Power of Giving 2019 | Health & Medicine: Closing Remarks
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How does a mosquito net from Uganda and a Humane Society medal help illustrate the transformative impact philanthropy has in medicine? In her closing remarks to the Smithsonian’s 2019 POWER OF GIVING symposium on health and medicine, Dr. Amanda B. Moniz, the National Museum of American History’s David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy, describes these and other objects from the museum’s collections. THE POWER OF GIVING: PHILANTHROPY’S IMPACT ON AMERICAN LIFE, is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist, visit http://bit.ly/2JE4ivl. For more information about the Philanthropy Initiative, visit https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy.