AIDS Walk this Sunday, CareNow LA next Saturday, & Ethiopia!

Hey everyone,

If you haven’t registered for the AIDS Walk this Sunday, please do so! We have drivers, so don’t worry about getting there. It should be a lot of fun. Please see the event page for information on how to register and RSVP.

Also, we will be selling AIDS Walk buttons on Trousdale this Wednesday and Thursday between 10-2. Stop by, grab a button for $2, a Diddy Riese cookie for $1, and support your club!

Next Saturday is CareNow LA, so also be sure to sign up for that team. This event is within walking distance at the Coliseum.

Also, exciting news: We are currently in the works of planning a trip to Ethiopia next summer! In country, we will be doing a research project at 2 universities, working alongside Ethiopian public health students. The trip will be about 2 weeks. That is all the details we have now, but we will have applications for interested members early next semester. Club involvement will be heavily accounted for in the application process.

Have a good week!

- USC GHC

 

General Meeting THIS Wednesday, and Some More Updates:

Hey guys,

This Wednesday come out to this month’s general meeting! We will be discussing upcoming projects and events as well as forming our committees: Local Projects, Global Projects, Fundraising, and Public Relations. The chairs will be there to answer any questions and get all you started with their committee. You do NOT have to apply to join one, and if you can’t make the meeting but still would like to join please email us at uscglobalhealthclub@gmail.com. The meeting is at 7 PM in VKC 150.

The AIDS Walk Los Angeles is in 2 weeks, so make sure to register online and invite all of your friends to walk with us! See the Event Page for information on how to register, and to RSVP to our club email. The walk will take place through a park in West Hollywood, so this is a great chance to explore LA while walking for a good cause. Some drivers have already volunteered and there is a bus that goes directly to the park from SC, so don’t hesitate to sign up because of transportation. If you can drive, please also let us know this.

The “Fight on Against AIDS” buttons we will be selling as a fundraiser for AIDS Walk have arrived, and we will be tabling on Trousdale this week and next to sell them. We will also have them for sale at our meeting this Wednesday. Each button is $2. It would be really great if everyone could try to sell them on their own to friends/family/roommates/floor etc., so make sure to come to the meeting and pick some up if you can.

Also, this month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The bookstore is selling t-shirts to support breast cancer research and the Norris Cancer Center. This month THINK PINK!

Upcoming Events:

10/5 – Club Meeting, VKC 150 7pm

10/12 – Beyond the Career, Beyond the Profit. This event aims to show students how to leverage their degrees in the non-profit, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship sectors and will feature a panel of speakers in executive level positions among various non-profit organizations. Check out the facebook event https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199114886823935 for more information.

10/15 – IGH Grant applications due

10/16 – AIDS Walk (RSVP)

10/18 – GLOBAL HEALTH LECTURE SERIES BACK to BACK to BACK!

- Pharmaceuticals for Humanity, 12-1, The Forum at the Campus Center

- Paul Farmer, Visions and Voices, 4, Bovard

- Tracy Kidder, USC Spectrum, 7, Bovard

10/22 – CareNow LA (RSVP)

10/29 – charity:water Water bottle fundraiser before home game

Global Health Student Panel Recap + Charity:Water for Saturday’s game!

Hey everyone,

This Saturday we will be selling water bottles before the game (about an hour or so prior to kickoff) for $2. We need people to help us distribute these. All proceeds from water bottle sales will go to charity:water, a nonprofit that provides safe and clean drinking water to developing nations. Please email us at uscglobalhealthclub@gmail.com with your name and phone number if you are interested in helping out–the more the merrier!

Also, thanks for coming out to the Global Health Student Panel that was held on Wednesday! We had a great turnout, and hope you enjoyed listening to the presenters. More information on the grants you can apply for through the Institute for Global Health can be found here. Below is additional information regarding the grant informational session meeting being held next week by the Institute:

Student Grant Opportunity!

The Global Health Research Immersion Grants support hands-on research experiences in low- or middle-income countries or within international institutions engaged in global health research and practice. The program supports travel and field research. Students are encouraged to apply as an interdisciplinary team.

All USC undergraduate, graduate, and pre-doctoral students are eligible for the research immersion program.

Info Session: Thursday, October 6^th at 4PM
Location: VKC 203
University Park Campus
Grant Due Date: October 24, 2011

LEARN MORE AND APPLY ONLINE: http://globalhealth.usc.edu click on Grant Programs

Have a great weekend!

- USC GHC

Thanks to everyone who came out to Togos last night!

Hey guys,

Thanks to those of you who made it out to Togos last night for the Great American Dine-out! Between all of us, we raised close to $100–100% of which the owner of Togos has agreed to donate to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.

Hope you guys had fun and enjoyed your sandwiches!

Also, remember, next week is our Global Health Student Research Panel, which will be held Wednesday at 7 PM in VKC 150. Definitely an event you don’t want to miss, plus the Institute for Global Health is providing FREE FOOD!

See y’all next week,

- USC GHC

UPDATE ON THE GREAT AMERICAN DINE-OUT!

• Hey everyone,

  The manager of Togos has agreed to DONATE 100% OF WHAT OUR CLUB ONLY SPENDS ON DINNER tomorrow night to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry (The Great American Dine-out campaign). This is a special arrangement he made with us because he was so happy that we are coming out as a club to donate to this amazing cause.

  PLEASE, if you are free, join us at Togos tomorrow night! Not only will it be a fun club-bonding experience, but you also get food AND will be helping to end childhood hunger in the US at the same time!

  If you would like to come, please try to RSVP on our website so we know how many people to wait for.

  Even if you don’t RSVP though, feel free to meet us at TroGro at 7 PM–we are walking over from there. Bring your friends!

  If you need to contact us last minute/arrive late and need to find us, please call/text Chelsea at (203) 313-3514.

  Bring $5 for food.

  See you all tomorrow!

  - Chelsea & Meghan, USC GHC Co-Presidents

FaceAIDS

Global Health in the USC Community…

Come to the first meeting of FaceAIDS at USC this Tuesday! At over 210 campus chapters, FaceAIDS students are organizing their communities, educating their peers, advocating for change, and fundraising for comprehensive health care and global health equity.

At our first meeting, we will be discussing the LA AIDS walk, the annual FaceAIDS Fall Conference at Stanford University, fundraising efforts on campus, and available leadership positions in the club. Meeting is on Tuesday, September 13 at 6:30 PM in VKC 106. Hope to see you there!

Happy Saturday!

We have some newly-appointed members of Leadership Board, so make sure to check the page out to get to know who will be running GHC for the 2011-2012 school year! We had an amazing turnout for applications, and greatly appreciate everyone who took the time to fill one out and interview. Congrats to the new board members!

We will soon begin forming committees (Local Projects, Global Projects, and Fundraising), so stay tuned for information on how you can get involved.

On to information for the week…

This Wednesday, September 14th is our Global Health Awareness Week Meeting. If you are interested in helping to plan this week of global-health related events in the spring, please come to the meeting! We need people for a variety of positions to spearhead planning efforts. GHAW is going to be a lot of fun, and this year we’re hoping to make it bigger and better than ever before. The meeting will be held at 7 PM in VKC 150.

If you haven’t already, RSVP/register for some of our upcoming events! See the Event page for more details.

September:

• The Great American Dine-out Dinner at Togos: Wednesday, September 21 at 7 PM–We’d love to get as many people as possible to attend this one, because it’s going to be our first club social event as well as for a great cause!
• Global Health Student Research Panel: Wednesday, September 28 at 7 PM in VKC 150

October:

• AIDS Walk Los Angeles: Sunday, October 16th
• CareNow LA: Saturday, October 22nd

Since we have events planned every Wednesday for the rest of September, we won’t be having another general club meeting until the first weekend of October. Try to make it to the events if you can! If you are also interested in attending executive board meetings, please feel free. These meeting times will be posted under the Calendar page. Committees may also meet separately once they have been formed.

Have a great week,

- USC GHC

Hey everyone!

THANKS again to everyone who came out to help with the Ethiopian Book Drive last week! Check out the Photo Gallery for some cool photos from the event.

Now here are a few things to keep in mind…

Keep filling out leadership applications! We will be scheduling interviews during our normal meeting time, this Wednesday 9/7 at 7. If you have already filled out an application look out for an email from us with your scheduled time.

Next Wednesday, September 14, we will be having an informational meeting at 7 PM in VKC 150 for all those interested in helping out with this spring’s GLOBAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK! Volunteers from last year and our advisor, Ivette, will be attending the meeting. We’d love to have a lot of our members involved with the planning of this great event so hope to see you there.

Make sure you RSVP  for our upcoming events. If you don’t, we have no way of knowing you are coming (we need to know for funding purposes!):

• Wednesday, September 21, we will be having dinner at Togo’s for the Great American Dine Out, part of Share Our Strength’s campaign to end childhood hunger.
• Sunday, October 16, we will be participating in AIDs Walk Los Angeles as a club team.
• Saturday, October 22, we will be volunteering for Care Now LA (conveniently located at the Coliseum!). For this event you must also register through the Care Now website, instructions on how to do so can be found on our website.

Hope you all enjoyed the long weekend!

-USC GHC

Upcoming Events

Hey all!

To those of you who came out to tonight’s meeting, it was great meeting you–this semester already is looking awesome! For those of you who couldn’t make it, don’t worry. Make sure you are on our email list (if you aren’t getting our emails, be sure to fill out the Membership form above) and meeting minutes will be sent to you. Additionally, keep checking this site and our Facebook page to stay involved.

Applications for leadership positions are now active. Make sure to apply, even if you have no experience–we are looking for interested and passionate people to help us run the club, regardless of what you’ve done before! See the tab above, and get your application in by next Thursday at 5.

Upcoming events include:

Ethiopia Book Drive: Come help us organize medical texts to send to our partner medical school in Ethiopia! We will be going as a group to HSC on Thursday morning and Friday afternoon. Thursday we are meeting at the HSC tram stop (in front of the JEP house) at 8:30 AM and Meghan and I will be there until 11:30. Friday we are meeting at the tram stop at 3 PM and staying until later that afternoon (FREE PIZZA). Feel free to come/leave whenever you need to–the tram ride is short. If you do come apart from the group, please call/text me for directions: (203) 313-3514.

The Great American Dineout: Come to a club dinner at Togos on Vermont to help end childhood hunger in America! A great way to give back while enjoying some tasty sandwiches. This will be held on Wednesday, 9/21 at the usual meeting time (7 PM). RSVP on the Event RSVP Page–we need a rough head count so we know how much food to order. A minimal fee may be required (at most $5-$10, but we’re working on getting it entirely funded).

CareNow LA: Saturday, 10/22 from 12-5 PM. Come volunteer at the Coliseum to provide medical services to the uninsured members of the community! See the Event RSVP page for details on how to register through CareNow USA’s website. More information will be provided as the date nears. Contact Chelsea with any questions.

Other events for September include the Global Projects Student Panel and a fundraiser through Seattle’s Best. More information will be provided on these events once dates are finalized.

Have a great week guys, and hopefully see you at the book drive!

- Chelsea, Co-President

Informational Meeting Location and More!

Come on out to the first USC GHC informational meeting, this Wednesday, August 31st at 7 PM in WPH 207. Learn about our club, hear the upcoming events we have planned for this semester and beyond, and hear about how you can get involved immediately!

At the informational meeting, we will also be giving out information regarding available leadership positions for the 2011-2012 school year. If you can’t make it to the meeting, please feel free to fill out an application (see tab above) regardless. Applications will be due Thursday, September 8th, at 5PM. No experience necessary–if you have an interest in global health, we’re interested in having you on our board! Freshmen and upperclassmen alike, this is a great way to get involved in a leadership position at USC.

Want to get involved in USC GHC right away? Right now, we are in the middle of a book drive that will send medical textbooks to health workers in Ethiopia who do not have access to them. We have collected over 100 boxes of medical texts, and need help sorting them to ship out to the school in Ethiopia! This week, we will be taking the tram over to the Health Sciences Campus on Thursday morning and Friday afternoon. On Thursday, we will meet at the tram stop (in front of the JEP house, by the finger fountain) at 8:30 AM. Trams run every half hour, so if you need to come later or leave early you can come over on your own as well. On Friday, we will meet at the tram stop at 3:00 PM, but again feel free to come at your convenience. We will also have pizza for you all on Friday, so come get some free food!

Looking forward to seeing you all Wednesday!

-USC GHC