About this episode:
This special Inspire Indeed episode offers background
information on the VA Friends of Mali and Project Cure in anticipation of the “Women,
War & Peace” conference coming to the VCU’s Student Commons on September 20
and 21. The conference will include film screenings, research, symposia,
and panel discussions. The conference will also pay special attention to the warfare
in Mali, where Richmond Virginia’s “Sister City,” Ségou, is located. Guest
speaker Allan Levenberg developed an interest in African traditional music,
co-founded the VA Friends of Mali, and joined the effort to make Ségou
Richmond’s “Sister.” He also led the Richmond Project Team in completing three building
projects for Ségou (through a grant from the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation
Program). These projects built public toilets in a kindergarten, a market, and a
clinic to help improve public health. Levenberg is hoping that conference
attendees Project Cure will provide medical supply shipments to Ségou’s clinic,
main hospital, and blood bank.
Guest speaker:
Allan Levenberg, founding member of Friends of Mali,
Richmond Project Team Leader of the African Urban Poverty Alleviation Program,
and WRIR’s liaison to VCU’s 2013 "Women, War & Peace" conference
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