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Language and Migration: Experience and Memory
worldwide/virtualLanguage is a vital, but under-explored, factor in the lives of migrants, immigrants and refugees. It has a direct impact on the experiences and choices of individuals displaced by war, terror, or natural disasters and the decisions made by agents who provide (or fail to provide) relief, services, and status. Distilled through memory, it shapes
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Language and Migration: Experience and Memory
worldwide/virtualLanguage is a vital, but under-explored, factor in the lives of migrants, immigrants and refugees. It has a direct impact on the experiences and choices of individuals displaced by war, terror, or natural disasters and the decisions made by agents who provide (or fail to provide) relief, services, and status. Distilled through memory, it shapes
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Some are Hazardous Environmental Legacy Sites, some are Monsters: Why sustainable development needs to include environmental crime
worldwide/virtualThe Committee on Sustainable Development cordially invites its member organisations to a talk by Prof. Verena Winiwarter (BOKU) on Some are Hazardous Environmental Legacy Sites, some are Monsters: Why sustainable development needs to include environmental crime. Time 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Vienna)/ 12:30 - 2:30pm EST Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87097371746?pwd=SHp0b3ROWnlCSzZmMzJ6TlFmWU1PUT09 Meeting ID: 870 9737 1746
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Some are Hazardous Environmental Legacy Sites, some are Monsters: Why sustainable development needs to include environmental crime
worldwide/virtualThe Committee on Sustainable Development cordially invites its member organisations to a talk by Prof. Verena Winiwarter (BOKU) on Some are Hazardous Environmental Legacy Sites, some are Monsters: Why sustainable development needs to include environmental crime. Time 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Vienna)/ 12:30 - 2:30pm EST Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87097371746?pwd=SHp0b3ROWnlCSzZmMzJ6TlFmWU1PUT09 Meeting ID: 870 9737 1746
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[IFA Global Cafe] Conversation w/ Dr. Sara Ulla Díez on the Importance of Evaluation in the Growth of Age-friendly Communities
worldwide/virtualIFA Global Cafe: In Conversation with Dr. Sara Ulla Díez on the Importance of Evaluation in the Growth of Age-friendly Communities In 2007, the WHO launched the Age-Friendly Communities (AFCs) initiative to promote a more thoughtful approach to the development of communities that could advance the well-being of individuals of all ages. In recent years,
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[IFA Global Cafe] Conversation w/ Dr. Sara Ulla Díez on the Importance of Evaluation in the Growth of Age-friendly Communities
worldwide/virtualIFA Global Cafe: In Conversation with Dr. Sara Ulla Díez on the Importance of Evaluation in the Growth of Age-friendly Communities In 2007, the WHO launched the Age-Friendly Communities (AFCs) initiative to promote a more thoughtful approach to the development of communities that could advance the well-being of individuals of all ages. In recent years,
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What the world religious leaders are doing about the climate crisis
worldwide/virtualHosted by the Temple of Understanding, on Oct. 28. Rev. Fletcher Harper and Rev. Brian McGurk will dialogue about the recent "Faith and Science Toward COP26" meeting convened by Pope Francis with 40 world religious leaders and also comment on the Interfaith program called "Faith Plans for People and the Planet" which aims at leveraging
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What the world religious leaders are doing about the climate crisis
worldwide/virtualHosted by the Temple of Understanding, on Oct. 28. Rev. Fletcher Harper and Rev. Brian McGurk will dialogue about the recent "Faith and Science Toward COP26" meeting convened by Pope Francis with 40 world religious leaders and also comment on the Interfaith program called "Faith Plans for People and the Planet" which aims at leveraging
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