Pandemic History, Present and Future

AIDS, activism and today’s agenda for global equity and public health.
A book talk and discussion with Emily Bass, author of “To End a Plague: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa”.
In this interactive event, Bass, the author of the first comprehensive history of America's
investment in fighting global AIDS, will read from her book and then engage the audience  in a
discussion about what the history of transnational AIDS activism accomplished, what remains
undone, and what lessons can be applied to the present Covid-19 and “pandemic preparedness”
agendas. Touching on legislative histories, activist intervention, “recipient country” agency in
developing and implementing successful programs, and the crucial role of civil society in global
governance, this event will search the historical record for the roadmap for a more just, equitable
future”.
To join us, click the link below on Sunday, at 11am:
https://biturl.top/2E7rMr
Emily Bass has spent more than twenty years writing about and working on HIV/AIDS in
America and East and Southern Africa. Published in July 2021, her first book, “To End a Plague:
America’s Fight to End AIDS in Africa," chronicles the transnational activism that impelled the
The United States to launch the largest pandemic-fighting effort in the history of the country–and the
world. Bass’s writing has appeared in numerous books and publications including Foreign
Policy, The Washington Post, The Lancet, Esquire, and n+1, and she has received a notable
mention in Best American Essays. A lifelong social justice activist, Bass has helped create and
launch transnational activist coalitions bridging the US, East and Southern Africa, with a focus
on securing comprehensive, rights-based health care for all. She has served as an external expert
for the World Health Organization and a member of the What Would an HIV Doula Do
collective. She is the recipient of a Fulbright journalism fellowship and a Martin Duberman
Visiting Research Fellowship from the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn with her
family.
To join us, click the link below on Sunday, at 11am:
https://biturl.top/2E7rMr