"Mobilizing and Engaging Communities for Global Health" Conference

Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30th, 2008
Indiana University, Bloomington
BUS (School of Business) Room 109
The School of Business (original building) is at the corner of 10th St and Fee Lane (front doors on 10th), across from the Arboretum and main IU Wells Library

AID believes in a world where the U.S. works with the international community to protect children’s health and to reduce the highly preventable death toll of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. AID’s strategy is to build awareness across the next generation about the importance of robust U.S. support for global health. At this leadership summit, attendees will receive background on global health issues, such as what the US is doing about global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB, the link between reproductive rights and maternal and child health, as well as how access to clean water impacts health globally.
The first day of the conference will focus of teaching students about the issues mentioned above, and talk about some of the legislation in progress right now, including PEPFAR reauthorization (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and the Growth Act.  The second day of the conference will focus on providing attendees with tactics they can use to take action on these issues, how they can help make change locally and globally, and how they can help push these pieces of legislation, including meeting with their congresspeople, and doing phone and email action alerts.  The result will be informed, inspired young people that can work to mobilize their ccommunities to ensure global health issues are given greater attention in the national and international debate.

These summits will give student leaders background and leadership trainings to prepare them to be effective campus organizers and advocates on global health issues.  The summit will include a keynote address, a panel, multiple issue workshops, tactic sessions, breakout sessions for planning actions and campus events, and a debriefing.

General Agenda:

SATURDAY MARCH 29
10:00-10:30 Breakfast and registration - outside BUS 109
10:30-10:45 Welcome - BUS 109
10:45-11:30 Keynote— Dr. Lloyd Kolbe - Professor of Applied Health Science, Indiana University - BUS 109
11:30-12:45 Panel- “Addressing the Social Determinants of Health” - BUS 109

• Expert on Gender and Health – Kim Whipkey - CHANGE
• Expert on Education and Health – Antigone Barton - Pulitzer Center
• Expert on Trade and Access to Health –Kaytee Riek - HealthGAP
• Expert on Racism/Ethnicity and Health –Jacqui Patterson - ActionAID
• Expert on Environment and Health - Cassie Gardener - Sierra Club

12:45-1:30 LUNCH
1:45-2:45 Panel- “Policies to Promote Access to Healthcare” - BUS 109

• Expert on the Pathway Act – Kim Whipkey - CHANGE
• Expert on PEPFAR – Antigone Barton - Pulitzer Center
• Expert on PEPFAR Reauthorization –Kaytee Riek - HealthGAP

2:45-4:00 Workshops - BUS 300, 304, 306, 313

• “Women, Global Health, and the U.S. Response” - Kim Whipkey -CHANGE

• “AIDS in the Caribbean and Changing Health Care” - Antigone Barton - Pulitzer Center

• “Reproductive Health and the Environment” - Cassie Gardener - Sierra Club
• “Trading Away Health: US Trade Policy and Access to Medicines” - Kaytee Riek - HealthGAP

4:00-4:15      Debrief - BUS 109
5:30-7 Optional Film Screening - "SASA" - BUS 109

SUNDAY March 30
10:00-10:15 Breakfast and registration - outside BUS 109
10:15-10:30 Welcome - BUS 109
10:30-11:30 Panel: “Grassroots Successes” - Hear success stories from student leaders and young organizers; learn how you can make change on your campus and in your community! – BUS 109

• Alison Case - Depauw University student, AID Buzzcuts finalist
• Heidi Reed - IU-Bloomington alumni, Indiana University School of Law
• Adjoa Tetteh - University of Chicago alumni, Sierra Club's Global Population and Environment Program
• Scott Ryan - IU Bloomington student, Sigma Phi Epsilon and YouthAIDS organizer
• Rishi Rattan - University of Illinois Chicago medical student, Americans Medical Students Association organizer

11:45-1:00 Workshops and Lunch – “Skills for Effective Organizing” - BUS 300, 304, 306, 313

• Campus Recruitment and Effective Organizing - Rishi Rattan - AMSA
• Advocacy Tactics - Kaytee Riek - HealthGAP
• How to Work with the Media - Antigone Barton - Pulitzer Center
• Campaign Strategy - Kim Whipkey - CHANGE

1:00-1:45 Planning Actions – Students will break up by school/city to plan their actions  - BUS 300, 304, 306, 313
1:45-2:15 Report back on what groups are planning - BUS 109
2:30-3:30 Connecting Local and Global- Closing Plenary- Jacqui Patterson - ActionAID - BUS 109
3:30-4 Debrief, Closing and Next Steps - Courtney Matson - AID- BUS 109

Through this initiative, we seek to educate young people, and their broader communities, in the role they can play as individuals in fighting global disease, as well as providing training for policy advocacy.  We hope that the conferences will inspire more activism on campuses and communities, as well as nationally and globally.  We also hope that this conference sparks more lasting action among students and young people.

We strive to inspire students and young people to learn more about global health issues and policy solutions.  We hope that as a result of this conference, you develop opinions and work toward shared goals that will create positive change and lead to increased concern for global health issues in the national dialogue on America’s future role in the world.

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Questions? Email courtney@aidemocracy.org