October 31, 2011
The School of Nursing will soon observe the 10th anniversary of the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health & Social Responsibility, dedicated by former President Jimmy Carter in October 2001. Formerly known as the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, the center is named for Miss Lillian, nurse, Peace Corps volunteer, and the president's mother.
"Our center has touched the lives of so many people across the world," says Director Martha Rogers. "The 10-year anniversary is the perfect time to announce the center's new name and reflect on its many accomplishments as we forge ahead with our mission to transform health and healing on a global scale."
Through the Lillian Carter Center, Emory nursing faculty and students have provided critical nursing care to thousands of people by:
• Treating more than 15,000 farm workers and their children in Moultrie, Ga., through the Farm Worker Family Health Program;
• Working with underserved populations in Jamaica, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic through the Alternative Break Program for students;
• Strengthening the delivery of maternal and newborn health services in Ethiopia;
• Enhancing the health care workforce in Zimbabwe and Kenya; and
• Offering health care in clinics for vulnerable populations across Atlanta.
The School of Nursing will commemorate the center's decade of global leadership, scholarship and service with a series of special events, including a keynote address by environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In a public lecture on "Our Environmental Destiny," Kennedy will discuss the role that natural resources play in our work, our health, and our identity as Americans. Tickets are required for the lecture, to be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Kennedy will be signing books immediately after the lecture.
Earlier that day, Emory nursing students will have a special opportunity to have an exclusive conversation with Kennedy about the Lillian Carter Center's key tenets: global leadership, scholarship and social responsibility. This private event will be led by the nursing school's Fuld Fellows.