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SUMMARY:World Health Day 2022 - Accelerating Health Equity by Design
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic revealed deep and persistent inequalities throughout the global healthcare system. As we enter a new era in public health\, we must now seize the opportunity to reshape a global healthcare system that is more equitable and accessible to all. On April 7\, Global Minnesota will host a multi-session virtual symposium dedicated to “Accelerating Health Equity by Design.” In partnership with the World Health Organization\, join us as we welcome renowned experts and entrepreneurs in global public health from a broad range of organizations such as the National Council on Disability\, 3M\, the Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai\, Medtronic LABS\, and UnitedHealth Group. \nOur speakers and panel presentations will cover a wide range of successful strategies from every corner of the planet\, and explore emerging opportunities and challenges in health equity. From disability policy to AI data analysis to virtual reality telemedicine\, there is something for everyone to learn as we work to make quality healthcare equitable to all! A special panel of Next Generation leaders will also explore emerging strategies and tactics in the health equity movement. \nASL interpretation provided. The program will be presented on Global Minnesota’s YouTube channel. To enable closed-captioning during the live stream program\, follow instructions for use with Google Chrome. \n  \nAGENDA\n  \nPRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES\n  \n\nThank You Sponsors\n\n  \nPLATINUM SPONSOR \n \nGOLD SPONSOR \n \n  \nSilver Sponsor Sunrise Banks \n \nThank you to promotional partners Books for Africa\, French-American Chamber of Commerce\, Global Ties U.S.\, South Dakota World Affairs Council\, US Heartland China Association\, Minnesota International NGO Network\, Food for His Children\, WellShare International\, OneVillage Partners\, NPH USA\, Destination Medical Center\, The Public Diplomacy Council\, The United Nations Association of Minnesota\, Tanzania Health Partnership\, JustActions\, Saint John’s University\, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs\, GHR Foundation\, Pioneer Power Mobility\, and Emanate International.  \n  \nIf you are registering for this event from outside the United States\, please click here. If you are registering from inside the United States\, please use the form below.
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SUMMARY:Service in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Ambassador Ross Wilson and Margo Squire
DESCRIPTION:For twenty years\, the United States\, its allies\, and Afghan partners worked to bring stability\, prosperity\, and democracy to the people of Afghanistan. During that time\, and after much hard work and sacrifice\, the nation saw a major transformation in its cultural and economic life\, with implications that continue despite the dramatic changes under the current Taliban regime. \nAs Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul from January 2020 through August 2021\, Ambassador Ross Wilson led the U.S. diplomatic mission during one of its most trying and tumultuous periods. His wife Margo Squire\, also a former career Foreign Service Officer\, served as a Cultural Affairs Specialist supporting 27 American cultural centers across the country. \nJoin Global Minnesota for a conversation with Ambassador Wilson and Margo Squire as they share experiences from their historic and eventful time in Afghanistan\, as well as their thoughts on the social and economic advances that improved the lives of Afghanistan’s people and what it might take for those advances to persist in the current political climate. This event will be moderated by Mary Curtin\, Diplomat-in-Residence at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. \nPresented in partnership with the World Affairs Councils of America and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Global Minnesota members and members of WACA affiliates receive member pricing for this event! \n  \nIf you are registering for this event from outside the United States\, please click here. If you are registering from inside the United States\, please use the form below.
URL:https://globalminnesota.org/event/service-in-afghanistan-a-conversation-with-ambassador-ross-wilson-and-margo-squire/
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SUMMARY:International Women of Courage Virtual Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Global Minnesota is proud to host Facia Boyenoh Harris from Liberia and Roegchanda Pascoe from South Africa\, recipients of the 2022 U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award.  \nEstablished in 2007\, the annual U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award honors women around the globe who have exemplified exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for human rights\, women’s equality\, and social progress\, often at great personal risk. This is the only U.S. Department of State award that pays tribute to emerging women leaders worldwide. Join Global Minnesota as we host these two brave women for a virtual social and roundtable on April 15! \n  \nAbout Facia\nMs. Facia Boyenoh Harris is a life-long activist for women’s rights and against gender-based violence in Liberia.  As a co-founder of the Paramount Young Women Initiative\, she has worked for decades to address the pervasive sexual assault and harassment of school-aged girls\, create opportunities for education\, and provide leadership training for the next generation of female leaders.  She is also a community organizer\, from co-founding the Liberian Feminist Forum to facilitating coordination among female advocacy groups to fostering neighborhood activism\, where she organizes groups on issues as wide-ranging as political participation\, sanitation\, and rape.  Currently\, Ms. Harris is the Director for Outreach and Sensitization of Liberia’s Freedom of Information Act-enforcing Independent Information Commission. Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of State. \n  \nAbout Roegchanda\nIn South Africa\, a country grappling with high rates of organized crime\, gender-based violence\, and murder\, Roegchanda Pascoe has courageously advocated for peace\, justice\, and economic inclusion in the historically underserved and violent Cape Flats of Cape Town.  Despite multiple attempts on her life and continued threats from violent criminals\, Ms. Pascoe continues to create safer communities\, especially for women and children who have been traumatized by violence\, and to train the next generation of community advocates.  She has called on the President of South Africa\, local government\, and police to increase crime prevention\, intervention\, and fight corruption; and she has bravely convened gang leaders and community members for conflict mediation. Photo courtesy of Giraffe Heroes Project. \nThis event will be moderated by Dr. Dipali Mukhopadhyay\, an Associate Professor in the global policy area at our program sponsor the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. \nThanks to our promotional partners Minnesota Africans United\, TeamWomen\, Bountifield International\, Land O’ Lakes\, the Eugene McCarthy Center\, and the South African Honorary Consulate in Minneapolis! \nInternational Women of Courage 2022 \nRead more at The U.S. Department of State and Meridian International Center. \nThe International Women of Courage Awards Program is a collaboration between the\nU.S. Department of State Office of International Visitors\, the Office of Global Women’s Issues\, and Meridian International Center\nwith support from the American Women for International Understanding. \n \nIf you are registering for this event from outside the United States\, please click here. If you are registering from inside the United States\, please use the form below.
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SUMMARY:Urban Expedition: Italy
DESCRIPTION:This program is presented by the Landmark Center. \nExplore the globe with the 2022 season of Landmark Center’s popular Urban Expedition – returning to in person! Designed for everyone to enjoy\, Urban Expedition offers the opportunity to learn more about the world. With a focus on a different destination\, each program in the series provides cultural experiences that include music\, dance\, crafts\, and traditions. \nJoin Landmark Center and Global Minnesota\, in partnership with The Italian Cultural Center. \nUrban Expeditions are free and open to the public. \n\nLEARN MORE\n\n\n\nUrban Expedition is produced by Landmark Center with sponsorship from Global Minnesota.
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SUMMARY:Edina Great Decisions: Changing Demographics
DESCRIPTION:This program is presented by Edina Community Ed through a partnership with the Edina Senior Center\, the Edina Library\, and Edina Community Center. \nThe Great Decisions program addresses nine of the most critical foreign policy issues facing the United States each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country. Global Minnesota facilitates one of the largest statewide Great Decisions programs in the country by providing access to a roster of local foreign policy experts and to discussion materials produced by the Foreign Policy Association. Join Global Minnesota and the Friends of the Edina Library at the Edina Community Center for an in-depth discussion of the impacts of changing demographics on development efforts\, security\, the environment\, as well as the sustainability of human populations. \nHenry Berman\, presenter \nHenry Berman is a retired businessman\, working for 34 years at Ecolab\, a global company based in St Paul. Henry has personal ties to the Middle East Region and has spent much time there in the last decade. He has a strong interest in the ever-changing dynamics in this turbulent part of the world\, including the emerging continent of Africa. Henry is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and is active in a local Great Decisions Group. He has given popular presentations throughout Minnesota on such varied topics as Saudi Arabia\, Future of the Kurds\, Egypt and the Arab Spring\, Syrian Refugee Crisis and the U.S.- Israel relationship. Henry has a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. \nThe Friends of the Edina Library have graciously co-sponsored this program. \nIf you would like to register\, please use the button below. \nRegister
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