Binding: Paperback
Description: Doctor and social activist Paul Farmer shares a collection of charismatic short speeches that aims to inspire the next generation. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging often humorous and always inspiring these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single accessible volume. A must - read for graduates students and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice To Repair the World:challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care safe drinking water decent schools and other basic human rightschampions the power of partnership against global poverty climate change and other pressing problems todayoverturns common assumptions about health disparities around the globe by considering the large - scale social forces that determine who gets sick and who has access to health carediscusses how hope solidarity faith and hardbitten analysis have animated Farmer's service to the poor in Haiti Peru Rwanda Russia and elsewhereleaves the reader with an uplifting vision: that with creativity passion teamwork and determination the next generations can make the world a safer and more humane place.
Title: To Repair The World Paul Farmer Speaks To The Next Generation
Author(s): Farmer Paul, Jonathan L. Weigel
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520321151
Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Date: 11/19/2019
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Category: Social Discrimination & Inequality