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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series: Combating Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19
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SUMMARY:Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series: Combating Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="987293f8-50a1-4342-9240-0332172ccc06" alt="Event Poster for May 20" data-view-mode="hwp_medium"></drupal-media></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	<strong><span style="line-height:normal">May 20 – <em>Combating Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19</em></span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	This week's conversation is on the xenophobia, stigma, rise in anti-minority and anti-migrant hostilities arising from COVID-19. This week's webinar is co-sponsored by the Harvard FXB Center for Health &amp; Human Rights, Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and ChannelsTV.</p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	 </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	<strong>Register for the webinar here: </strong><br>https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y7kcB_LaRquk7pPXY9Jpvw</p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	 </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	<strong>This webinar will be livestreamed on Facebook:</strong><br>https://www.facebook.com/HarvardAfricanStudies/live/</p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	 </p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	<span style="line-height:normal"><u><strong>Confirmed Panelists</strong></u>: </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">	 </p><ul>	<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">		<strong>Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao</strong>, Former African Union representative to the United States	</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">	 </p><ul>	<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">		<strong>Milliscent Nnwoka</strong>, Presenter/ Reporter, Channels TV - Nigeria	</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">	 </p><ul>	<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">		<strong>Sushma Raman</strong>, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University	</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">	 </p><ul>	<li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">		Moderated by <strong>Jacqueline Bhabha</strong>, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of Research at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.	</li></ul><p>	 </p><p>	The Harvard University Center for African Studies in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is hosting a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and Africa. Held each Wednesday for one hour from 10am EST, CAS’ <em>Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series</em> will bring together the private sector, policy makers, academics, and practitioners for a series of conversations across health, technology, and economy, among others. Please check  our <a data-url="https://africa.harvard.edu/covid-19-resources" href="internal:/covid-19-resources" title="">COVID-19 Resources</a> page for upcoming webinars and recordings of previous webinars. <a href="internal:/newsletters" title="">Join our weekly newsletter</a> to recieve updated information.</p><p>	7:00AM PDT (California)<br>10:00AM EDT (Boston/New York)<br>3:00PM WAT (Nigeria/UK)<br>4:00PM CAT (South Africa)<br>5:00PM EAT (Ethiopia/Kenya) </p><p>	<strong>ORGANIZERS: </strong>Harvard Center for African Studies &amp; Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention</p>
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