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Featured Ethics Events at Fordham Centers
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Aging Well with HIV:
Challenges and Opportunities
March 25, 2013 | 9:00 a.m. - 5:00pm
Half of those living with HIV in the U.S. will be over 50 by 2015. Addressing the behavioral needs of this population is critical to promote successful aging. Many older adults with HIV have the triple diagnoses of HIV, depression, and substance use, exacerbated by stigma, ageism, racism, poverty, and social isolation. Students and professionals are encoouraged to attend to meet local leaders int his field and learn about future directions in this emerging domain. Click here for details.
12th Floor Lounge | Lincoln Center Campus
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Gannon Lecture with Ambassador Anne Andersen
April 18, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
The premier lecture event of Fordham’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The spring address will be given by Ambassador Anne Anderson, Ireland’s envoy to the UN.
Lincoln Center Campus |
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Jailing for Dollars: The Moral Costs of Privatizing Justice
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | 6 p.m. (5:30 p.m. Registration)
McNally Amphitheatre | Lincoln Center Campus | 113 West 60th Street, New York City
Over the past 30 years, the United States has become the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails. Harsher laws and longer sentences have led to an explosive increase in prison over-crowding and economic burdens for state governments; with little evidence of increased public safety. Efforts to ease the financial pressures on municipalities have given rise to government contracted for-profit prison companies. Once considered a free-market solution to the prison crises, the privatization of incarceration in the U.S. has raised urgent moral questions about the policies and practices of the criminal justice system and the nature and doing of justice. Click here for more information.
McNally Amphitheatre | Lincoln Center Campus | 113 W. 60th St., New York
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