Attend a Regional Advocacy Institute

Regional Advocacy Institutes are free day-long workshops where you will meet other PHR chapters, learn about PHR’s work and develop the advocacy skills you need to work alongside PHR to demand health, dignity and justice. We’re pleased to announce the dates and locations of this fall’s Institutes:

• October 23, 2010 in Chicago, IL
• November 13, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
• December 4, 2010 in Boston, MA

I’ll soon email you to invite you to sign up. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with other students and develop your ability to advocate for health and human rights.

Visit our new website for new tools

Today, we’re launching a new website to make it easy to use the resources we develop for you. You’ll find a new Student Chapter Toolkit to help you establish and manage your Chapter, materials to recruit new members, reports about PHR’s human rights research, and ideas for events, actions, and advocacy.

Create your profile and register your chapter

You may have already created or updated your profile and registered your Chapter. Chapters must register every year. If so – thank you! If not – here’s your chance! Registration allows you to connect with other students, residents, and faculty, to share ideas and resources. Update your profile to tell the community more about you.

Start a new Chapter

If you’re interested in starting a new Chapter, please register and let us know! I will also host Chapter Development sessions to meet students interested in starting new Chapters in Seattle, San Francisco, and Palo Alto. Let me know if you’re interested!

Get ready for a National Action

Three times a year, Chapters coordinate their advocacy on a single urgent issue, such as last April’s Global Health Week of Action. PHR Chapters, residents, young health professionals, and faculty join together to raise awareness on their campus and lead targeted advocacy. It’s a powerful way to get our legislators’ attention. The first National Action will take place this October – look for information soon!

In the year ahead, please use the PHR National Student Program resources and community for whatever cause or campaign that appeals to you personally and professionally.

Attend a Regional Advocacy Institute

Regional Advocacy Institutes are free day-long workshops where you will meet other PHR chapters, learn about PHR’s work and develop the advocacy skills you need to work alongside PHR to demand health, dignity and justice. We’re pleased to announce the dates and locations of this fall’s Institutes:

• October 23, 2010 in Chicago, IL
• November 13, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
• December 4, 2010 in Boston, MA

I’ll soon email you to invite you to sign up. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with other students and develop your ability to advocate for health and human rights.

Visit our new website for new tools

Today, we’re launching a new website to make it easy to use the resources we develop for you. You’ll find a new Student Chapter Toolkit to help you establish and manage your Chapter, materials to recruit new members, reports about PHR’s human rights research, and ideas for events, actions, and advocacy.

Create your profile and register your chapter

You may have already created or updated your profile and registered your Chapter. Chapters must register every year. If so – thank you! If not – here’s your chance! Registration allows you to connect with other students, residents, and faculty, to share ideas and resources. Update your profile to tell the community more about you.

Start a new Chapter

If you’re interested in starting a new Chapter, please register and let us know! I will also host Chapter Development sessions to meet students interested in starting new Chapters in Seattle, San Francisco, and Palo Alto. Let me know if you’re interested!

Get ready for a National Action

Three times a year, Chapters coordinate their advocacy on a single urgent issue, such as last April’s Global Health Week of Action. PHR Chapters, residents, young health professionals, and faculty join together to raise awareness on their campus and lead targeted advocacy. It’s a powerful way to get our legislators’ attention. The first National Action will take place this October – look for information soon!

In the year ahead, please use the PHR National Student Program resources and community for whatever cause or campaign that appeals to you personally and professionally.

This year, in keeping with the 2009 theme of Universal Access and Human Rights, we’re dedicating World AIDS Day and Human Rights Day to getting the United States to ratify the Convention to End All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

Join us for the 10,000 in 10 campaign, which aims to collect ten thousand signatures for US ratification of CEDAW during the ten days between World AIDS Day (Dec 1) and Human Rights Day (Dec 10)!

There are a variety of opportunities to join the national action, depending on your interest and capacity:

1. Mobilize the health professional student and faculty communities to urge the US to ratify CEDAW as a step forward in protecting women’s rights and health. PHR is doing this in partnership with a number of other organizations, allowing for a greater national movement. Our challenge to each PHR chapter: collect 100 signatures of support for CEDAW from your community.
2. Host educational events on campuses nationwide about women, HIV, and the human rights context/approach.
3. Organize an in-district meeting with your Senator to personally deliver the signatures you collect and urge him or her to support CEDAW.

As you plan your school’s involvement in World AIDS Day, download our 2009 World AIDS Day Toolkit to receive educational & organizing resources to reach out to students and faculty, organize successful events, and educate members of your community. And stay tuned to the Student Blog for more hands-on advocacy resources available mid-November.