Chet Safian in now a blogger!!

Thanks to detailed instructions from Jess Aisenbrey, I am now able to post on the PP55 NYC blog. I have nothing of importance to report other than I am leaving today for Geneva, Switzerland and am pleased that I am now able to blog!

Free conference: International Development and Aid - Controversies and Successes

March 6 - 7, 2009

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Icahn Institute Goldwurm Auditorium
1425 Madison Avenue, NYC

http://mssm-ghc.org/conference2009

REGISTRATION
Please email : global.health@mssm.edu for FREE registration and complimentary lunch.

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For more details check out the website above, but generally:

FRIDAY March 6, 2009

6:30 pm Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm Film Screening, "What Are We Doing Here?"


SATURDAY March 7, 2009

9:30am Registration/Breakfast

10:00am "Development 101"Daniella Ballou-AaresPartner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors

11:00am "Case Studies: Zimbabwe and Liberia"Ronald Waldman, MD MPH
Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Guest Moderator: David Rieff

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm "The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Global Health"Alexander Preker, PhD
Head Health Investment Policy, World Bank Group

2:00pm "Africa's Development Conundrum"George Ayittey, PhD
President, Free Africa Foundation

Human Rights in Gaza Talk - February 26th

Thurs. Feb. 26, 7:00 pm
Human Rights in Gaza & the Occupied Territories
Join Dr. Maya Sabatello, U.S. legal advisor of B'Tselem (The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) for a discussion on the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories and an up-to-the-mninute report on the military campaign in Gaza.

B'Tselem is a prominent independent human rights organization which endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Terrorities.

Dr. Sabatello is a lawyer, member of the Israeli Bar Association, and teaches at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University. She has just returned to the U.S. after working with B'Tselem's headquarters in Jerusalem during the recent military campaign in Gaza.

Location: Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, 110 Schermerhorn St (corner of Boerum Place).
Trains: A/C/F to Jay St/Boro Hall; A/C/G to Hoyt Schermerhorn; 2/3/4/5/M/R to Court St/Boro Hall;
Bus: B25,26,27,28,37,41,61,75 to downtown Brooklyn.

Hot Chocolate Festival!

It's February again, time for the City Bakery's annual Hot Chocolate Festival. If you haven't had a chance to sample the *best* hot chocolate in NYC (no seriously, it is) now is the time to check it out. If you don't want to commit to a full cup of rich chocolatey goodness (you may be too full to eat for the rest of the day) then try a "shot" which gives you just a taste. Every day has a different special flavor in addition to their original one.

http://www.hotchocolatefestival.com/