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J.B. Grant International Health Society

2005-2006 J.B. Grant Society Events

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June 6, 2006
Boys of Baraka Student Reunion
*View a picture of the event: Picture1

May 20, 2006
Final MPH Class Party at Radia's House

May 18, 2006
MPH Graduation Celebration
Joint Anna Baetjer Society, MPH Office and JB Grant Society Party and Cookie Potluck

May 5, 2006
Students traveled to New York City to visit the United Nations.

April 26, 2006
Dr. Goldfield
Executive Director of Healing Across the Divides, an organization which serves to improve the health of Israelis and Palestinians.

April 25, 2006
Toture 101: Evaluating Torture Survivors in Emergency Room Settings
Rachel Porter speaks about her experiences with Doctors of the World.

April 8, 2006
International Health Conference - With Dignity: Women's Health and Human Rights
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Feinstone Hall

April 7, 2006
Washington D.C. Field Trip for World Health Day
A group of students is traveling to Washington for a variety of events:
1. Mock Disaster Relief Training at the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
2. Meetings with the EPA Offices of Water and International Affairs
3. Meeting with the Health Policy Director for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
4. Touring the Capitol with Senator Sarbannes's staff members

April 4, 2006
Film Screening and Laughter Session: The Laughing Club of India
4:00-5:30 PM
Anna Baetjer Room (1st floor of the Wolfe Street Building)
Jackie Kwan, MSW, will engage students in a laughter session after the film is finished.

March 6, 2006
Mock Interviews: Catholic Relief Services
Members of the J.B. Grant Society traveled with Professor Earl Wall to Catholic Relief Services for a mock interviews.

February 27, 2006
Panel: Balancing Work and Family in International Work
Joanne Katz, ScD, Radia Daoussi, MA, MA, Earl Wall, MS, and Laura Caulfield, PhD, discussed the family challenges associated with careers in international health. They focused on parenting children in a variety of settings.

February 16, 2006
Charles Theatre Movie and Discussion: The Boys of Baraka
The J.B. Grant Society provided a free viewing of the documentary at the Charles Theatre for 500 students, faculty members, and specially invited community members. Eleven students from the school attended and graciously responded to the audience's questions after the screening.

February 6, 2006
Movie and Discussion: The Boys of Baraka
A specially invited group of faculty members and outside guests previewed a prerelease version of the documentary, which follows the experience of Baltimore inner-city youth that attended middle school in Kenya for one to two years. Four students from the school and one of the students' families attended and graciously responded to questions.

January 27, 2006
Dinner: International Potluck Dinner
The J.B. Grant Society and African Public Health Network cosponsored an international potluck dinner at the home of Radia Daoussi and her family.

January 26, 2006
Speaker: Stephen Lewis
The UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, who is listed by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005, talked about his position on HIV and public health in Africa. Mr. Lewis is currently a Commissioner for the World Health Organization's commission on the Social Determinants of Health, with former tenures as special advisor on Africa to the UN Secretary-General, and deputy executive director of UNICEF. Mr. Lewis is a Senior Advisor to the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and is a director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which is dedicated to easing the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

January 13-22, 2006
International Service Trip: Nicaragua
A group of society members traveled to Nicaragua with Bridges to Community, Inc. to take on a variety of building, medical, and health education projects. Click here for more information.

December 14, 2006
Report Launch: UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report 2006
J.B. Grant hosted the national release of "UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report 2006." The release featured a welcome by Michael Klag, Dean of JHSPH, and discussions by Rudolph Knippenberg, Principal UNICEF Advisor on Health Policies and Systems, Andrea Rossi, UNICEF's Focal Point for Child Trafficking and Migration, and Christine Sarbanes, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region's U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
Click here to view the official poster announcement.
Click here to view Dr. Knippenberg's presentation.
Click on the following numbers for images from the event: 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.

December 13-14, 2005
Fundraiser: UNICEF
J.B. Grant members assisted UNICEF representatives in raising money via holiday card sales at JHSPH concurrent with the release of the UNICEF State of the World's Children Report 2006.

December 9, 2005
Speaker: Les Roberts
"A study of mortality in Iraq and a year of media spin."
Members of the whole Hopkins community attended the discussion.

December 8, 2005
Movie and Discussion Panel: The Boys of Baraka
Members of the J.B. Grant Society previewed a prerelease version of a documentary covering the experience of Baltimore inner-city youth that attended a Kenyan middle school for one to two years. Three students from the school attended and graciously responded to questions for the society's members.

November 4, 2005
Field Trip: Washington D.C.
Members of the J.G. Grant Society traveled to D.C. for a day of meetings with the groups listed below followed by a happy hour social event.

U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Population Services International (PSI)
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Futures Group

November 2, 2005
Fundraiser: Spy Club fundraiser for the Nicaragua Trip for Public Health Programming featuring
*Celebrity Bartenders: John McGready, Marie Diener-West, and Peter Winch
*Raffle and auction for prizes
*View pictures of the event: Picture 1, Picture 2

October 22, 2005
Service soccer tournament with refugee kids in Patterson Park, Baltimore
Volunteers picked-up kids, refereed, coached, played, and generally served as fans!

October 21, 2005
Workshop: Career Mapping
Mr. Massimo Toschi, a United Nations Human Rights Advocate, discussed planning careers in the U.N. and international NGOs.

September 27, 2005
Meeting: Discussing the Year Ahead
J.B. Grant Society Members and the J.B. Grant Board

September 23, 2005
Q&A: Paul Farmer Fields J.B. Grant Society Questions
Paul Farmer, Founder of Partners in Health

September 23, 2005
Informal Discussion: International Health and the PIH Movement
Paul Farmer, Founder of Partners in Health

September 21, 2005
Presentation: Human Rights in Haiti Since the Coup d'etat
Ann Sosin, The Sole Independent Human Rights Investigator in Haiti

September 15, 2005
Presentation: The Population Problem
Bill Butz, CEO of the Population Reference Bureau

August 18, 2005
2005-2006 Officer Elections

August 18, 2005
Global Campaign for Microbicides
Megan Gottemoeller
Click here for presentation

Powerpoint presentations and other relevant links from each event will be posted here shortly after the event ends.

Full List of 2004-2005 Events