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Emily Matthews, current co-president of the WISER Duke Student Group, presented at the MIT Global Poverty Initiative Millennium Campus Conference on April 18-20 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference focused on student efforts to alleviate poverty and hosted other speakers such as Senator John Edwards, Administrator Henrietta Fore and Dr. Paul Farmer. Emily represented WISER in a panel discussion titled “Stories from the Field: Student Action in Alleviating Poverty.” She also presented at a poster session and led a workshop on “Starting Projects for Global Change.”

The Duke Global Health Institute is co-sponsoring with the Duke University School of Nursing the 1st Annual Lecture on Global Health by Paul Farmer, MD, PhD.

Dr. Paul Farmer, a Duke alumnus, co-founder of Partners in Health, and member of the WISER advisory board will speak on Monday, April 21 from 6:30-8:00 pm in Page Auditorium. Tickets will be available at the Page box office beginning at 5:30 pm.

As a demonstration of its continued dedication to Kenya in the face of recent conflict, WISER led fundraising efforts to support those suffering from political violence in the country. WISER at Duke members sold water bottles reading “Duke loves Kenya” to raise money for the Makina Clinic in Nairobi.

Members of the Duke and Durham communities gathered last week to remember victims of the post-election violence in Kenya and pray for resolution.

Peter Nyangweso, a University of North Carolina graduate student from Kisii, Kenya was among those in attendance. He offered his thanks to the Duke WISER student group for organizing the vigil: