Building: Posner Hall Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus City: Boston, MA 02111 Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus Location Details: Posner Auditorium (200 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111) and on Zoom Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Event Sponsor: School of Medicine Event Sponsor Details: TUSM Global Health Faculty Council and the Tufts Center for Global Public Health Speaker Name: Sheela Patel Event Contact Name: Kim Burke Event Contact Email: kimberly.burke@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D1v2S9KNRimWKDnd85oA6Q#/registration As climate change accelerates, the global development and climate change communities continue to ignore the plight of the urban poor, who face the brunt of challenges caused by rising global temperatures. Over the last five decades, the urban poor in the Global South have been failed by initiatives aimed at improving the human condition, including the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals, WHO guidelines on social determinants of health, and the United Nations COP meetings on climate change. Alarmingly, despite all calls for action, the realities experienced by people living in urban informal settlements continue to be invisible to global stakeholders. However, people living in urban informal settlements in the Global South comprise more than one billion people, and their social and environmental determinants of health can no longer be ignored. This seminar will discuss how residents of urban informal settlements are using transnational movements to advance their living conditions and make challenges to their health and well-being visible to the global community. Speaker: Sheela Patel is the director of the SPARC, an organization she founded in 1984 that works in alliance with community-based organizations of the urban poor—the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan—in several Indian cities. She is a founder of Slum Dwellers International, a transnational social movement of the urban poor in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She was a commissioner on the Commission for Adaptation to climate change from 2018–2020 and is a trustee of the International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED), a global ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience, a member of the Club of Rome, and a board member of Climate-KIC. Since 2022, she spearheaded the campaign for Roof Over Our Heads (ROOH), which is part of the United Nations Race to Resilience campaign. She was awarded the 2023 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and has received the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honor.

Building: Cousens Gym Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Cousens Gymnasium 161 College Ave. Medford, MAEnter the gym through the doors at the top of the front steps. Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Community Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Office of Government and Community Relations & Tufts Athletics Event Contact Name: Maggie Carril Event Contact Email: margaret.carril@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 617-627-3780 Come cheer on your hometown team as the Medford Mustangs and the Somerville Highlanders girls and boys basketball teams square off for the 6th annual Tufts Basketball Classic hosted by Tufts University. The girls game will tip off at 12 p.m. and the boys game will tip off at 1:30 p.m. Both games will be held in Cousens Gymnasium. Free parking will available with a special permit in Cousens Gym parking lot and Dowling Garage during the games.

Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus,Boston SMFA campus,Grafton campus,Medford/Somerville campus,Off-campus Open to Public: Yes Event Type: University Holiday The university observes a holiday on this day.

Building: Breed Memorial Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Building: Breed Memorial Hall Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: 51 Winthrop St., Medford, MA 02155 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Community Engagement Event Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence Event Sponsor Details: Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence and Tufts Community Senate (TCU) RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9KVqn7wg2v4HW06 Tufts Table Beyond Polarization: The Power of Perspective Free Community Dinner Dialogue Event Tufts Table provides community members, who might not otherwise cross paths, with the opportunity to make connections and share perspectives on subjects such as exploring our intersecting identities, finding a sense of belonging and community, and creating a more inclusive Tufts. The next Tufts Table event is on January 23, 2025 from 6-8 p.m. at Breed Hall (51 Winthrop St., Medford, MA 02155) on the Medford/Somerville/ campus. This community dinner is free and open to students, faculty, and staff from across all four campuses (Boston, Grafton, Medford/Somerville, and SMFA).

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy Begins at sundown on the first day listed. Commemorates the ascension (al-Mi'raj) of the Prophet to heaven following his night journey (al Isra') from Mecca to Jerusalem and his ascent to heaven and return the same night. 

Building: Ballou Hall Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 311 Open to Public: No Primary Audience(s): Faculty Event Type: Community Engagement Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Provost Event Contact Email: provost@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3KTKQ79foa8FxPw Register for a 15 minute time slot for in-person office hours with Provost Genco.