International Activist Paul Farmer to Speak at BU MLK Day Celebration
To honor the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), the Boston University community is examining inequality, injustice, and human rights violations in the 21st century by bringing renowned aid worker Paul Farmer to speak at the annual University celebration. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to the celebration on MLK Day 2009, Monday, January 19, at 1 p.m. in the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Farmer, a medical anthropologist and physician, is the founder of Partners in Health (PIH), a Boston-based international organization that provides health care and advocacy services for people living in poverty around the world. The organization works in Haiti, Peru, Russia, Malawi, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Boston to treat and reduce instances of HIV infection and tuberculosis, as well as to meet food, water, and housing needs in poverty-stricken countries and regions.
“We are honoring Paul Farmer as a living example of what was important to Martin Luther King,” says Katherine Kennedy, the director of BU’s Howard Thurman Center and one of the event’s organizers.
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