Carleton’s Civic Engagement Series to Feature Presentation on Doctors Without Borders

As part of Carleton’s month-long civic engagement series, Delphine Barringer, a human resources officer for Doctors Without Borders, will speak about the efforts of this international organization on Thursday, Feb. 19 at noon in the Gould Library Athenaeum. Her presentation, entitled “Doctors Without Borders: A Non-Medical Perspective,” will provide an overview of the program’s reach, along with personal experiences, photos, and stories.  This event is free and open to the public. 

Doctors Without Borders is a humanitarian-aid organization dedicated to providing medical services in conflict zones or developing regions of the world.  Barringer has several years of experience on the non-medial staff of Doctors Without Borders working in the human resources department at its headquarters in New York.  She also provided human resources and administrative support to the ongoing Darfur programs in Khartoum and Port au Prince, and spent several months working in Haiti. yes"> 

Carleton’s Civic Engagement Series is an annual event sponsored by the College’s ACT Center that explores a different social justice theme each year. The 2009 theme addresses “Society and Health: From Northfield to Nation,” and includes a variety of film screenings, speakers, panel discussions, and fundraisers that engage Carleton students with the off-campus community.

For more information regarding the lecture, please contact the Gould Library at (507) 222-4260.  For more information on the Civic Engagement Series and other ACT Center events, please contact acameron@carleton.edu, or call (507) 222-7019.