How will my phone make an impact?

Every cell phone given to community health workers connects distant patients to a medical clinic. A $10 cell phone will give50 families access to emergency medical care, health information, transport services, and clinic resources.

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When your old phone is received by the recycling center, it is given a value. We’ll use this value to purchase appropriate, usable cell phones for community health workers at the medical clinics. The average donated phone in the US will allow us to purchase 2-3 cell phones for clinics.

Students For Global Health will be placing Hope Phone Donation Boxes around campus. You can…

The University series on Health and Human Rights presents Health as Human Right: persoectives from  Haitian Prisons.  Monday November 2, 2009 Brian Concannon Executive Director Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti will speak from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Living Learning Center Performance Hall. The even is being sponsored by University Housing, Clark Honors College, Oregon Humanities Center and the ASUO. Brian Concannon is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and has dedicated his time and effort to fighting for justice in Haiti. Please visit the Institue for Justice and Democracy in Haiti online. Institue for Justice &…

The first meeting of Fall term will be held Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in Gerlinger 248 on the University of Oregon Campus. The meeting will kick off the new school year and welcome new students. The meeting will be informative and informal. We welcome anyone who is interested in global health and social justice issues.

1. PANCAKE NIGHT II WRAP-UP: If you’re missing any items that we used for the Pancake fundraiser contact Caitlin at cconrad@uoregon.edu. Pancake Night II was not as successful as the first, so we’ve decided to indefinitely cancel any future pancake nights. Please let Caitlin know if you have any suggestions for future fundraising events that may be similar.
2. BENEFIT CONCERT JUNE 6TH: SGH is having one final fundraising event this Saturday June 6th at Agate Hall. The week prior we will have a large publicity push, and we need your help! We’ll be selling pre-sale tickets, tabling several times the week before,…

1. Welcome & Introductions. Question of the Day: What would you want to fall from the sky?
2. MEETING CHANGE: All further weekly meetings for the spring term of ‘09 will be held on Wednesdays at 6pm in the Knight Library room 322.
3. OSU CONFERENCE: A group of SGH students will attend an International Health and Development conference at OSU this upcoming weekend of May 16-17th. Contact Alex Goodell <alex@uoglobalhealth.org> if you’re interested in attending. The conference is free!
4. PHOTOGRAPHER/HISTORIAN: SGH is creating a new position for the 2009-2010 school year! We will have a position available for group photographer/historian. Contact Michelle if you’re interested…

No general meeting held. SGH went as a group to hear Greg Mortenson, co-author and subject of acclaimed book “3 Cups of Tea” speak at Mac Court stadium.

1. Welcome & Introductions. Question of the day: What was the best fundraiser you’ve participated in?
2. ANNOUNCEMENT: We will not have a general meeting on May 7th. SGH is going to see Greg Mortensen, co-author and subject of the acclaimed book, “Three Cups of Tea.” We will meet outside Esslinger at 6:30pm and walk over to Mac Court together. Get your FREE tickets ahead of time (http://www.tickets.uoregon.edu/3cups). Afterwards, we might go to Prince Pucklers Ice cream to discuss the talk!
3. ANNOUNCEMENT: We have modified our website! Check out our reading recommendations under “members section” or on the bottom right hand side of any…

1. Welcome & Introductions. Our meeting was condensed into 20 minutes of announcements. 
2. SLAVERY STILL EXISTS: After announcements, our group walked over to the PLC building to support the Slavery Still Exists lectures beginning at 7:30pm. The lectures taught students about the issue of human trafficking globally and locally. Human trafficking means the recruitment, harboring, or transportation of persons for the purposes of forced labor, indentured servitude or forced prostitution. An estimated 27 million human beings are enslaved in the world today. Of these 27 million, 80 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are children. 
3. UPCOMING EVENT: Michael Kaplan, Director…

1. Welcome to the second meeting of spring term! The rest of our meetings will be held in our usual room 122 in the Knight Library.
2. We want to get a book and film loan going between group members! If you’ve recently read or watched a book or movie related to health or social justice, you should bring it to our next meeting and make an announcement to the group. We’re also working on a recommended reading/viewing list for the website! Check it out soon!
3. UPCOMING EVENT: Michael Kaplan, Director of Cascade AIDS and speaker at our recent AIDS in Africa conference, will…

1.  Welcome to the first general meeting of Spring Term ‘09! 
2. Introductions (we had a lot of newbies thanks to publicity from the conference. yay!)
3. We discussed HIV/AIDS in Africa Conference highlights and brainstormed ways to improve for next time. Fruit of the brainstorm session: 1) We need more Q & A time in workshops 2) We need science speakers to make their presentations accessible to a non-science audience 3) We should offer free food to everyone to encourage further discussion 4) We should create some workshops that are geared towards specific majors, ex: How can you apply business skills to the AIDS…