GLOBEMED at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York City, NY
students fighting for global health equity!
2010 – 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Bucknell University! Columbia University! Cornell University! CU-Boulder! Depaul University! Duke University! Florida State University! GWU! Georgetown University! Indiana University! Lawrence University! Loyola University! Middlebury College! Northeastern University!
Pastoral !
San Salvador, El Salvador!
CCC-UNSCH !
Ayacucho, Peru !
KIHEFO!
Kabale, Uganda!
GWED-G!
Gulu, Uganda!
CEPAIPA!
Guayaquil, Ecuador!
Himalyan Healthcare!
Jawalakhel, Nepal!
ASOSAP! Salud San Limite! ARM!
to improve the health of people living in poverty.
Boston College!
partner with grassroots organizations around the world
GlobeMed is a network of university students that
Amherst College!
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala! Siuna, Nicaragua! Orissa, India!
Rwanda Village Concept Project!
Huye District, Rwanda!
Minga Peru!
Iquitos, Peru!
CEMOPLAF-Cajabamba! FUNPRONID! La Primavera! Africa 2000 Network!
Cajabamba, Ecuador! Riobamba, Ecuador! La Primavera, Guatemala! Tororo, Uganda!
Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization!
Masaka, Uganda!
Northwestern University!
The HOPE Center!
Ho, Ghana!
Penn State University!
EAPSEC!
Princeton University! Rhodes College! Truman State University! University of Chicago! UCLA! University of Michigan! UMKC! UNC-Chapel Hill! University of Rochester! USC!
Jambi Hwasi! AMOS! Maison de Naissance! ASPAT! Amuru Youth Center!
Otavalo, Ecuador! Managua, Nicaragua! Torbeck, Haiti! Lima, Peru! Anaka, Uganda!
Tiyatien Health! Joy-Southfield Development Corp!
Zwedru, Liberia! Detroit, Michigan !
KCRC!
Bushenyi District, Uganda!
Health-Alert Uganda! Kallpa Iquitos! Care Net Ghana!
University of Texas-Austin!
Clinica Ana Manganaro!
Vanderbilt University!
Dios es Amor!
WashU in St. Louis!
Chiapas, Mexico!
UDHA!
Gulu, Uganda! Iquitos, Peru! Hohoe, Ghana! Guarjila, El Salvador! Lima, Peru! Iganga, Uganda!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ! 1
MISSION STATEMENT!
2 2010 – 2011 AT A GLANCE! ! 4 !ABOUT US! 5 !OUR PARTNER! 7 !OUR PROJECT! 9 !CAMPAIGNS! 11 !GLOBALHEALTHU! 13 !COMMUNITY BUILDING! ! 14 !WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE! 16 !GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT! 17 !OUR FUTURE! 18 !FINANCES! 19 !STAY CONNECTED! 20 !THANK YOU!
Dear Friends,! ! It has been an honor to lead alongside members of the GlobeMed community as we close a year of unprecedented impact and growth. In just four years, GlobeMed established chapters at 46 universities across the United States, inspiring thousands of students to become lifelong advocates for global health equity. We completed projects in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, consisting of everything from water and sanitation initiatives in Nepal to mental health support in Peru.! ! As co-presidents, the relationships we have made within our chapter, the national network, and our partner overseas have become the cornerstone of our experience. They have brought us an incredible amount of joy and inspiration. For example, spending the entire day with our chapter on our fall retreat cemented our friendships and allowed us to see how powerful we could be because of our commitment not only to this cause but also each other. Our devotion to our partner organization was sealed on our first personal Skype call with Pamela Angwech, the director of GWED-G. Sitting in the darkness of poor electricity, Pamela's laughter was contagious; she spoke with a bright, fiery passion. She explained all of the hard work ahead of us, but also told us something that we will always remember. She said, "Each day, I work to put a smile on a person's face who did not have a reason to smile before.” At its core, that is the heart of our mission.! ! This year, everything came into focus. We have sharpened our beliefs in solidarity, social justice, and the value of human relationships as pragmatic tools for long-term action. We invite you to read about our accomplishments in the following pages, and learn how we held over 30 events throughout the academic year and exceeded our original fundraising goal of $10,000 by more than $4,000.! ! We express sincere gratitude for those who have supported us in the past, and will support us in the future.! ! In solidarity,! ! Jessica Northridge and Livy Low! Co-Presidents of GlobeMed at Columbia University!
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
MISSION STATEMENT !
GLOBEMED AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE MOVEMENT FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY BY EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED
AROUND THE WORLD.
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our vision! ONE BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD LACK ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS*. EACH DAY, MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE DIE PREVENTABLE DEATHS. WITHOUT ADDRESSING POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE CANNOT BREAK THIS CYCLE OF SUFFERING. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAVE THE PASSION AND ENERGY TO HELP TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE. GLOBEMED AIMS TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE BY ENGAGING AND TRAINING STUDENTS TO WORK WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE IMPOVERISHED.
BY PARTNERING
STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT POVERTY AND POOR HEALTH, WE IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD TODAY AND SHAPE TOMORROW’S LEADERS ACROSS ALL PROFESSIONS WHO WILL SHARE A DEEP COMMITMENT TO
HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. *World Bank, World Development Report 2000/2001: A:acking Poverty (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).
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Oct. 5, 2011
Oct. 22, 2010
Nov. 7, 2010
Fall Retreat
Night Market
Pamela and Bagels
To kick off the year, members enjoyed a day outside at Van Courtland Park in the Bronx to bond, brainstorm, and discuss our motivations in the fight for global health equity.!
Members sold traditional Ugandan snacks and enjoyed foods from other countries at Columbia's annual cultural food festival. ! ! ! ! ! ! !Nov. 17, 2010 ! Global Health Career Panel
All members ate breakfast with our partner organization's director, Pamela Angwech, over a Skype call and discussed the development of our collaborative project.!
Nov. 11, 2010 GlobeMed Gala Members invited close friends to a benefit dinner party to share their achievements as part of the GlobeMed at Columbia chapter.!
Mary Lou Larkin, Medical Director of Haiti Marycare, Dr. Linnea Capps, President and CEO of Doctors for Global Health, and Dr. Alastair K. Ager, Professor at Mailman School of Public Health, spoke on the potential career paths in the field of global health.. !
Dec. 1, 2010
Dec. 8, 2010
Link On for World AIDS Day
The Public Health Puzzle: Pieces & Perspectives In commemoration of World AIDS Panelists Dr. Sonia Sachs, The Day, we co-sponsored an event Earth Institute; Wei Wei Hsing, with the Student Global AIDS Acumen Fund; and T. Corcoran, Campaign in which Columbia Health GAP provided unique students connected red ribbon links perspectives on the varying roles to one-by-one in order to represent be taken domestically and globally our solidarity in the fight against in the effort for health equity.! AIDS.!
Nov. 23, 2010 Roundtable With Deogratias Niyizonkiza Deogratias Niyizonkiza, the subject of Tracy Kidder's The Strength in What Remains, shared his experience of overcoming poverty and the vision of Village Health Works.!
Jan. 29, 2011 Executive Board Retreat Executive board members gathered in downtown Manhattan to have fun while discussing their goals, strategies, and vision for the upcoming semester and beyond.!
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March 6, 2011
March 28, 2011
Sound Off for Social Justice
NOM for all Moms
April 20, 2011
April 24, 2011
April 30, 2011
Water, Health, and Environmental Sustainability In collaboration with EcoReps and Engineers Without Borders, we screened "Home," a film about global sustainability, water, and climate change. The viewing was followed by a discussion with Dr. Leslie Roberts of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.!
GlobeMed Egg Hunt
Share the Goodness
We spread Easter eggs filled with global health facts, candy, and prizes across campus as a guerilla marketing campaign.!
We partnered with Pinkberry to raise money and enjoy frozen yogurt before finals week.!
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2010 – 2011 AT A GLANCE
Global Health Grad Student Q&A To honor World Day of Social Our chapter partnered with NOM^3, We invited graduate students! Justice, students performed musical a student-run sustainable food from the Columbia Mailman School pieces and slam poetry to voice initiative, to sell “NOMboxes” during of Public Health to speak about their passion for global social their varied backgrounds and midterms.! justice. ! experiences as rising leaders in ! global health.! ! ! ! April 18, 2011 April 4, 2011 April 11, 2011 ! An Evening With Doctors Women's Health Exhibit Student Mission Trips: Help ! Without Borders or Harm? ! We invited guests to a benefit Using a visual display, we Dr. Prabjhot Singh, Director of the showcased major global health Program for Health Systems at The dinner featuring Dr. Darin Portnoy, former President of Doctor’s themes such as maternal mortality Earth Institute, discussed the Without Borders-USA, and Denise and gender-based violence in the complexities of student “mission Pease, a representative from Columbia student center.! trips” abroad.! Obama’s 100 Youth Roundtables initiative.!
ABOUT US
GlobeMed at Columbia In 2008, GlobeMed at Columbia launched as the first global health organization on campus. ! ! After first partnering with Ubuntu in South Africa, our chapter formed a new relationship in 2009 with Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization (GWED-G) in Uganda.! ! We have since become an integral part of the international GlobeMed network, worked alongside GWED-G in the field, and raised nearly $22,000 for health projects to benefit communities in Gulu. Because of the dedication of our members, the effectiveness of our partner, and the support of our donors, we have enabled over 4,000 Ugandans to fight the cycle of poverty and gain access to the health services they deserve.!
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GWED-G [WORKS IN GULU DISTRICT, NORTHERN UGANDA] POPULATION: 154,300
Northern Uganda is a region that endured two decades of a widely unnoticed yet devastating civil war, in which over a million people were internally displaced into camps. There people lived in abominable conditions defined by staggering levels of squalor, disease and death, humiliation and despair, appalling sanitation and hygiene, and massive overcrowding and food insecurity.! !
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OUR PARTNER
Although the war has ended, broken health systems, poor governance, and high population growth undermine the nation’s ability to provide better health care for its citizens.! !
Today, about two-thirds of the population in Northern Uganda lives below the poverty line. Major issues in this region include malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and lack of access to education and health care. Gender equality and human rights also present significant challenges, and are closely linked to the need for improved reproductive health services..!
KEY FACT: Life expectancy at birth (m/f): 48/57!
KEY FACT: Estimated number of people living with HIV: 1.2 million! !
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FOUNDED IN 2005 GWED-G began as a support group for war-affected women who found refuge and solidarity beneath a particular mango tree in Gulu. With the guidance of Pamela Angwech, young women started to express their struggle against violence, abuse, and neglect. Although she had been providing humanitarian relief to Northern Uganda through the World Food Programme, Pamela’s attention quickly shifted to the pressing need for women’s empowerment and community-based advocacy for human rights.! !
Thus in 2005, Pamela founded GWED-G, an organization whose mission is to strengthen the capacity of grassroots communities in Northern Uganda to become self reliant agents of change for peace and development.! !
GWED-G's main focus areas include: health; human rights with an emphasis on women and girls; psychosocial support and counseling; research and advocacy; and economic empowerment.! !
GWED-G has received funding from partners such as Amnesty International, Open Society Foundations, and Care International. It also works in partnership with the local government and other agencies. Its array of holistic programs and impactful projects continues to benefit thousands of Ugandans each day.!
Partner Contact: Pamela Angwech!
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNER
GWED-G
PHOTO OF YOUR PARTNER CONTACT/STAFF, HERE
Although the goal to end AIDS is not realistic in the near future, the GlobeMed partnership with GWED-G feels that a serious dent can be made in the incidence of new HIV infections by curtailing the spread of the disease among young women, adolescents, and vulnerable communities. ! ! As the funding devoted to antiretrovirals declines, there are still millions of people who cannot access treatment for HIV/AIDS. Yet what keeps me moving are these questions: How were students able to save lives? How did a group of students refer 392 mothers for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and antenatal care? How did students support the blood safety of 400 war-affected people? I have studied their indicators critically and given credit for every dollar donated by GlobeMed.! ! The beauty of working with GlobeMed students is that they do more with less. Their interventions are lifesaving.! ! Next year, we shall continue to cement the existing relationship with GlobeMed, and appreciate all the support offered to help the communities of Northern Uganda. We are so grateful for the donors of GlobeMed, and ask for continued collaboration.! ! I encourage the initiatives that seek to advance the rights of women living with HIV/AIDS, and call on the global partners and friends to promote HIV/AIDS prevention in Northern Uganda. Remember, we are fighting another fresh war with AIDS! ! ! - Pamela Angwech, Director!
GWED-G
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[Why HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention?]! Combating HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest challenges in Northern Uganda. Currently 6.7% of the Ugandan population is infected with the disease, which includes 631,000 women (as of March 2010). GWED-G views the treatment of and outreach to women and youth the Gulu district as a pragmatic way to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in their communities. With this project, women will become empowered and inspired to spread knowledge gained to the rest of their village and to future generations of women like them.!
3,934 MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN WILL BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED.
$14,659.73 TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR
HIV/AIDS AWARENESS, PREVENTION, & EDUCATION
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OUR PROJECT
HIV/AIDS community-based intervention involving education and sensitization, maternal and reproductive health, and economic empowerment in Northern Uganda! The first part of our project is a widespread awareness and education campaign in which GWED-G staff along with community health workers travel to communities and discuss some of the most important issues surrounding HIV/AIDS including getting tested with partners, stigma surrounding the infection, and clarification that the availability of treatment does not reduce the danger of the infection. This campaign puts an emphasis on the importance of safe pregnancy and birth for HIV-infected women.! !
The second part involves testing outreach and entails GWED-G staff, lab technicians, and counselors visiting the same communities as in the education campaign to offer rapid, on-site HIV testing.! !
The final aspect of our project is specialized outreach for 20-30 HIV infected women of childbearing age. These women receive personal counseling on topics such as maternal nutrition, healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, and antenatal care from GWED-G staff and community health workers. These women also learn to support themselves through an income-generating agriculture project.!
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PROJECT IMPACT!
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OUR PROJECT
CAMPAIGNS Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for! GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.!
EVENTS TITLE!
EVENT DESCRIPTION!
$ MONEY RAISED! 2,035.75
Bead Sales!
We sold handcrafted Ugandan merchandise, including beads, purses, and bags, to support the livelihoods of women artisans and their families.!
Link On for World AIDS Day!
To celebrate World AIDS Day, we sold red ribbons to our campus community.!
GlobeMed Gala!
This event brought together chapter members and their friends for a night of good food, company, and conversation.!
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Thanksgiving Thank-Yous!
We made and sold bags of candy with attached thank you messages for people to give their friends for Thanksgiving. !
233.50
Individual Giving!
Our chapter made a video to encourage friends, family, and organizations to help support our projects.!
10,993.56
An Evening with Doctors Without Borders!
We hosted a dinner and discussion featuring Dr. Darin Portnoy, former president of the US section of Doctors Without Borders.!
Sound Off For Social Justice !
We celebrated World Day of Social Justice with an afternoon of music and poetry and asked for audience donations. !
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NOM For All Moms!
By partnering with a student cooking club called NOM^3, we sold and delivered snack boxes on campus.!
131.89
Yoga for Human Rights!
We offered a free outdoor yoga class and encouraged voluntary donations.!
Share the Goodness! We partnered with Pinkberry, who gave us 10% of their profits for every coupon we distributed.!
NOMBoxes!
We partnered with the same student cooking club, NOM^3, then baked and sold cupcakes on campus. !
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TOTAL FUNDS RAISED FOR GWED-G ! IN 2010 – 2011:!
$14,639.73
Since 2009, GlobeMed at Columbia has raised a total of $21,606.73 to support GWEDG’s economic empowerment, HIV/AIDS, and women’s rights initiatives in Gulu, Uganda. !
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR
"Hearing Dr. Por tnoy was incredibly inspiring. He shared so many amazing stories of both struggle and triumph. It was an honor to work on the committee organizing this event, and judging by the high turnout, it was a complete success." - Nicole Dussault, GHU Coordinator
An Evening with Doctors Without Borders APRIL 18, 2011 In an effort to increase student dialogue and awareness about global health issues, GlobeMed at Columbia hosted a benefit dinner and discussion with Dr. Darin Portnoy, former president of the US section of Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Drawing from his experience as a physician with MSF, Dr. Portnoy sparked conversation by discussing some of the most glaring challenges faced by humanitarian aid organizations. The dinner also welcomed Denise Pease, a White House representative who attended the event as part of the Obama administration’s 100 Youth Roundtables initiative..! !
Link On for World AIDS Day DECEMBER 1, 2010
It started off as one red ribbon tied around a railing in the student center. A little while later, one dollar was dropped in the collection box, and another ribbon was tied to the first. The chain of ribbons extended along the ramp, all linked to one another to represent solidarity in the fight against HIV/AIDS—the focus of our project with GWED-G this year. Ultimately, World AIDS Day succeeded in raising awareness and informing people about GlobeMed's mission.!
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CAMPAIGNS
GLOBALHEALTHU globalhealthU is a GlobeMed designed curriculum that enables students to develop a critical understanding of issues in global health and apply this knowledge! to their work with communities around the world!
by the numbers
29 DISCUSSIONS!
09 EVENTS!
07 TOPICS! This year, globalhealthU was a vital component of our chapter’s process of critical thinking and reflection on different topics in global health. Through our lively discussions and debates, we forged a deeper understanding of the various interdisciplinary health issues that affect the world today. These discussions helped us not only connect more deeply with each other, but also opened our eyes to the issues facing GWED-G and strengthened our commitment to our partnership. GhU is the time when we step back from our campaigns and fundraisers and examine why we are so committed to global health in the first place. In addition, one of the main goals for ghU this year was to create a more interactive and engaging curriculum. Our chapter especially enjoyed the competitive games, such as “fact from a hat,” in which we performed a comparative analysis of LGBTQ statistics between Uganda and the United States. We also hosted an unprecedented number of ghU campus events, including an incredibly successful panel of graduate students from the Mailman School of Public Health and a dinner with the former president of Doctors Without Borders.!
PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORKS OF! GLOBAL HEALTH! ! INFECTIOUS DISEASES! ! CONFLICT AND GLOBAL HEALTH! ! FOOD AND NUTRITION! ! LGBTQ AND GLOBAL HEALTH! ! GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH! ! RELIGION AND GLOBAL HEALTH!
ON – CAMPUS EVENTS
"This fight for global justice will be won by an army of compassionate people who think globally and who come together and understand the world as it truly is today." -Deogratias Niyizonkiza
Roundtable with Village Health Works NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Deogratias Niyizonkiza, featured in Tracy Kidder's The Strength in What Remains, and other staff from VHW gathered with students for an intimate discussion about VHW's work, the power of communities as agents of change, and what it means to be mindful of social justice when working with impoverished populations.!
Global Health Grad Student Q&A MARCH 28, 2011
Co-sponsored by Columbia's American Medical Students Association, this panel featured five students from the Mailman School of Public Health from different areas of interest. The speakers addressed an audience of over 50 people on the nature of different career paths in public health, and the diversity of the skill sets needed to pursue them.!
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COMMUNITY BUILDING Through service and team-building events, community and camaraderie is fostered around global health and social justice within GlobeMed chapters, the GlobeMed network and surrounding communities. !
! TOTAL # OF CHAPTER MEMBERS:! ! # OF COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS:! ! !
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This year brought a large increase in members and with it, different group dynamics and new challenges. Community building events such as retreats, movie and a dinner nights, and karaoke in the fall semester provided opportunities for our members to bond and grow stronger as a GlobeMed family. We got over our stage freight while belting it out at karaoke after a gorgeous GlobeMed Gala, complete with friends and delicious food. During our second semester, we came even farther with a second successful retreat and a campus wide Easter Egg Hunt. Events such as these were vital in ensuring that our chapter operated as a cohesive unit that could have fun and enjoy each other's company. Our genuine connection to one another drives our passion for global health, and makes our work with our partner more effective.!
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
What do you fight for?
WE ASKED OVER 34 PEOPLE
GLOBEMED AT COLUMBIA joined 31 other GlobeMed chapters across the nation in a network-wide commemoration of the 3rd Annual World Day of Social Justice on February 20, 2011, by asking students, professors, and community members on campus an open-ended, thought provoking question relating to social justice. ! ! OUR QUESTION: What do you fight for?! ! BEHIND THE SCENES: We chose "What do you fight for?" as our World Day of Social Justice question because it could be answered in a few words, but the spontaneity of the question guaranteed a candid and honest answer that really reflected what the participant found most important. Using the word "fight" instead of "hope" or "wish" elicited a more passionate response, and emphasized action toward something more personal to the participants. From humorous to incredibly moving, each response came with a unique story that contributed to the diversity of our responses. ! ! ! MORE WDSJ ACTION -----------------------------------! ! Sound Off for Social Justice: On WDSJ, we held an open mic at a campus café where participants sang songs, performed poetry, and debuted eclectic original compositions all in the name of social justice.! ! ! ! AT ! COLUMBIA.
HERE’S HOW THEY RESPONDED >>
PHOTO RESPONSES
GlobeMed at Columbia asked 34 people to answer the question,
What do you fight for? !
View more responses: www.imagine2030.org/wdsj
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WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
2011 GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT
2011 DELEGATES: Sewa Adekoya, Nicole Dussault, Livy Low, Jessica Northridge, Lillian Jin, Nicole Klein, Karina Yu, Kathryn Lau, Lexa Koenig!
"The summit was the first time that I became fully aware of the sheer magnitude and strength of our GlobeMed network. I was inspired by how the Summit allowed us to experience the fullness of our shared passion and explore our thoughts in small, intimate groups." ! !
-- Karina Yu, c/o 2013!
April 7 – 10 in Evanston, IL! Featuring Honorary Keynote!
DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE! Chief Medical Officer, ! Partners in Health!
GlobeMed helped me understand that working in global health isn't just about providing resources for healthcare -- it's about giving people the tools to better their own lives. Because of GlobeMed, I now have a fundamental perspective that motivates me to continue working to give marginalized populations the medical care they need to be in a position to advocate for themselves. I have learned that illness takes away peoples' agency; effective healthcare empowers. – Sarah Lopatin, Barnard College, c/o 2011!
Reflecting on a year of challenge and growth, our chapter will approach the future with greater confidence in our leadership, grasp of global issues, and ability to serve as an instrumental partner to GWED-G. ! ! We plan to take a number of concrete steps in the next year. For example, we are working to make New York City a regional hub for GlobeMed activity by hosting the first regional summit of northeastern chapters, and by laying the foundation for an active alumni network.! ! In terms of our projects, we plan to strengthen and expand the structures for HIV/AIDS prevention that we have already created in Northern Uganda. In addition, we hope to continue to increase our membership, strengthen our partnership, and connect with more local members of the Gulu communities. We will adapt to the needs of Gulu, and take action to ensure that those who deserve a healthier, more dignified standard of living realize that fundamental right. ! ! Our vision extends far beyond the upcoming year. As we enter an era of unprecedented global inequality, our role as advocates for equity in health becomes increasingly vital. Through our commitment to global health and acknowledgement of our shared responsibility, we are demonstrating that our generation may become characterized by activism rather than apathy, engagement rather than ignorance, and empathy rather than detachment. We are working together to make meaning in the context of unrelenting injustice.! ! Our donors provided us with unparalleled support this year, and made every single one of our accomplishments possible. While we cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity, we ask that you continue to help us reach more people. This is our collective call to action.! ! To get involved or support our work, please email columbia@globemed.org.!
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OUR FUTURE
CHAPTER FINANCES In 2010 – 2011, GlobeMed at Columbia raised $14,659.73 for GWED-G to support projects in Gulu, Uganda. CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
OPERATIONS!
TOTAL REVENUE!
Revenue! Events ! Individual Giving!
$3,666.17!
$3,666.17!
$10,393.56!
$10,393.56!
University Funding!
$775!
Corporations!
$775!
$600!
SUBTOTAL!
$14,659.73!
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS!
$600! $775!
OPERATIONS & GRANTS!
$15,434.73!
TOTAL!
Current Finances! Cash Reserves!
$1878.24!
2011-2012 University Funding! EXISTING BALANCE!
$1878.24! TBD!
$1878.24!
$1878.24!
Read more about our partner and project, and the GlobeMed network. www.globemed.org/columbia !
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Find our chapter on www.razoo.com/story/Globe-Med-At-Columbia and make a donation to support our partner and project today.! !
WANT TO REACH US IN 2011 2012?
CONTACT: Livy Low E-MAIL: columbia@globemed.org
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STAY CONNECTED
EXECUTIVE BOARD Co-Presidents!
Livy Low • livy.low@gmail.com! Jessica Northridge • jess.northridge@gmail.com!
Directors of globalhealthU!
Nicole Dussault • dussault2020@gmail.com! Menaka Dhingra • mdhingra1993@gmail.com!
Campaign Coordinators!
Kathryn Lau • klau314@gmail.com! Lexa Koenig • lexakoenig@gmail.com!
Director of Community Building!
Abby Pucker • app2122@gmail.com!
Director of Finances!
Nicole Klein • nklein28@gmail.com!
Director of GROW! Director of Communications!
Diane Wang • dianewang11@gmail.com! Sewa Adekoya • ohayshay@gmail.com! Gaby Dressler • gabrielle.dressler@gmail.com!
A sincere thanks to the following advocates, mentors, donors, and colleagues for making our 2010 – 2011 year a great success:!
INDIVIDUALS! ! Alastair Ager, Mailman School of Public Health Darin Portnoy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Deogratias Niyizonkiza and Melino Ndayizigiye, Village Health Works Leslie Roberts, Mailman School of Public Health Linnea Capps, Doctors for Global Health Mary Lou Larkin, Haiti Marycare Prabjhot Singh, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Sonia Sachs, The Earth Institute, Columbia University T. Richard Corcoran, Health GAP Wafaa El-Sadr, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Wei Wei Hsing, Acumen Fund
ORGANIZATIONS! Children Affected by AIDS Foundation Pinkberry AllianceBerstein
GlobeMed | National Office! ! ! MAIL! WEBSITE! www.globemed.org! P.O. Box 292! Evanston, IL 60204! ! ! PHONE! E-MAIL! 847.467.2143! info@globemed.org  ! ! GlobeMed 2010 – 2011 Board of Directors! ! Marjorie Craig Benton! Paurvi Bhatt! Jobi Cates! David W. Cromer, MD! Lee Greenhouse (Treasurer)! Brian T. Hanson (Chair)! Ken Lehman! Erin Linville! Peter Luckow! Jenny Merdinger! Victor Roy! Keith Sarpolis, MD (Secretary)! GlobeMed is a 501(c)(3) independent non-profit based in Evanston, Illinois,! with chapters at 32 universities across the United States. !