SYMPOSIUM ON IMMIGRATION AND ALTERNATIVE HEALING SYSTEMS November 3, 2005 5-7 PM CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Lounge, Room 9100 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), New York City A wine and food reception will follow Opening Remarks: Dr. Laurie Sherwen, Dean Schools of the Health Professions Hunter College, CUNY Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor, Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College, CUNY Presenters: Dr. Ina Vandebroek, Institute of Economic Botany New York Botanical Garden "Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominicans in New York City" Dr. Anahi Viladrich, Immigration and Health Initiative Urban Public Health Program, Hunter College, CUNY "Botanicas in America's Backyard: Revealing the World of Latino Immigrants' Folk Healing Practices in NYC" Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sana Loue, Department of Bioethics, Case Western University Editor of the Journal of Immigrant Health "Healing Strategies among Immigrant Communities: Trends in the Literature" Please RSVP to: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Or call 212-481-4439 This event is sponsored by the Schools of the Health Professions, the School of Health Sciences, the Urban Public Health Program, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, the CUNY Urban Health Collaborative and the Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC). The event is free. Visit us at: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/schoolhp/uph/immigration For more information on Centro Events, please visit http://centropr.org/events/index.html or call (212)772-5714. **************************************************************************** ************ If you wish to unsubscribe from CENTROEVENTS-L go to: http://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu/scriptshc/wa-hc.exe?SUBED1=centroevents-l&A= 1 **************************************************************************** ************* For more information on Centro Events, please visit http://centropr.org/events/index.html or call (212)772-5714. **************************************************************************************** If you wish to unsubscribe from CENTROEVENTS-L go to: http://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu/scriptshc/wa-hc.exe?SUBED1=centroevents-l&A=1 *****************************************************************************************