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Iraq and Afghanistan: View from the Ground II

March 4, 2005

Marty Meehan congressman, D-MA

In a symposium sponsored by the Joiner Center for the Study of War & Social Consequences at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Marty Meehan discusses veterans' policy; the future of the guard and reserve programs and services required by returning veterans, are discussed by veterans, policy makers, service providers and community organizations.

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Topics: Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Human Rights | veteran affairs | Military & Warfare | Economics

Presented By WGBH and UMass Boston:

UMass Boston

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I

CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol

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Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century

Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.

Change Haiti Can Believe In: Part I

Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democr

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