CARE will be able to help 460 famine refugees thanks to your support!
For those of you who were unable to attend the event and would still like to contribute to CARE’s efforts please go here. And hope to see you at our next event.
In the Horn of Africa, 13 million people are in need of life-saving assistance.Young Professionals for CARE is raising $1,350 to provide 150 refugees with water for 1 month. Join us on Wednesday 10/26 to Fight the Famine.
Location:Onieals Soho174 Grand Street at Baxter Street Time: 8-11PM. Advanced purchase tickets are no longer available, but you can purchase $25 tickets at the door. If you would like to make a donation to CARE click here.
Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue – 2nd floor, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY.
Please join NYU Wagner School of Public Service, and co-sponsors Overseas Press Club of America, and the New York Women’s Initiative for CARE as we explore how the media “affects the public’s perception of what’s going on over there.” This comment made by the late Tim Hetherington, a journalist killed in Libya while covering the war, inspired us to assemble a distinguished panel of experts to shed light on the role of media in humanitarian emergencies.
Please RSVP at http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/international-09-22-2011
The panelists are:
1) Allan Dodds Frank, investigative reporter and former Overseas Press Club president, founder of OPC Global Parachute, a new social networking site for foreign correspondents
2) Cath Turner, reporter and producer, Al Jazeera English
3) Hina Chaudhry, MD, associate professor of medicine at Mt Sinai
4) Sam Gregory, program director, Witness, co-author of Cameras Everywhere 2011 Report.
The discussion will be moderated by Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor, online, The Wall Street Journal.
SEPTEMBER 22: The Media: Impacting Public Perceptions on Global Events and Poverty
Moderated by: Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor, online, for The Wall Street Journal |
Over 250 people attended MOVE 2011! Special thanks to our corporate Sponsors, Resource America and Pfizer. Then, our amazing D.J. Shaun Pazel for spinning some amazing sounds and of course the alcohol sponsors: Diageo and Jose Cuervo, Cape Ann Brewery, Vision Vodka, Brooklyn Gin and Grayson Maine. Corinne Ulmann and Lan Li for your design talent. And as always the incredible CARE Staff: Tasha King, ShannonBlanchard-Bailey and Brian Byrd. Visit our YPCARE FACEBOOK page to see all the latest pictures from the event.
ONLINE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL 3 PM ON THURS, JUNE 9. AFTER THAT, $80 TICKETS (CASH ONLY) ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. BUY NOW!
If you can’t attend, please consider making a donation. To donate, click here and scroll down below the Google map location of Avenue-click on “No Thanks, but I would like to make a donation.” Help us promote this event. Pass our MOVE 2011 Facebook invite around to your friends!
LINK TO TICKETING WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN LATE MAY.
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What Was Done, What Needs To Be Done
Please join CARE on May 11th for an exciting panel discussion and Q&A session on the challenges in providing emergency assistance in the 21st century.
The panel, hosted by Pfizer, Inc, is the inaugural event in CARE’s new Global Perspectives Speakers Series — intriguing and informative events featuring experts from across the field of global development. A reception will follow.
Panelists include:
Moderated by:
WHEN: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
TIME: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
WHERE: Pfizer NYC Corporate Conference Center, 150 E. 42nd St., Lower Level, Pfizer Room
(An ID is required to enter the building)
RSVP by May 4th to CARE at 212-686-3110 or sbbailey@care.org
photo: Rubina Shafi
View Compelling photos; get updated on the situation; learn about CARE’s efforts in Pakistan since the flooding; and mingle over drinks. Join us at People Kitchen & Lounge, 7-9 pm, 163 Allen Street (between Rivington and Stanton) Admission: FREE. Donations to CARE’s Pakistan relief work are appreciated.
RSVP: info@ypcare.org
Dr. Hina Chaudry is an accomplished cardiologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center and a correspondent for CNN who has been active in flood relief and news coverage.
Rubina Shafi, J.D., recently documented the impact of the Great Flood in Northern Pakistan. Her photos bear witness to the devastation, impending consequences, and the cultural, political and economic nuances of the situation.
Ana Patel is the Executive Director of Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding, and a Steering Committee Member of the Young Professionals for CARE.
CARE is on the ground in Pakistan providing lifesaving aid and medical care to over 91,000 people. The overall goal of CARE’s Pakistan emergency response strategy is to reduce the impact of the flood disaster and protect lives and livelihoods of people affected by the flood disaster and displacement.
