The recent hype on Ebola has left many confused. A panel discussion will be held to discuss the facts, ramifications and possible solutions to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
Just the Facts: A Panel Discussion on Ebola
Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m.
Global Commons Media Room
The Elon African Society, Elon Partners in International Development, and the Tanzania & Ethiopia Winter Term Program (formerly the Ghana History Winter Term program), have partnered together to put on Elon’s Ebola Education Week Nov. 11-14. We hope to educate the campus about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by providing avenues in which to engage with the topic and also participate in helping to eradicate it once more. On Thursday, Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the Media Room on the first first floor of the Global Commons, we will be holding: “Just the Facts: A Panel Discussion on Ebola.” Our panelists are as follows:
- Dr. Ginette Archinal – a medical doctor and director at the university’s Health Center. She has been closely following the Ebola outbreak and is a supporter of Doctors Without Borders
- Aunchalee Palmquist – a professor of medical anthropology at Elon who has teaches about Ebola in her medical anthropology course
- Brian Digre – a professor of history and West African studies, Dr. Digre is familiar with the past outbreaks of Ebola and has lead the Elon Winter Term program to Ghana for the past 14 years – until this year when his program had to be moved to East Africa due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Throughout the week, we will be at the Moseley tables from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., selling baked goods for donations to Doctors Without Borders, who are on the forefront of fighting Ebola in the 3 West African states that currently have cases of Ebola: Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
We have created a fundraising page for Doctors without Borders as well. So come buy baked good from our table or donate at this site. Get event and fundraising updates on our Facebook page. Immediately following our panel, students are invited to join us for a coffee klatch organized by the Intellectual Climate working group to continue the discussion and share their thoughts and concerns about the Ebola outbreak. If you have any questions about week, please email: Dr. Digre (digreb@elon.edu) or Omolayo Ojo (oojo@elon.edu). Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the Moseley table and our panel discussion.