Panel Up
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 am | posted by Virginia SimmonsI’m sitting front and center waiting for the start of ONE’s 1st panel at the RNCC. It’s called “New Frontiers in Global Health & Economic Development.” It’ll be moderated by Senator Bill Frist, and include talks by
- Michael Gerson, syndicated Washington Post columnist, former top advisor to President Bush
- Dr. David K. Apuuli, Director General of the Ugandan AIDS Commission
- Sally Canfield, Senior Program Officer responsible for US government relations for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Josh Ruxin, assistant clinical professor of Public Health and directs Columbia Universities 3 initiatives in Rwanda.
After, Governor Huckabee will join us to talk about his recent trip with ONE to see poverty-fighting at work in Rwanda.
Finally, Senator Frist will moderate a second panel called: “Growth, Opportunity & Stability in the Developing World.” It’ll include talks by:
- Nancy Birdsall, founding president of the Center of Global Development
- Michael Fairbanks, Chairman Emeritus and founder of the OTF Group
- Rwandan Senator Aloisea Inyumba, first Executive Secretary of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission
- Dina Habib Powell, former Assistant Secretary of State of Education and Cultural Affairs for the United States, current Director of Global Corporate Engagement for the Goldman Sachs Group where she is spearheading 10,000 women.
I’ll do my best to capture some video highlights and share them with you as soon as I can upload them.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
www.notwrightforamerica.com calls “ONE” “THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE YOUR WALLET DISAPPEAR.” It would interesting to see how ONE responds to the assertion that foreign aid has been ineffective in the past in helping people it is intended to help. I don’t question the motivations, but I do question the effectiveness.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Not Right for America is one person’s opinion. I prefer the collective opinion of two million members of One. We may not have all the answers, but One is stepping up to the plate to try to solve the major issues of our time. Certainly improvement can always be made in terms of effectiveness, but I believe that the United States has come a long way in measuring what programs are cost effective and what ones aren’t.