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.
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