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Bolstering U.S. COVID Relief Efforts in India: Perspectives from the Diaspora
May 7, 2021 ,9:00 am - 11:00 pm
The State Department cordially invites you to participate in a discussion hosted by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs with Senior Advisor Ervin Massinga, featuring Vice President Kamala Harris, and a panel of leading Indian American voices.
Senior Advisor Ervin Massinga will provide an overview of U.S. government relief efforts and panelists will discuss commercial and civil society-led efforts to address the current emergency, what support will be needed to re-open India after the second wave, and how we can align efforts to bring our countries closer together moving forward.
The panel discussion will feature the following distinguished diaspora leaders:
- Änjali Kaur, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator
- Honorable State Senator Dr. Ghazala Hashmi
- Ms. Lata Krishnan, American Indian Foundation, Founder and Co-Chair of the Board
- MR Rangaswami, Indiaspora, Founder and Chair of the Board
- Gunisha Kaur, Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, Medical Director, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights