WorldCanvass: The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Nov 18, 2014 5:00 PM

Description

WorldCanvass: The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease

You're invited to attend the free, live WorldCanvass program, which is produced by UI International Programs and hosted by Joan Kjaer. Concessions will be available for purchase and audience members are invited to enjoy a social hour from 4:00-5:00 p.m. preceding the show.

Journalist, author, and activist Roger Thurow and tropical medicine specialist Dr. Selma Jeronimo have been named the winners of the 2014 International Impact Awards. UI President Sally Mason and Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas will present the awards to Thurow and Jeronimo at 5 p.m., November 18, at FilmScene in downtown Iowa City as part of the television/radio/internet program WorldCanvass. The ensuing discussion will focus on the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the creative efforts worldwide to break the cycle. Following WorldCanvass, a public reception will be held to celebrate the award winners. A free screening of the film "The Last Hunger Season" will follow at 7 p.m.

Full WorldCanvass schedule:

Social Hour (4:00-5:00)

Presentation of International Impact Awards (5:00)

Part 1 (5:00-5:30) - Starvation in a world of plenty

  • IIA winner Roger Thurow-journalist, author, anti-hunger advocate
  • Judy Polumbaum-professor, UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Joanna Krajewski-graduate student, UI College of Public Health

Part 2 (5:30-6:00) - Providing healthcare to Brazil’s poor

  • IIA winner Selma Jeronimo, M.D., Ph.D.-professor and tropical medicine specialist, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
  • Mary Wilson, M.D.-professor of global health, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, UI Carver College of Medicine

Part 3 (6:00-6:30) - Rising from poverty

  • Jay Sehgal-executive vice president, Sehgal Foundation USA
  • Joseph Wyckoff-geographic analyst, Iowa Flood Center
  • Cristina Woodhouse-graduate student, UI Carver College of Medicine

Reception (6:30)

Book signing by Roger Thurow; catered hors d’oeuvres

Free screening of the film "The Last Hunger Season" (7:00-7:45)

WorldCanvass is recorded before a live audience for later broadcast on UITV, YouTube, iTunes, and the Public Radio Exchange. Podcasts can be downloaded for free from iTunes and past programs are available through IP’s website at http://international.uiowa.edu/worldcanvass.

We encourage you to use #worldcanvass when posting on social media before, during, and after the show, or mention @uiowaIP on Twitter.

WorldCanvass is a production of UI International Programs in collaboration with FilmScene and University of Iowa Video Services. For more information on WorldCanvass, contact Joan Kjaer at joan-kjaer@uiowa.edu or visit http://international.uiowa.edu/worldcanvass.