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Past Presentations
World Day of Prayer spotlight Cameroon
March 5th NOON, American Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1220 Park Street, Peekskill NY (questions call 739-3998).
March 6th 2:00 PM First Baptist Church on High Street in Somerville, NJ
At both events Cameroonian crafts will be offered for a donation. ____________________________________________________________________
Lectures:
March 8th 2:00 PM Westchester Community College, 75 Grassland Rd, Valhalla, NY
Science Building Lecture Hall, open and free to the public,
March 18th 7:30 AM Breakfast JAdams15@verizon.net
FirMidland Rotary Club, e-mail John Adams for more info and to RSVP
Women’s
Global Health Forum
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Dec. 4th NOON - 2 PM, White Plains YWCA
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Nov. 9th, 2009 Drew University, www.drew.edu "Chemists Respond to the Challenge of AIDS"
Dr. Rolande R. Hodel, AIDSfreeAFRICA, NY
"Challenges Designing and Implementing an Emerging Pharmaceutical Infrastructure in Africa"
Professor Eddy Arnold, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University
"Using basic scientific approaches to discover agents targeting drug-resistant HIV"
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American Chemical Society Potcast, Global Challenge Report see pages 74/76/77
http://www.cendigital.org/acsgccs/2009/ http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i05/8705notw11.html
Friday 12:15 PM Rye Rotary at Coveleigh Club on Milton Point (967-5900) 459 Stuyvesant Ave Rye. .
July 2nd Pleasantville Rotary Thursday 12:15 PM Meetings at Riviera Restaurant Tel. 914-769-9884 113 Tompkins Avenue
June 19th Lafayette College 11 AM Prof. William Miles, Dept. of Chemistry Easton PA 18042
June 17th Hartsdale Rotary Wednesday 12:15 PM Hartsdale
June 7th Ethical Society of Northern Westchester 914-923-0489; location: 108 Pinesbridge Rd. Ossining
May 21st Riverside Rotary 6:30 dinner The Green Tree Restaurant, 259th Street/ Riverdale Ave.
April 24th Ramapo Valley Rotary Sloatsburg 12:00 NOON lunch
April 23rd St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, Prof. Jill K. Rehmann 718-636-6823 www.sjcny.edu
April 2nd Elmsford Rotary, Meets at Rini's Restaurent Tel. 914-592-6799 12 West Main Street Elmsford
April 2nd Westchester Chemical Society 5:30 PM Challenges designing and implementing an emerging pharmaceutical infrastructure in Africa EVENT DETAILS
March 31, Tuesday 12:00 PM Croton-on-Hudson Rotary, Just-In-Thyme 171 Grand Street Croton
March 26 Peekskill Rotary Cortlandt Colonial Restaurant, 914-739-3900 . 4 Old Albany Post Road Cortlandt Manor
March 26 Westchester Coalition against Global Poverty and AIDS Good Counsel Campus 52 North Broadway White Plains 7 PM Pace University
March 25th Midtown Rotary New York City, http://www.rotarymetronyc.org/ Dopo Teatro Trattoria New York
March 19 2009 Rotaract club at the UN Thu 7:30pm at the NY Blood Center East 67th st. btwn 1st and 2nd Ave.
March 12 2009 Westchester Community College 3 PM Science Building room # 371 Valhalla
March 3rd 2009 Tuesday Evening Hour 6:00 PM RSVP St. Margaret's House (restaurant) 49 Fulton St. NYC 10038 Dinner at 5PM optional on your own expense. $2 donation requested by organizer.
Feb. 18th 2009 The Rotary Club at the United Nations International Service Breakfast Meeting. We meet at the German Permanent Mission to the United Nations at 49th St. and 1st Ave at 8:30AM to 10:00AM.
Feb. 11th 2009 Ossining Rotary (lunch) RSVP Wednesday 12:15 PM Meets at Isabella's on Main St in Ossining. Across from the Ossining Post Office.
Feb. 10th 2009 Port Chester Rotary (lunch) RSVP Meetings at T&J Villagio Trattoria Restaurant 223 Westchester Avenue Port Chester
Jan. 14th 2009 Yorktown Rotary (lunch) RSVP Wednesday 12:15 PM Murphy's Restaurant, 355 Kear Street, 914-962-1800
Jan. 8th 2009 Yonkers Rotary (lunch) RSVP Thursday 12:15 PM Meets at Ramada Inn 914-476-3800 Yonkers.
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Chemistry Enthusiasts at NERM 2008 Burlington, VT
Dr. Rolande Hodel is invited to present at the 2008 NERM conference in Burlington Vermont NERM 2008, the 35th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, will be held in the Sheraton Conference Center in scenic Burlington, Vermont, from June 29 to July 2, 2008. Our technical program will feature symposia on topics of particular current or regional interest. We invite you to submit an abstract for oral and poster presentation of your research.
http://www.nerm2008.org/index.html
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Yale University, Stamford CT.
Scientific Conference on Chemistry and Health
Dr. Rolande Hodel organized, chaired and spoke at the 40th Middle Atlantic Research Meeting, MARM Conference, of the American Chemical Society. Date: May 18-21, 2008 Queens Borough Community College, CUNY New York http://marmacs.org/2008/index.html ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Production of Pharmaceuticals in Africa
The
speaker recently participated in an expert panel discussion at
Yale University entitled: DRUGS, DEVELOPMENT &
UNIVERSITIES - "Why are essential medicines still unavailable in poor
countries?" The current session will discuss challenges to the successful
synthesis/production of pharmaceuticals in Africa including: the drugs urgently
needed in Africa, the process for producing drugs in Africa generally, and the
specific challenges involved in the production of antiretrovirals. The
discussion will be accompanied by pictures from
Cameroon that may run counter to your current understanding and
expectations about Africa.
As scientists we need to remember that we have choices beyond traditional academic and industry careers. Indeed, in the past several years many scientists have begun to consider the non-profit world as a way to create a more meaningful career. This has been occurring as more people realize that access to potentially life-saving drugs ought to be a human right, like access to food, shelter and education.
Library Montvale NJ
NOON
July 23, 2007
please call or e-mail for details RRHodel@aol.com 914-923-2073
Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Monthly Luncheon
Thursday May 10, 2007
The Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Ave.
Yonkers, NY
Westchester NY, Yonkers, Science Museum
Carolyn Glickstein cglic@aol.com
World AIDS Day Event for Westchester County
Take action on global AIDS and extreme poverty!
Friday, December 1st, 2006 – White Plains, NYCandlelight march starts from Good Counsel at 6pm.
Program from 7pm to 9pm.
Panel presentation of Westchester residents making a direct impact on global AIDS:
- Dr. Rolande Hodel – AIDSfreeAfrica (Cameroon - www.AIDSfreeAFRICA.org )
- Hon. Yuhanna Edwards – Mission of Hope (Rwanda - www.RwandaMission.com )
- Agnes Johnson -- The African Doll Making Project (South Africa)
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Mid Hudson Chapter of American MENSA and the SUNY New Paltz Women Department presents:
SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center Thursday, Sept. 28th, 7 p.m.,
Dr. Rolande Hodel, humanitarian for our time and founder of
AIDSFreeAFRICA will present on her 2005 trip to Cameroon. She
will discuss the effects of the AIDS epidemic, lack of medical care and
economic infrastructure as well as her efforts to produce needed
pharmaceuticals.
Co-sponsored by the Mid Hudson chapter of American Mensa and the SUNY
New Paltz Women’s Studies Dept.; endorsed by CLASP, or the
Caribbean and Latin American Support Project. For more
information call (845) 565-1748.
Who: Dr. Rolande R. Hodel
What: AIDSfreeAFRICA's RESPONSE TO THE AIDS CRISIS IN AFRICA
When: Thursday, September 28th at 7 p.m. 2006
Hosted by: AMERICAN MENSA, LTD
The Mid Hudson Chapter of American Mensa is proud to host a talk by Dr.
Rolande Hodel, founder of AIDSFreeAFRICA, who will present on her
3-month sojourn in Cameroon last year in her efforts to eradicate the
AIDS virus from the continent. Captured images will clearly show
the predicament of those caught in the desperation of poverty, deprived
of even the simplest medical services. A positive HIV diagnosis
is currently a death sentence for large segments of the population
within two years since medications are unavailable for the treatment of
even simple infections.
Dr. Hodel will discuss the issues and obstacles she encountered in
attempting to establish a pharmaceutical factory. In her efforts
to find solutions, she has undertaken ambitious and ongoing fundraising
for her foundation, and is currently collaborating with a group of
pharmacists and engineers to establish the manufacture of
antiretrovirals as well as antibiotics and other medicines in a coastal
Cameroonian city.
A humanitarian for our time, Dr. Hodel was deeply touched by the plight
of the villagers who hosted her during her stay, during which time she
was a captive witness to malnutrition, the degraded status of women and
children, endemic poverty and the ravages of the AIDS virus. She
will summarize both the current conditions in Cameroon as well as her
agenda for establishing medical as well as economic infrastructure for
the population she has made a life commitment to serving.
Asked what led to her undertaking Dr. Hodel commented, “I wanted
to combine my two loves, that of world peace and science in a project
that is larger than my life. The vision of AIDSfreeAFRICA in
eradicating HIV is to provide the world with the capacity to produce
lifesaving drugs in an expression of our commitment to peace, health
and human dignity.” For more information on Dr.
Hodel’s foundation, visit http://www.aidsfreeafrica.org/.
The event is free and open to the public and will take place Thursday,
September 28th at 7 p.m. at the SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center, with the
room # TBA.
Mensa is an organization open to anyone who scores in the top two
percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. For more
information about the organization, call 800-66-MENSA or visit
http://www.mensa.org
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Who: Dr. Rolande R. Hodel
What: AIDSfreeAFRICA's RESPONSE TO THE AIDS CRISIS IN AFRICA
When: October 21-22, 2006
Where: Albany New York
Hosted by: The National Organization for Women,
NOW New York State Convention
In a global world it is paramount for feminists to see the big picture.
Feminist's impact stretches far beyond the borders of the US. This work
shop draws clear connections between our fight for abortion rights,
equality for women, economic empowerment, education for girls, health
and human rights and the impact this has on women in developing
countries.
For example, the debate over the right to obtain save drugs in the US
centers on the morning after pill. In developing countries the issue is
multi layered. The main topic is access to affordable drugs, especially
for HIV/AIDS, but also the availability or lack of essential drugs such
as antibiotics to treat otherwise deadly infections. The human rights
issue in the forefront of the debate is who will be allowed to access
the drugs that are in short supply and who is left to die?
The workshop is structured to answer participants question, provide
information on the situation of women in developing countries. With the
help of a picture presentation and excerpts of a DVD called
“Coming to say good bye”, the workshop participants will be
left with a vivid impression on how people in developing countries
live. The presenter has just come back from a three month trip to Kenya
and Cameroon, conducting a needs assessment regarding availability of
essential drugs, diagnostic and antiretrovirals.
AIDSfreeAFRICA is an organization that has a big impact on women's day
to day lives. AIDSfreeAFRICA empowers people and organizations in
Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS by providing training, equipment
and seed money to produce essential drugs, antiretroviral drugs,
diagnostic tests and reagents. Without health, there is no peace and
human dignity. AIDSfreeAFRICA's approach is built on self
sustainability. The drugs will be produced by local people for their
people. We also engage in micro finance empowering women to establish
income generating activities and are connecting sponsors with HIV/AIDS
orphans.
Meeting Mrs. Nane Annan, wife of Mr.
Kofi Annan, Secretary -General of the United Nations, NY at the United
Nations for the opening of an exhibition on the 2005 Nobel Price Women
Nominees.
NOW-NYC April 20th Membership Program
Human Trafficking: An Estimated 15,000 victims currently reside in New York State
Join NOW-NYC and Brooklyn Law School for a special event featuring a documentary film portraying the personal tragedies of sexual trafficking.
Rolande Hodel gave a 15 minute presentation on AIDSfreeAFRICA in conjunction with this NOW NYC event on April 20th 2006.
WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETY MARCH 14, 2006 5:30 PM
Topic: The Production of Pharmaceuticals in AfricaSpeaker: Dr. Rolande R. Hodel
CEO, AIDSfreeAFRICA
Ossining, NY
Mezam Polyclinic, Bamenda, Cameroon
The presenter spent a month in an orphanage in the slums of Nakuru, Kenya and two months at the Mezam Polyclinic in Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon, West Africa learning about HIV /AIDS in Africa and the problems associated with trying to manufacture pharmaceuticals to treat the disease from a Chemist's perspective. What is really going on? Why does Western intervention have so little success in stemming the epidemic? With the World Health Organization's failed "3 by 5" initiative ("3 by 5" stands for 3 million people in Sub-Sahara Africa on antiretroviral drugs by 2005), where do we go from here? What is the perspective of industrial production of drugs, essentials and antiretrovirals?
Be prepared, this presentation aims to draw you into action!
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Presentation: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Place: Polytechnic University
Directions: http://www.poly.edu/west/info/dir.cfm
For further information, and to RSVP contact Joan Laredo-Liddell at JLaredoLiddell@aol.com
Fundraiser and Picture Presentation:
DATE: Feb. 21 and 22
TIME: 6:30 PM
Place: home of Rolande: 125 South Highland Ave.#3-B1, Ossining, NY 10562 914-923-2073 RSVP please!
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