Kicking the blog into gear
Posted by Peter Luckow on August 15, 2008
The series of tubes that make up the internet are connecting people throughout the world in unprecedented ways. As the internet has become increasingly accessible in the developing world, it has become an essential tool for communicating with our partners around the world. Additionally, we have begun to use various web …Keep Reading
Chapter websites have arrived!
Posted by Peter Luckow on August 14, 2008
I'm thrilled to announce that we have just launched our first chapter website! GlobeMed at Northwestern worked closely with the Central Staff over the past two months to develop the design and content for their website. Over the next few weeks, several other well-established chapters will be launching chapter websites as …Keep Reading
GlobeMed’s Values - excerpts from speech delivered at annual Summit
Posted by Victor Roy on April 6, 2008
The following contains excerpts from a speech delivered by GlobeMed's Executive Director, Victor Roy, at the benefit dinner which concluded GlobeMed's second Annual Global Health Summit on April 5th in Evanston, IL. “Each of the students in this room, and I would suspect, all of us in this room - otherwise …Keep Reading
GlobeMed: Taking the road of pragmatic solidarity
Posted by Peter Luckow on February 4, 2008
Our generation has come to an important crossroads. At this moment, interest in the work of advancing health and social justice is at an unprecedented high. We have reached the time where we must choose to continue on the path of charity or to embark on a new path of …Keep Reading
To hell with good intentions
Posted by Anthony Esparaz on January 21, 2008
At last year’s GlobeMed Global Health Summit, Professor Michael Diamond from Northwestern University led a workshop on “Going Beyond Compassion”. In it, Dr. Diamond introduced a completely different, moreover discouraging, assertion that is often not considered by global health student-volunteers: is it possible that the efforts of major relief programs, like …Keep Reading
Exploring the growing student interest in global health and activism
Posted by Victor Roy on January 13, 2008
The growing number of students interested in global health and poverty issues across the US is apparent and encouraging. Universities are creating new programs at both undergraduate and medical schools, new student-founded groups are attempting to tackle the issues, and more students want to travel to work and volunteer directly with …Keep Reading
