Global clean water crisis will be discussed at UNC

TO THE EDITOR:

As part of its TAP Project in support of World Water Week, UNICEF at Carolina is hosting a panel-led discussion on the global clean water crisis at 7:30 p.m. today in Howell Hall Room 104.

As water-borne illnesses represent the second-leading cause of death among children today, this crisis is one of the critical health hazards that we face today. We will hear from three environmental activists in our community: Liz Morris, president of the Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders; Chris Heaney, a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health; and Rev. Robert Campbell, President of the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association and Co-Chairman of the Coalition to End Environmental Racism.

The panelists will introduce themselves and discuss their work to investigate clean water access in the Rogers Road area of Orange County. Please join us to hear local experts discuss some of the leading technological, economic, health, and social factors associated with developing clean water infrastructure in North Carolina and around the world!


Laura Thompson
Senior
International Studies