Friday, August 5
Special Session on Volunteering Internationally and Within One's Own Community–FREE
(403 International Affairs Building, 118th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
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| 1:00-3:00PM
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Volunteering for Human Rights: An Overview, Stories and Doctors for Global Health
- Experience of volunteering in El Salvador: Shankar LeVine, DGH volunteer
- Current Topics in International Health: Jennifer Kasper, DGH President
- DGH, PHM and Accompaniment: Lanny Smith, Founding President of DGH
- Thinking on Your Feet: Discussions with Former DGH Volunteers
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| 3:00-5:00PM
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How to Get Involved?
- Essential Qualities of an International Volunteer: Group Discussion
- Act Locally: Denise Zwahlen, DGH Board Member
- Fundraising: Jennifer Kasper
- Moderated/Open Discussions with Past DGH Volunteers
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| 7:00PM-11:00PM |
Artistic Expression and Human Rights: An Evening of Film, Music and Friends |
Saturday, August 6 |
| 8:00AM-9:00AM |
Breakfast/Registration
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| 9:00AM-9:15AM |
Welcome!
Introductions
General Assembly Logistics
Sandy Kemp Scholarship Recipients
Hal and Cherry Clements Award
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| 9:15AM-9:45AM |
Ten Years of DGH: Successes and Challenges, Jennifer Kasper
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| 9:45AM-10:30AM |
DGH Beginnings: Accompaniment in Estancia, Lanny Smith, Ramiro Cortez Argueta, Steve Miller
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| 10:30AM-11:00AM |
Break
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| 11:00AM-12:30PM |
Keynote Address
Charlie Clements: I'll Bring You Hope When Hope is Hard to Find
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| 12:30PM-6:00PM |
Art Gallery Opening: Consecuencias, Curated by Nina Hein
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| 12:30PM-1:30PM |
Lunch (box lunches will be provided)
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| 1:30PM-2:10PM |
Overview of DGH Projects, Jennifer Kasper
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| 2:10PM-2:30PM |
Highlights from People's Health Assembly II, July 2005, Cuenca, Ecuador, Lanny Smith
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| 2:30PM-4:00PM |
Panel Discussion: Evaluating the Accompaniment Model from Both Sides of the Partnership
Moderator: Cathey Falvo
Community partners: Aurelia Martinez de Martinez (El Salvador), Juan Manuel Canales (Mexico), Gad Ruzaaza (Uganda)
DGH international volunteers: Masaya Kato (El Salvador), Sara Doorley (El Salvador), Jennifer Perry-Hidalgo (Nicaragua)
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| 4:00PM-4:30PM |
Break
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| 4:30PM-5:30PM |
DGH Board of Directors Election (read statements from the candidates)
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| 7:00PM-9:00PM |
Buffet Dinner, The West End, 2911 Broadway, between 113th and 114th St.
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Sunday, August 7 |
| 8:00AM-9:00AM |
Breakfast/Registration
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| 9:00AM-9:05AM |
Reconvene
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| 9:05AM-10:30AM |
Moderated Small Group Sessions
- People's Health Movement: From Cuenca to New York City, Denise Zwahlen, Moderator
- Promoting Education in Santa Marta: From Grade School to the University, Sara Doorley, Moderator
- Supporting Italian Families in Hosting Chernobyl and Beslan Children: An Example of the Work of "Pscologi Per I Popoli," Maria Teresa Fenoglio and Ester Chicco, Moderators
- Participatory Action Research, Sarah Zeller-Berkman and Kira Krenichyn, Moderators
- Ethics of International Health Research, Victor Penchaszadeh, Moderator
- Social Medicine, Matt Anderson, Moderator
- Working with Health Promoters, Saul Contreras Martinez, Moderator
- Organizing Among Women, Maria Magdalena Galicia and Linnea Capps, Moderators
- Working in Areas of Conflict, Juan Manuel Canales and Steve Miller, Moderators
- How to do Liberation Medicine, Dawn Martinez and Lanny Smith, Moderators
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| 10:30AM-11:00AM |
Break
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| 11:00AM-12:30PM |
Keynote Address
Kathy Kelly: Other Lands Have Dreams: Eyewitness to War, Occupation and Prison
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| 12:30PM-1:30PM |
Lunch (box lunches will be provided)
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| 1:30PM-3:00PM |
Panel Discussion: The Experience of Violence and the Power of Community to Foster Healing
Moderator: Dawn Martinez, Boston Liberation Health Group
Panelists: Grethel Sequeira, Founder of Mulukuku Women's Cooperative and Director of their community-based project to deal with domestic violence;
Rafael Mutis, Escuela Popular Norteña (EPN), Critical Resistance NYC and the Seven Neighborhood Action Partnership of JusticeWorks Community;
James Arana, Director of the Center for Education, Prevention and Action (Springfield, MA), formerly with Unitas in the South Bronx
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| 3:00PM-4:00PM |
Announcements
DGH GA Feedback
Closing Remarks
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