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GlobeMed at Berkeley Solidarity Statement
GlobeMed at Berkeley stands in solidarity with the Black community.
As a global health organization, we acknowledge that systemic racism is one of the most deeply rooted public health issues in our society. Our vision of a world with global health equity cannot be fulfilled without addressing the congenital matters of institutional, structural, interpersonal, and internalized racism, encompassing issues such as white supremacy, police brutality, overt and covert racism, color blindness, and anti-Blackness—all which only exacerbate the disparity of livelihood and health of the Black community. It is our responsibility to utilize our privilege in listening to, validating, and elevating Black voices in order to enact systemic change to our governing bodies and policing systems. We pledge to continually be self-critical and strive towards becoming effective allies in order to create a safer campus, and ultimately, society free of racial injustice and inequity.
Please read our full statement, along with a non-exhaustive list of petitions, organizations to donate to, articles, books, and media that we have compiled, here: https://tinyurl.com/GlobeMedatBerkeleySolidarity.
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Who We AreFounded in 2016, GlobeMed at Berkeley is a student-led organization dedicated to working for global health equity through partnership, advocacy, and critical reflection. We aim to support grassroots movements led by local people working to improve the health conditions of their communities. To this end, we work in partnership with Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal, a community-based nonprofit organization. Our projects are co-developed with the communities they serve and have included promoting pesticide-use awareness among farmers; water sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition (WASH) for schoolchildren; and a women's health initiative. Through partnership, discussion, advocacy, and education, we work to disband the systems of oppression and give power to resource-extracted communities with the goal of addressing global health disparities.
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Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW)
GlobeMed at Berkeley works in partnership with Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal, a nonprofit community-based hospital that serves a primarily high poverty and rural demographic of 1.9 million people through its numerous outreach centers. Each summer, members representing GlobeMed at Berkeley take part on the Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW) internship. Students who partake in this fieldwork have the opportunity to gain firsthand experiences in the work of global health solidarity, build relationships with community members and staff, and help carry out the projects that the rest of the GlobeMed at Berkeley team works to support remotely throughout the school-year.
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Photos from past GROW Internships |
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Global Health University (ghU) Discussions
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The Global Health Soapbox
A GlobeMed at Berkeley Blog
HEAR FROM THE CHAPTER — ORIGINAL THOUGHTS & OPINIONS ON RELEVANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
Senior Spotlight: Jack Fukushima, ghU CoordinatorYes, we must act because it’s right and there’s no time to lose, but we must also develop deeper understandings of the people, the place, and most importantly ourselves if we do not want to perpetuate existing dynamics of power to the detriment of the communities we hope to serve. We were searching for an organization that understood this fundamentally. We found it in GlobeMed. |
Upcoming Events
RecruitmentWe look for new members at the beginning of each semester to join us in our fight for health justice! Like our Facebook page or follow us on Instagram or Twitter to get updates on when we are recruiting.
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The GlobeMed NetworkGlobeMed at Berkeley makes up one of the many student-led organizations across the world that are a part of the larger GlobeMed network. To find and support your university's GlobeMed chapter, go to www.globemed.org.
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