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Wednesday September 14, 2005

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10:00International Perspective on Gulf Coast Evacuees

Public and private relief organizations are trying to meet the immediate needs of thousands left homeless after hurricane Katrina. A panel of international relief experts weigh in on what longer term aid may be necessary and how it can be delivered.

Guests

Kenneth Bacon, president of Refugees International

Gene Dewey, former Assistant Secretary of State for population, refugees, and migration

Hugh Parmer, president, American Refugee Committee

Anastasia Brown, director of refugee services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

11:00Elie Wiesel: "The Time of the Uprooted" (Knopf)

The Nobel Prize winning author of more than 40 books presents his latest work of fiction. It features a Holocaust survivor confronting the emotional cost of displacement.

Guests

Elie Wiesel, author, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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