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Students team up with Red Cross to distribute water, filters, and information in Flint

Feb 15, 2016

On Saturday February 6, nineteen Ford School MPPs volunteered with the Flint Red Cross to help with water delivery and outreach efforts in the wake of Flint’s water crisis. Students went door-to-door delivering water filters and cases of water and...

State & Hill

Alumna combats violence against women with GenderHopes

Apr 22, 2013

Knowledge is power for combatting violence against women "So far, there aren't reliable statistics on domestic violence in Monaco," says Vibeke Brask Thomsen (MPP/MA '06), founder and director of GenderHopes. "It doesn't mean they don't exist, we...

Humanitarian Work in a Changing Climate: How can the Ford School and the Red Cross help each other?

Nov 8, 2010, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall

Pablo Suarez is the Associate Director of Programs, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and a consultant to the Environment Finance Group, United Nations Development Programme. His work as researcher and consultant investigates the integration of climate information into decision making for reducing vulnerability, both at community level and through national and global policies.