UNIVERSITY COALITIONS for GLOBAL HEALTH

Orange - advocacy
Blue - professional development
Green - symposiums and conferences
Purple - national/int’l holidays or days of remembrance

December 2007

World AIDS Day
December 1 2007
UCGH Events:

• San Francisco Rally – contact gafd@amsa.orgh
• Chicago Rally – contact gaf@amsa.org
• New Hampshire Rally – contact erin@fightglobalaids.org
• Dartmouth AIDS Conference – contact courtney@aidemocracy.org

World AIDS Day
December 1

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 2

2007 National HIV Prevention Conference
December 2-5, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Website: www.2007NHPC.org

International Day for Disabled Persons
December 3

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 5

Human Rights Day
December 10

International Migrants Day
December 18

January 2008

International Youth Leadership Conference
January 6-11, 2008
Website: www.czechleadership.com

February 2008

National Broken Bread Poverty Meal
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 (Ash Wednesday)
Website: http://www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/events_brokenbread

National Student Day of Action to Reduce Student Debt
February 7

Women’s Empowerment Institute
February 9-12, 2008
Website: www.amsa.org/women/wei.cfm

5th Annual Medical Education Leadership Institute
February 14-17, 2008
Website: www.amsa.org/meded/T4.cfm

International Mother Language Day
February 21

March 2008

Idealist Impact Conference
March 7th-9th
Boston, MA
Northeastern University
Website: www.campusconference.org

UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace
March 8

43rd Annual Medical Education Conference
March 19-23, 2008
New York, NY
Website: www.snma.org/amec-2007.php

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21

World Day of Water
March 22

Health Leadership Program at Duke
Duke University
March 31, 2008
Website: healthleadership.duhs.duke.edu/

Humanistic Elective in Alternative Medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation (HEART)
March 31 - April 25, 2008
Website: www.amsa.org/heart/

April 2008

National Public Health Week
April 2-8, 2008
Website: www.nphw.org/2007/home.htm

National Broken Bread Poverty Meal
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Website: www.worldvision.org/aoa.nsf/aids/events_brokenbread

Global Health Education Consortium National Conference
April 3 - 5, 2008 | Sacramento City Convention Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Website: www.globalhealth-ec.org/

Annual European Congress on Psychiatry
April 5-9, 2008
Nice, France
Join the 16th European Congress of Psychiatry, which is set to take place in the sunny Southern France location of Nice, April 5-9, 2008. This important gathering of psychiatrists from across the globe attracts all of the top names in psychiatry, who meet yearly to discuss the latest developments in psychiatric research and practice.
Website: www.kenes.com/aep/call.asp

LGBT Health Leaders Summit
American Medical Students Association (AMSA) in collaboration with Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
April 5-6, 2008
Website: http://www.amsa.org/lgbt/

World Health Day
April 7

Unite for Sight 5th Annual International Health Conference
April 12-13 2008 Yale University
Website: www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/index.php

AMSA Residency Fair
April 16, 2008
Skutt Student Center, Rm 105
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Contact: gaf@amsa.org

Earth Day
April 22

May 2008

World Press Freedom Day
May 3

World Telecommunications Day
May 17

World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22

International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22

35th International Conference on Global Health
May 27-31st Washington, D.C. Omni Shoreham Hotel
Website: www.globalhealth.org/conference/

UCGH National Strategy Session
May 31st Washington, D.C. Global Health Council
Website: www.ucgh.org

World No Tobacco Day
May 31

June 2008

International Day of Innocent Children and Victims of Aggressions
June 4

World Environment Day
June 5

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 17

World Refugee Day
June 20

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26

International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture
June 26

July 2008

World Population Day
July 11

August 2008

2008 International AIDS Conference
August 3-8 Mexico City, Mexico
Website: www.aids2008.org

International Day of the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 9