Events Jan 30 - Feb 6 2009
This is an amazing week for global health related events! See below for more info on:
-Fri. Jan. 30 @ 5pm - 2009 Social Justice Awards Ceremony (Honoring many people including Milton and Fred Ochieng - the “Sons of Lwala”)
-Mon. Feb. 2 @ 4:30pm - Kul Gautam ‘72, Child Survival: the Cutting Edge of Human Rights and Human Development
-Mon. Feb 2, 6-8pm - Careers in International Affairs, NGOs
-Thurs. & Fri. Feb. 5-6 - Samuel Shem, Medical Novelist
Hope to see you all at them!!
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Eighth Annual MLK Social Justice Awards and Panel Discussion
Friday, January 30
5 pm, Collis Common Ground
Join us in honoring and hearing about the lives and careers of Dartmouth community members who have enriched our world through their contributions to issues of social justice. The ceremony will include a panel discussion with the honorees and will be followed by a reception.
Co-sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity, Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth Medical School, and Dickey Center.
Lester B. Granger ‘18 Award for Lifetime Achievement
Kul Chandra Gautam ‘72 is the former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UNICEF. The highest-ranking Nepali in the U.N. system, he worked hard informally to promote peace and reconciliation in Nepal during the decade-long civil war.
Ongoing Commitment
Ricki Stern ‘87 is the co-director and producer of The End of America, which makes a chilling case that American democracy is under grave threat; The Devil Came on Horseback, a documentary on Darfur; and The Trials of Darryl Hunt, about a man who spent 20 years in prison for a crime of which he was innocent.
Emerging Leadership
Dr. Milton Ochieng’ ‘04 and Frederick Ochieng’ ‘05 are the founders of the Lwala Health Clinic in Kenya and of the Lwala Community Alliance, which works to support an empowered and equipped community movement to advance health, educational opportunities, and economic freedom in Lwala and beyond.
Student Group
The Dartmouth chapter of DREAM is a student-led mentoring organization that matches Dartmouth College students with youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods, with the aim of empowering children to recognize their options, make informed decisions, and achieve their dreams.
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THE DICKEY CENTER and the TUCKER FOUNDATION present the
2009 Rabbi Marshall Meyer Lecture on Social Justice
KUL GAUTAM ‘72
Recipient of the Lester B. Granger ‘18
Award for Lifetime Achievement
Child Survival: the Cutting Edge of Human Rights and Human Development
MONDAY FEBUARY 2, 2009
4:30PM FILENE AUDITORIUM, MOORE HALL
OVERFLOW B03, MOORE HALL
KUL GAUTAM ‘72 is a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF. He has extensive experience in socio-economic development, humanitarian assistance, human rights, and international diplomacy. In his long and distinguished career with the U.N., spanning over three decades, Gautam dealt with the highest levels of policy making, including the General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, and UNICEF Executive Board. He oversaw UNICEF cooperation in more than 150 developing countries.
For further information contact the Dickey Center at 603.646.2023
Dickey Center website calendar of events:www.dickey.dartmouth.edu
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CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Explore the possibilities…
Join us for the second part of this series on careers in international affairs. Panelists will share the realities of life/work in the field and will be available for networking and questions.
PART II: NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Monday, Feb. 2nd
6-8pm, Collis Common Ground
*UNICEF, Amnesty International, World Vision, Sustainable Harvest, American Red Cross, & World Bank
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Organized by the Dickey Center for International Understanding & The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center
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Please join us for THREE exciting events featuring the award-winning medical novelist and playwright,
SAMUEL SHEM
(pen-name for Stephen Bergman, M.D., Ph.D)
“Staying human in medicine-a special session for medical students, those thinking of medicine as a career and those who support them”
Thursday, February 5
4:00 pm, Moore B03
As a graduate of Harvard Medical School , a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard for 35 years, and a strong believer in upholding the healing art of medicine, Samuel Shem (Dr. Bergman) will provide excellent advice to any students interested in medicine or health. Open to all (especially medical and pre-health students and faculty)
The John P. McGovern Lecture:
“Staying Human in Medicine: from THE HOUSE OF GOD to THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE”
Thursday, February 5
7:00-8:30 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Samuel Shem (aka Stephen Bergman) is the best-selling author of THE HOUSE OF GOD, a highly-acclaimed, bitingly funny book about medical internships that was recently named one of the most influential books about medicine in the past century. His newest novel, the 2008 National Best Book Award-winning THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE, is about a doctor coming home and being healed by the town he was so eager to leave. Through his novels, essays and plays, Samuel Shem continues to be an important activist for staying human in medicine. A book signing will follow the lecture. Free admission.
A screening and discussion of the play:
“Bill W. and Dr. Bob”
Friday, February 6th
1:30 pm
Chilcott Auditorium, Dartmouth Medical School
Dr. Bergman and his wife, Janet Surrey, will show and discuss a DVD of their award winning play “Bill W. and Dr.Bob” about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous by Dr Bob Smith (DC class of ‘02), Bill Wilson and their wives. The play ran Off-Broadway for 148 shows in 2007. Free admission.
These events are sponsored by the C. Everett Koop Institute.
To find out more about Samuel Shem, please visit: visit http://www.samuelshem.com
For more information on the events, contact Laura Hester.
