Know. Dare. Act. | PHR Student Blog

Hosted by PHR and Cornell Medical Student Chapter
Saturday, September 27, 10:30 am-5 pm
Weil Cornell Medical School, New York City, NY (directions)

Join students from throughout the Northeast Region. Learn together and share ideas and connect with others in the health and human rights community. The Regional Advocacy Institute features notable experts and experienced PHR national staff. We will tackle critical health and human rights issues and develop skills in effective organizing.

Institute sessions will include:

• Making the Link Between Health and Human Rights: Gerald E. Thomson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University and Board of Directors, PHR
• PHR: Our Role and Our Impact: Peter Witzler, Health Action AIDS Student Organizer, PHR
• Health Rights=Healthy Women: the Feminization of AIDS: Sarah Kalloch, Outreach and Constituency Organizing Director, PHR
• Broken Laws, Broken Lives: US Torture and the Role of Health Professionals: Dr. Leanh Nguyen, PhD, NYU Program for Survivors of Torture and Clinical Evaluator for PHR’s report Broken Laws, Broken Lives
• The Media as a Vehicle for Change
• Workshop Sessions on Event Planning, Campaigning, Recruitment, Influencing Policy Makers and other topics.

Register to attend PHR’s Know, Dare, Action Northeast Advocacy Institute.

Update 9/3:

Help Publicize the Institute to friends, colleagues and classmates:

Northeast Chapter Leader Recruitment Plan 

Use the Tell-a-Friend email tool
Join our Facebook Group and invite others to join
Use the Share this button below to post on social networking sites 
Hang this poster up and distribute this flyer around your campus
Send this email to your chapter list-serve and other campus groups

Update:
Presentations now available for download

Making the Link Between Health and Human Rights: Gerald E. Thomson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University and Board of Directors, PHR
PHR’s Role and Student’s Impact: Pete Witzler, Health Action AIDS Student Program Organizer
Health Rights=Healthy Women: the Feminization of AIDS: Sarah Kalloch, Director of Outreach and Constituency organizing
Broken Laws, Broken Lives: US Torture and the Role of Health Professionals: Scott Allen, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Alpert Medical School Brown University, Medical Advisor to PHR’s Campaign Against Torture

Workshop Sessions
Recruitment
8 Steps of Effective Advocacy
Influencing Policy Makers
District Meeting Talking Points for PEPFAR Thank-You Meetings
Event Planning
Using the Media
Letters to the Editor

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