Natural Disaster Hotspots

Who: Art Lerner-Lam, Director of the Center for Hazards and Risk Research, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
With a panel of representatives from, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, CARE, and The Fritz Institute
Event:
On the eve of the anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster, join a panel of experts for a discussion of global natural disaster hotspots, understanding the risks, and lessons learned from the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. This program is part of a national series, The People Speak, sponsored by the United Nations Foundation that focuses on Building a Safer World.
Hors d'œuvres reception for the exhibit "Beyond the Full Moon- Photographs and Dispatches from Sri Lanka After the Indian Ocean Tsunami" with photographers Dwayne Newton and Jeff Greenwald: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Members: FREE; Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: $15; Co-sponsors: $7