CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien presents a special in-depth interview with Mukhtar Mai, the remarkable rape survivor who has emerged as an international spokesperson on women’s rights in Pakistan. Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Glamour, Mai was gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a panchayat or tribal court as retribution for an…
Annual Report, 2004-5 The Center was established in 2002 by a group of scholars interested in recent scientific research on the origins and causes of morality. The Center focuses on convening faculty, researchers, graduate students, and visiting scholars to conduct studies, present lectures and publish professional papers and proceedings from public talks and organized conferences….
“Speak As One Voice,” Bob Kerrey Counsels Louisiana On October 27, 2005, Louisiana’s entire education community — from PreK to universities — came together for an historic Education Forum in Baton Rouge at the Claiborne Building. The theme of the forum was “Rebuilding Louisiana Through Education,” and participants discussed how education could help lead Louisiana’s…
Former presidential candidate and 9-11 Commission member Bob Kerrey will be the keynote speaker next week at a statewide forum to examine how Louisiana’s education community can help move Louisiana forward in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The forum will be held Thursday, October 27th, at 1:30 p.m., in the Louisiana Purchase Room,…
Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee, and in association with the Intel Corporation, the NGO Section of the United Nations, the MIT Media Lab, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF), and the law firm of Latham and Watkins, will dispatch a team of at least 12 professionals to provide critical medical, psychological,…
New York, NY – August 29, 2005 – On Friday, September 9th, Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with International Rescue Committee, Refugees International, United Nations Foundation, and the United Nations NGO Section/DESA, will present its 4th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium commemorating the anniversary of September 11 at the United Nations’ ECOSOC Council Chamber in New York. Keeping…
At the request of the Department of Mental Health of Louisiana, Virtue Foundation deployed a team of mental health professionals headed by Drs. Paul and Susan DeBell to the emergency room of Chalbert Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana, located approximately 50 miles south of New Orleans, from October 25 to November 4, 2005. Mental health…
NY1 Report on Yem and Sophan’s visit to New York
NEW YORK, NY – June 29, 2005. A Cambodian mother and her infant daughter, who were victims of an acid attack several months ago in Cambodia, today gave thanks to their Mount Sinai Medical Center physicians who saved their lives through several reconstructive surgeries. Mother and daughter Yem and Sophan were horribly burned and disfigured…
Centerpoint Now Commemorative Issue It was almost midnight. I lay down and listened to the ruffle of leaves outside, interrupted only by the occasional skirmish of pigs or the snoring of a fellow traveler. Earlier that morning, we had biked our way through winding farm roads to this remote village in the vast mountainous territory…