[afro-nets] Global Partners Symposium: Youth, Corporations, and Academia

[Jennifer Staple <Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu>]

Global Partners Symposium: Youth, Corporations, and Academia
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Global Partners Symposium and Jazz for Peace Festival
Saturday, October 2, 2004

REGISTER NOW, REDUCED RATE UNTIL AUGUST 15TH

I am pleased to announce that registration is now available for
Unite For Sight's "Global Partners Symposium: Youth, Corpora-
tions, and Academia Bridging Health Divides" and Unite For
Sight's Jazz For Peace Benefit Concert, which will be held on
Saturday, October 2, 2004 at NYU School of Medicine in New York
City.

To register, please go to this site:
http://uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml

* Register before August 15th: Reduced Fee!
* $4 Symposium Only
* $26 Symposium + Jazz For Peace Concert
* $25 Jazz For Peace Concert Only

Confirmed Plenary Speakers (Additional Speakers To Be An-
nounced):
* Dr. Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean and Director of the Center for
Global Health and Economic Development, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University
* Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Re-
search Center for Retinal Transplantation, Schepens Eye Research
Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard
Medical School
* Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski, Deputy Director, Office of Communi-
cation, Health Education and Public Liaison; Director, National
Eye Institute Health Education Program, NIH.
* Mr. Mart Bailey, President, Callaway Private Equity Partners
Biographies of Speakers

Dr. Allan Rosenfield, MD Dean and Director of the Center for
Global Health and Economic Development, Mailman School of Public
Health, Columbia University

Dr. Rosenfield is a renowned expert in the field of reproductive
health and a recent recipient of a $50 million grant from the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his work on international
family planning and maternal and child health. He is co-chair
for the UN task force on Child and Maternal Health, which fo-
cuses on infant mortality, contraceptives, and HIV/AIDS. He has
written on domestic and international issues, including popula-
tion, women's reproductive health, obstetrics and gynecology,
human rights and health policy.

Dr. Rosenfield is a member of many scientific and professional
organizations and serves on the Boards and/or Committees of a
broad array of population, health and science organizations, in-
cluding the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment (The World Bank), the United States Agency for Interna-
tional Development, several United Nations organizations, the
World Health Organization, the National Academy of Sci-
ences/Institute of Medicine, the National Council on Interna-
tional Health, the New York State and City Departments of
Health, and several local New York City and State non-profit or-
ganizations. He has served as Chair of the Board of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, is a past president of the New
York Obstetrical Society and is currently Chair of the Alan
Guttmacher Institute and Chair of the Executive Board of the
American Public Health Association. He is the chairman of the NY
State Department of Health AIDS Advisory Council, chair of Am-
fAR's Public Policy Committee and on the boards of the Kaiser
Family Foundation and the Packard Foundation. He also leads the
Mailman School's MTCT-Plus Initiative to treat HIV-infected
women and children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research
Center for Retinal Transplantation, Schepens Eye Research Insti-
tute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical
School

Dr. Young is one of the world's leading researchers in stem
cells in the eye and the use of stem cells for the reversal of
blindness. His lab focuses on the use of neural stem cells for
retinal transplantation. His research projects include "integra-
tion of transplanted neural progenitor cells into the retina of
immature and mature dystrophic rats," "bioengineering and stem
cells to treat optic neuropathy," and "differentiation of reti-
nal progenitor cells into specific cell types."

Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski Deputy Director, Office of Communica-
tion, Health Education and Public Liason; Director, National Eye
Institute Health Education Program, NIH.

Ms. Janiszewski has worked in the health education field for
more than 20 years at both the state and federal level. Since
1989, she has directed NEI health education activities, includ-
ing the National Eye Health Education Program, a program to pre-
vent vision loss through public and professional education pro-
grams. She implemented the Healthy Vision 2010 program, a vi-
sion-related component of Healthy People 2010Before joining the
NEI , Ms. Janiszewski was the coordinator for the Cancer Infor-
mation Service in Illinois. She also served as a program coordi-
nator at the American Heart Association of Wisconsin. She re-
ceived her MS in community health education at the University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse. She is a Certified Health Education Spe-
cialist (CHES).

Mr. Mart Bailey President, Callaway Private Equities Partners

Mr. Bailey's company is a placement agent for venture capital
and private equity financing in the medical device industry.

Jazz For Peace Festival Concert Benefiting Unite For Sight at
5:30 PM

On Saturday, October 2nd, a Jazz For Peace Concert featuring
Rick DellaRatta will benefit Unite For Sight, a 501(c)3 non-
profit global humanitarian organization that works globally to
develop sustainable solutions to improve eye health outcomes.
The proceeds of the concert will fund sight-restoring cataract
surgeries coordinated by Unite For Sight in African countries.
The benefit will be held at Penang - 24 Columbus Avenue, New
York, NY - at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $25 plus a one drink minimum.
For details, please go to
http://www.jazzforpeace.org>www.jazzforpeace.org

Unite For Sight has been recognized by USA Today, Glamour Maga-
zine, Nokia and International Youth Foundation's YouthActionNet,
and WK Kellogg Foundation. With seventy-five chapters estab-
lished at universities and medical schools, Unite For Sight has
an international network of 2,000 students and volunteers who
build healthier communities through disease prevention, eye
health promotion, and health education. Each chapter works with
local community infrastructures to improve access to health pro-
grams, and the primary objective is to prevent blindness.

Jazz For Peace - and Rick DellaRatta has been featured on the
cover of UPWARD, the feature article insert of BIG NEWS, which
is distributed widely in the streets and subways of New York
City as well as Albany, NY. Rick DellaRatta was invited to lead
a band for an international audience that consisted of Israeli,
Middle Eastern, European, Asian & American' Jazz musicians. Rick
named this band "Jazz For Peace?"

Jazz for Peace's mission is to help advance people to their
highest potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as
spreading peace through our "Jazz For Peace? Concerts" worldwide
- joining forces (or performing) with multi-cultural musicians
to spread peace through the art form of Jazz and entering re-
gions that are politically controversial. By the means of live
concerts, video taping, on hands/on-line teaching as well as
supplying musical instruments to underprivileged children in un-
der developed areas worldwide, Jazz for Peace will re-enforce
what past history has proven - that the art form of Jazz has the
ability to create a positive effect that unites people and may
eventually start to transform the barriers and issues of differ-
ent cultures and beliefs. For more information please visit:
http://www.jazzforpeace.org/

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Jennifer Staple
mailto:Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu