Former Congressman Dellums to Speak on AIDS at CCNY

The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums seen with 2001 Rosenberg/Humphrey Intern Nsagha Efiom during her summer working on Capitol Hill for Constituency for Africa.

This year CCNY's Rosenberg/ Humphrey Program in Public Policy presents its distinguished Presidential Lecture Series in collaboration with the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, as well as the Black Studies Department. The speaker at the April 25 event will be the Honorable Ronald V. Dellums.

The former Congressman from California and chairman of President Clinton's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS is currently president of Healthcare International Management Inc. This African American-owned concern provides healthcare products and services to governmental and private sector entities in international markets, with a primary focus in Africa. Dellums' lecture, 18th in the series, will address U.S. policy toward HIV/AIDS in Africa, which has been recognized by Secretary of State Powell as a crucial international health care challenge. The annual Presidential Lecture has become a major policy event for the CCNY community. Past speakers have included, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Mayor David Dinkins, John Kenneth Galbraith, Faye Wattleton, and William Julius Wilson. If you are interested in attending, contact Rosenberg/Humphrey at 212-650-6809 or coordinator@ccny.cuny.edu.