Red Cross Alumni Network(ARCAN) upcoming events

IHL - From Humanitarian Principles to Field Action (08/20/2026)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

IHL

From Humanitarian Principles to Field Action

The International Committee of the Red Cross

Geoff Loane is a veteran humanitarian leader with decades of experience at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where he served as Head of Delegation in Africa, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He worked extensively with governments and armed groups to negotiate humanitarian access and protection for people affected by armed conflict and later led the ICRC's education initiatives to help ensure continuity of learning during conflict. Geoff is a widely published author and speaker on humanitarian policy, international humanitarian law, and the unintended consequences of humanitarian assistance. He currently serves as a mediator in Northern Ireland and Chair of the CDAC Network, promoting community-led approaches to humanitarian action.

Thursday, August 20, 2026
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT

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Clara Barton: Pioneer, Reformer, and the Stories We Haven't Told (08/25/2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Clara Barton: Pioneer, Reformer, and the Stories We

Haven't Told

Dr. Chandra Manning

Professor of U.S. History at Georgetown University

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Most of us know Clara Barton as the founder of the American Red Cross — but her story is far richer and more surprising than that. Join us for this special webinar with Dr. Chandra Manning, historian and professor at Georgetown University, who will explore the full arc of Barton's extraordinary life: her work as a Civil War medical pioneer, her advocacy for women's rights, her leadership during catastrophic natural disasters, and much more. Dr. Manning will also share how her Georgetown history seminar partnered with the National Park Service to produce original research now shaping the future of the Clara Barton National Historic Site. This is a rare opportunity to see our founder in an entirely new light.

Chandra Manning is Professor of U.S. History at Georgetown University where she teaches classes on the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, Lincoln, baseball, the American Revolution, and more. Her first book, What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War (Knopf, 2007) won the Avery O. Craven Prize awarded by the Organization of American Historians, earned Honorable Mention for the Lincoln Prize and the Virginia Literary Awards for Nonfiction, and was a finalist for the Jefferson Davis Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize. Her second book, Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War (Knopf, 2016), won the Jefferson Davis Prize awarded by the American Civil War Museum. At Georgetown, she has been the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Gerald M. Mara Graduate Mentoring Award. She is co-founder of Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian, a former National Park Service Ranger, and a forever Red Sox fan.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Y7angx7LT_mN5AuRm1PntA

In Honor of our Veterans: SAF Reorganization and the 5-Year ISD & SAF Vision (10/29/2026)

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT

WEBINAR

In Honor of our Veterans: SAF Reorganization and the 5-Year ISD & SAF Vision

Jarrett Barrios, Sr. Vice President

American Red Cross International Services & Service to Armed Forces

Jarrett will present an update on the reorganization of SAF, his goals for the next five years. He will also share about what is happening in International Services. Jarrett provides oversight and direction for international American Red Cross programs, including international disaster response and recovery efforts, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center, disaster risk reduction programming in 15 nations, and representation of the American Red Cross within the IFRC. In his role managing the SAF programs, he oversees wellness programs supporting service members and their families during deployments, in military hospitals, on installations and through the operation of the Hero Care Center hotline.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Registration

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_p0T8iI-QtWEdeXtY30jXw