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From: "Adjoa Linda Fletcher" <belrivers@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 11, 2020 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: {casr-in-action} Fwd: Columbia Global Centers’ COVID-19 Update
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Cc:It seems that we usually find out about Webinars from email groups.On Apr 11, 2020 4:20 PM, "'Iman Hameen' via CASR in action" <casr-in-action@googlegroups.com > wrote:Thx, Linda and Nick.--Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 11, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Adjoa Linda Fletcher <belrivers@gmail.com> wrote:--Now is the time to participate in Webinars, it is part of our virtual future.---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Nick Andres" <djembebeat2013@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 11, 2020 5:56 AM
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From: "Safwan M. Masri" <evp.global@columbia.edu>
Date: Apr 10, 2020 6:03 PM
Subject: Columbia Global Centers’ COVID-19 Update
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Dear colleagues,
I write to you from my home in Amman, Jordan, where I have been following shelter-in-place directives to stop the spread of COVID-19. The city has been in lockdown since March 18th, and I must say that it’s fascinating to experience a large, global crisis from the perspective of a small country like Jordan.
In my calls with the Global Centers’ teams across the world, before we turn to the business at hand, we share intimate stories of the creative ways our respective neighborhoods are coping and supporting one another. The irony of this pandemic is how, in these efforts, we feel strongly connected with so many others, yet have never been so alone.
Much of what I do is to globally connect people, institutions, and ideas, always with a full schedule of international travel. Now, with COVID-19, my challenge (and everyone’s challenge) is doing so from within four walls. How extraordinary that we live in an age where that is actually possible.
With this pandemic, in every country and at every level, our collective leaders’ cri de coeur must be adaptability, global cooperation, and shared solutions. Although we have not yet reached the apex of this pandemic's devastating impact, I am convinced our community will emerge stronger because these are the very values that Columbia University, under the leadership of President Lee C. Bollinger, embraces. These values are why President Bollinger founded the Columbia Global Centers in 2009, and why the Centers have grown to become an essential part of the University’s identity.
With the Global Centers located in nine countries and on four continents, and with ten years of on-the-ground, embedded work globally, we are uniquely positioned to bring to the Columbia community, and vice versa, our extensive assets and working partnerships with many of the world’s top leaders, experts, and institutions. And just as important, by being on the ground, we are able to identify and partner with the emergent groups and people doing the cutting-edge work of tomorrow, today.
As of now, all the Global Centers are working remotely, with the exception of the Beijing Center, which has been transitioning back to the office after working remotely since January. We have pivoted to developing online programming that builds on the critical value of our unique global network and its attendant ability to appeal to worldwide, regional, and Columbia community audiences.
The possibilities for what the Centers can bring to Columbia and the world are unbounded; we are creating content and experiences around critical, timely issues of concern, tapping into University resources and global expertise. This week, our Istanbul Center hosted a webinar on COVID’s impact on emerging markets with one of Turkey’s leading business experts, and our Rio and Santiago Centers hosted a discussion on COVID’s impact on the US Presidential election. Next week, on April 15th, our Tunis and Nairobi Centers, in partnership with ICAP (International Center for Aids Prevention at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health) will host a webinar on COVID’s impact on Africa. In addition, our Centers are working together, developing integrated, global programming, such as an upcoming, network-wide event on domestic abuse, which is of rising concern worldwide.
There is a lot more to come, and I look forward to all the ways we can share great programming and opportunities with all of you.
Let me end by saying that I am inspired by the empathy and concern many have expressed for our Centers and their teams, some of whom are working in locations with limited resources to mitigate the virus’s impact. I want to thank you for your continued support, and for the advice, perspective, and enduring commitment we receive from so many of you. I also want you to know that you and your families are on our minds, and that we wish you safety and good health.
Warmly,
Safwan
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