peace Corps, Voluntarios de la Esperanza and many more.

April 23-25, Indian Wells, CA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer participated in a forum discussion entitled “The Surgeon’s Role in Global Health” which was a part of the American Surgical Association’s 129th Annual Meeting. This is just one of many other presentations.

April 23, 5:30-8:30 pm, Seattle, WA – Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, was the keynote speaker at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute's (SBRI) fifth annual Passport to Global Health Celebration. The event was designed to raise awareness about infectious disease research as a means to improve global health and funds to support scientific research at SBRI. Dr. Farmer also received SBRI's Advancing Global Health Award, which is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on improving global health.

April 16-May 2, A City Near You – The Bismarck, a band from North Dakota, donated their Spring 2009 Tour to PIH. With a strong do-it-yourself spirit, the foursome load their own gear, book their own shows, release their own records, silkscreen their own shirts, and work to inspire other aspiring DIY bands. They also try to inspire their audiences by making each show a benefit concert, sometimes even absorbing the cost of a show themselves in order to increase their donations. Read a review from a show in Madison, Wis. Check them out, they might be playing in a city near you!

April 21, 11:00 am, Elizabethtown, PA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at Elizabethtown College during their second annual Scholarship and Creative Arts Day. The theme of the event is “Changing the World One Idea at a Time," which is a centered around encouraging students to embrace their scholarship and artistic expression as the framework for choosing their purposeful life work, like Paul Farmer has done.

April 18-19, New Haven, CT – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee was a keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Unite For Site "Achieving Global Goals Though Innovation" located on the campus of Yale University. Joia participated in a lunch forum about Social Innovation & Health Delivery. The Global Health and Innocation Summit convenes a committed vanguard of 2,500 people from more than 60 countries. The conference challenges students, professionals, educations, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits and others to develop innovative solutions to achieve global goals. Registration is required.

April 18, 7:00 pm, Glen Rock, NJ – The Glen Rock Poverty Awareness Project  held an Art Auction and Film Festival for Haiti on April 18th at the Glen Rock Community Church. The event was part of a yearlong mosquito net drive benefiting PIH. Art was viewd and auctioned off and a screening of five original short films about extreme poverty made by local high school students took place. Evan Lyon, a clinician working with PIH projects in Haiti, discussed the progress in Haiti since the hurricanes last fall. 

April 16, 8:30 am-1:00 pm, Waltham, MA – PIH Executive Director Ophelia Dahl participated in The Fifth Annual Bentley Leadership Forum, in cooperation with TIME magazine “The Business of Healing Our World: Leveraging Innovation, Social Enterprise, and Service.” The Leadership Forum was located on the campus of Bentley University.

April 9-11, 15-17, 8:00 - 10:00 pm, Cambridge, MA – The production of Antiretrovirals and Water Regugees: A Living Newspaper on Haiti ran at Kresge Little Theater on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, MA. This new production looked at Haiti in terms of the politics of global healthcare, as refracted through the work of PIH. An updating of the 1930s activist docudramas called Living Newspapers, this production combined puppets, shadow theater, toy theater, video & audio mix, & live brass music. PIH's Dr. Sonya Shin and Leland Hunger Fellow Erica Phillips participated in a post-show discussions. More information

April 8, 6:00 pm, Boston, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee spoke about PIH's work in Boston and around the world, focusing on how poor housing or lack of housing directly affects the health of patients. The talk was part of Boston University’s Human Rights Week, and took place in the George Sherman Union Center in Boston.

April 4, Cambridge, MA – The 6th annual Urban Walk for Haiti was a big hit in raising awareness for the problems faced by Haiti, and has raised thousands of dollars for PIH's work in Haiti over the years. This year's generous donation of $40,000 will go to fund housing projects to help those left homeless by a series of destructive hurricaned last fall. Find out how you can get involved.

March 28, 6:00-9:00 pm, Williamsburg, VA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee presented PIH's work on women's health at the American Medical Women's Association annual meeting.

March 20, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands – David Walton, a physician working with PIH projects in Haiti, spoke about PIH's work in Haiti and issues faced by the impoverished communities he works with. The event was part of the Dr. Alfred O. Heath Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of the Virgin Islands.

March 17, 3:00-5:00 pm, Berkeley, CA – UC Berkeley and the Pfizer "Moments in Leadership" Distinguished Health Leadership Speaker Series presented a talk by PIH co-founder Paul Farmer and reception to present him with the 2009 UC Berkeley International Public Health Hero Award. The talk was located at the Berkeley City Club from 3-5 pm on March 17. He spoke about community-based care to improve health outcomes in settings of great poverty and disease specific interventions to strengthen primary health care.

March 15, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston MA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer will delivered a Price Lecture at the Trinity Church of Boston. The Price Lectures are a distinguished series of lectures presented each year during Lent at Trinity, and supported by an endowment established by the will of William Price, a parishioner and Vestryman of the parish in the 18th century.

March 13 4:00 pm, Nashville, TN – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer was warmly welcomed by the Vanderbilt School of Medicine and the International Health Committee as the kick off speaker for 2009's World Health Week. He spoke at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine and the event was open to the public. Click here for the event flyer.

February 18-March 20, Middlebury, VT – On the Same Map: Hope is a Human Right - A photographic journey made a stop at Middlebury College. This exhibition of photographs depicting the clinics and communities where PIH has forged partnerships with patients and local health workers to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, hunger, poverty and injustice over the past 20 years. The exhibit was held in John McCardell Bicentennial Hall and was a part of a series of events including lectures, a Malaria Net Campout, film screenings, and a Global Health Symposium. These events were open to the public and served as a place for students to get involved in global health initiatives.

March 3, 3:00-6:00 pm, Boston, MA – On The Lake: Life and Love in a Distant Place a film by David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller about the tuberculosis epidemic in America in the 1900s and globally today, was shown at the Harvard School of Public Health. It included a film showing, question and answer with the filmmakers, a discussion by a TB survivor, and expert presentation. If you couldn't make it to this, the film is set to broadcast on PBS stations on March 25, 2009.

February 28, Middlebury, VT – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer will spoke on “Rethinking Health and Human Rights.” The event was held at Middlebury College as part of a package of events focusing on global healh, including PIH's 20th anniversary photo exhibit, On the Same Map running through March 20 (see above). More information.

February 17, Miami, FL – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer spoke at the Jay Weiss Grand Round Series on Social Medicine & Health Equity. The series takes place at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. The grand rounds are available via live and archived webcasts. Dr. Paul Farmer will also be named the recipient of this year's Lois Pope LIFE International Achievement Award, an award which honors outstanding scientists whose work has resulted in significant medical breakthroughs.

February 12-15, Boston, MA – PIH co-founder Jim Kim spoke at the Harvard National Model United Nations 2009 Conference. The conference provided more than 3,000 students from all over the world a chance to learn about international relations and experience the challenges diplomats face first-hand.

January 27, Boston, MA – "Change Haiti Can Believe In" Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activst Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, share their stories of eradicating disease and injustice in one of the world's poorest nations, and discuss how changes in U.S. policy can help to build a stronger, more resilient,and prosperous Haiti. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now !, will moderate. The forum was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

January 23, 1:30-5:30 pm Boston, MA –The Fourth Annual HMS Student AIDS Conference HIV/AIDS: Priorities for the Obama Administration was be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School with Keynote Speaker: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. PIH co-founder Paul Farmer participated on a panel of Harvard faculty and guest speakers discussing national and international challenges in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For more information contact Wanda Allen at mailto:wanda_allen@harvard.edu.

January 19, 1:00 pm, Boston, MA – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer will join students, faculty, and staff at Boston University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration to examine inequality, injustice, and human rights violations in the 21st annual. The celebration was held in the George Sherman Union's Metcalf Hall. Listen to an interview with Paul Farmer from BU Today.

2008

December 13, 2008, 1:30 pm, Brooksville, FL – PIH co-founder Paul Famer was honored as the 2008 Great Brooksvillian, in Paul's hometown of Brooksville. There were events held the entire day starting with a book signing of Tracy Kidder's book, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

December 12, 2008, 12:00–1:00 pm, Boston, MA – PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim gave the 2008 Victor Dzau Lecturer in Global Health Equity, along with commentary from Paul Farmer. Kim’s lecture was titled "Redefining Global Health Care."

December 8, 2008, 12:00–1:30 pm, Boston, MA – US Senator John F. Kerry was the keynote speaker at the HIV/AIDS & Right to Health: Leadership in the US and Globally Town Hall Meeting, held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. PIH co-founder Jim Yong Kim also participated in the discussion, alongside a cadre of passionate professionals.

November 29, 2008 to January 4, 2009, Chicago, IL – Loyola University Museum of Art was home to On the Same Map: Hope is a Human Right - A photographic journey. PIH's exhibition of photographs depicting the clinics and communities where PIH has forged partnerships with patients and local health workers to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, hunger, poverty and injustice over the past 20 years. This exhibition was open to the public, for more information visit the Loyola University Museum of Art website

November 3, 2:00 pm, San Francisco, CA – Global Health Equity Resident Phuoc Le was at the University of San Francisco's School of Medicine to discuss how PIH acts as an agent of change, and its vision to rapidly scale up a “rights based” model of comprehensive primary care in several Sub-Saharan African nations in a disucssion about global equity. Dr. Le has worked with several PIH partner organizations around the world. More information.

October 31, 7:30 pm, Cambridge, MA – 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee John Dear spoke about his new autobiography A Persistant Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World, at St. Paul Parish (29 Mt. Auburn St.) and PIH co-founder Paul Farmer will introduced this inspirational peace activist. There was a book signing afterwards. More information.

October 30, 8:30 am, Minneapolis, MN – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee delivered the keynote address for the Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers annual conference. The conference was entitled "Many Faces of Community Health – Meeting the Needs of the Underserved."

October 27, 8:30-10:30 am, Ottowa, Canada – PIH co-founder Paul Farmer served as a keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health which took place in Ottawa from October 26th to the 29th. Specifically, he took part in a plenary session with the theme of 'Lessons from the International Stage'. Read more about the Canadian Society for International Health.

October 15, 6-8 pm, Boston, MA – PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherje was a participant on a panel sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine’s chapter of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). As a part of the panel titled “Medical Activism: Then and Now”, Joia reflected on the role that activism has played in her career as a physician and discuss the importance of activism in medicine today. This event was held at the Boston University School of Medicine.

October 14, 6:00-9:00 pm, New York, NY –2007 marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of PIH and to mark the occasion, PIH partnered with the NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health to mount another striking portrayal of its work -­ an exhibit of striking photographs. To commemorate the anniversary and the exhibit at NYU, PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee and PIH Vice President for Development, Edward Cardoza joined together for an evening presentation. The events took place at the NYU Kimmel Center.

October 11, 7 pm, Clemson, SC – Paul Farmer was the guest speaker for The William H. Hunter, M.D. Endowed Lecture entitled, "Health Care Disparities and Delivery in Rural Haiti: Mountains Beyond Mountains" which was be held in the Brooks Theatre at Clemson University. There was also be a book signing after the presentation hosted by the Clemson University Bookstore.

October 4, 3-5 pm, Cambridge, MA – PIH's 15th annual Thomas J. White Symposium brought together PIH staff, family, friends and fellow activists and advocates for health and social justice for the poor. View last year's Symposium.

September 22, Noon, San Antonio, TX – PIH co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer and journalist Tracy Kidder both spoke at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT HSC) for the Frank Bryant Jr MD Distinguished Lecture. Kidder's best-selling book Mountains Beyond Mountains, tells the story of the work of Dr. Farmer and and the founding of Partners In Health. The event was part of UT HSC's One Community One Book, and was co-sponsored by the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics. More information and about the event.

September 17, 3-5 pm, Cambridge, MA – PIH co-founders Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim moderated a panel to celebrate Health and Human Rights: An International Journal, now available online in open-access format. Panelists included: Philip Alston Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU Law School; Agnes Binagwaho, Executive Secretary of Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission; and Gavin Yamey, Senior Editor at PLoS Medicine. The event took place at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, MA.

September 3 to October 23, New York, NY   "On the Same Map," a photo exhibit that documents and celebrates PIH's work, was on display on the second floor of the Kimmel Center at New York University. The exhibit was created to mark the 20th anniversary of PIH's founding. From the barren hills of Haiti, to the shantytowns of Peru, from the villages of rural Rwanda to the streets of downtown Boston, the photographs illuminate how communities that suffer the most glaring health, social, and economic disparities in the world can be revived when the individuals living in them have access to health, social and economic support, and training.

September 2-October 15, Bozeman, MT – "On the Same Map," a photo exhibit that documents and celebrates PIH's work, was on display at the Bozeman Public Library in conjuntion with the "One Book – One Bozeman" community-wide read of Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains.

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 an East African village in Burundi. Village Health Works was founded by 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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