World Affairs Council Receives Grant to Establish Event Series on Global Health and Development Issues

Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, to be kickoff speaker

SEATTLE -- The World Affairs Council of Seattle announces that it will expand its community educational programming about global health and development issues with support from a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new event series will offer members of the greater Puget Sound community, including academics, business people, journalists, young professionals, students, and teachers more opportunities to deepen their understanding of pressing global health and development issues. In addition to fostering active audience involvement with these issues, the World Affairs Council's events will increase visibility of groundbreaking global health and development work taking place in our region.

To read the full press release, visit the World Affairs Council web site.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

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