30 Apr 2008 - Upcoming Events, People and Organizations
On May 7th, the Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition is hosting an action fair for World AIDS Orphans Day with a keynote speech by Stephen Lewis, the former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. If you are in the area, this is an event you don't want to miss!
Event Details: The event will be held on Friday May 9th. The Action Fair starts at 6:00 pm, Stephen Lewis speaks at 7 pm, followed by more of the action fair. First Unitarian Church of Portland, SW 12th and Main. $5 - $15 sliding scale. For more info contact Sara Brells (sbrells@pacificu.edu) or call (503) 246-8629.
Sponsored by: PAGAC, Canadian Consulate, First Unitarian Church of Portland, Medical Teams International, Mercy Corps and World Affairs Council of Oregon.
About Stephen Lewis: Stephen Lewis began his career in Canadian politics with his election to the Ontario Legislative Assembly at the age of 25, and went on to become leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1970 to 1978. In 1984 he was appointed Canadian Ambassador to the UN, the first of his several senior United Nations roles spanning two decades. Among those, he chaired the Committee that drafted the first UN Programme on African Economic Recovery and the first International Conference on Climate Change, coordinated an international study on the "Consequences of Armed Conflict on Children" and was appointed by the Organization of African Unity to its "Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the Genocide in Rwanda". From 1995 to 1999, Stephen was Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and in 2001, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan named him the first Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, a position he held through 2006.
In 2005, TIME Magazine listed him among the World's 100 Most Influential People, and in 2007, the Kingdom of Lesotho invested Stephen with that southern African country's highest honour, Knight Commander of the Most Dignified Order of Moshoeshoe.
