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Great Decisions | Global Famine

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Fears of global food shortages have followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has disrupted grain shipments from the major grain producer. But what about countries and regions that were suffering before this impending shortage? How is famine defined, and how is it different from simple food shortages? What if any remedies are there?

Join us to learn more about global famine and hunger when we host a virtual discussion with Kimberly Flowers, international development consultant and former Director of Global Food Security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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Mar 22, 2023 06:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Mar 22, 2023 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Great Decisions \| Global Famine Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bZEDEAFKTKm10ZQskUin4Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Kimberly Flowers Kimberly Flowers has built a career in international development, public policy, and strategic communications. Most recently, she served as the executive director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby College in Maine. From 2015-2020, she was with the Center for Strategic & International Studies, where she was named the first director of global food security and founded a second program focused on humanitarian access. Her work at CSIS predominately addressed the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance programs and policies that impact global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. Her background includes years working for USAID, including working for three years in Ethiopia; supporting public affairs in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake; and leading strategic communications for President Obama’s global food and nutrition security initiative. She is a frequent speaker and moderator on discussions related to global hunger, foreign aid, and public affairs. Alex de Waal (Executive Director @World Peace Foundation) Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work has probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building. Following a fellowship with the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard, he worked with the Social Science Research Council as Director of the program on HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation, and led projects on conflict and humanitarian crises in Africa. During 2005-06, de Waal was seconded to the African Union mediation team for Darfur and from 2009-11 served as senior adviser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan, where he took on roles in the negotiations leading to the independence of South Sudan. He was on the list of Foreign Policy’s 100 most influential public intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic Monthly’s 27 “brave thinkers” in 2009.

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