TODAY on KNOW NOW:
Dr. Jonathan Quick on COVID-19 and Global Epidemics
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Register now for WACA's
KNOW NOW
conference call
today, March 26, at 2:00-2:30 PM ET,
featuring
Dr. Jonathan Quick
, Senior Fellow at Management Sciences for Health, on COVID-19 and global epidemics. The call will be moderated by
WorldBoston
President and CEO
Mary Yntema
.
In January 2018, Dr. Quick spoke at WorldBoston's Great Decisions series on the topic of "
Global Health: Progress and Challenges
," having recently published his book
The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It
. As the book says, "Somewhere in nature, a killer virus is boiling up in the bloodstream of a bird, bat, monkey, or pig, preparing to jump to a human being. This not-yet-detected germ has the potential to wipe out millions of lives over a matter of weeks or months." Join Dr. Quick and Mary Yntema to discuss what has changed since his Great Decisions talk, how effective local and global efforts have been in combating COVID-19, and what we can expect in the coming weeks and months.
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Cover to Cover
on tap:
Thursday, April 9
Daniel Markey, Senior Research Professor and Director of the School of Advanced Int'l Studies' Global Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, May 14
Michael Klare, Senior Visiting Fellow, Arms Control Association
Professor Emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College
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KEI Livestream Program: The State of Human Rights in North Korea
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- Ambassador Robert King, former U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights, Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America
- Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
- Mark Tokola, Moderator, Vice President of the Korea Economic Institute of America
The State Department's 2019 Human Rights Report continues to be as tough in its language on North Korean human rights violations as were its 2018 and 2017 reports. Along with the February 25, 2020 report of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Korea Institute for National Unification's 2019 White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea, there is ample recent documentation showing the continuing abysmal state of human rights in Kim Jong-un's North Korea.
This event will be livestreamed on Zoom with an interactive Q&A session, during which you will be able to ask a question of the speakers by using the Zoom Q&A function.
Please RSVP to receive the webinar link on the day of the event.
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Monday, March 30
10:00 - 11:30 AM ET
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