PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE GlobeMed at Amherst College
Friends of GlobeMed at Amherst College: It’s been an honor to be a part of the expansion and solidification of GlobeMed at Amherst over the past year, which we invite you to explore through our 2011-2012 Annual Report. These pages contain a remarkable array of accomplishments, such as getting our message out to hundreds of Amherst students through our events and campaigns, sending staff members to visit our partner, Pastoral, and raising over $19,000 to support their projects in food security and health education. What can’t be conveyed in any report of numbers, however, is the learning and personal growth that occurred this year. As co-presidents, we refined our senses of motivation and management, while our staff and executive board responded admirably to the high standards of accountability to which GlobeMed at Amherst holds its members. Most importantly, we cultivated relationships with each other, with the GlobeMed network, and with Pastoral. We truly came to feel a part of a larger GlobeMed family stretching from Ho, Ghana to Evanston to Amherst to Cojutepeque, El Salvador. Looking ahead, we feel confident in the continued success of GlobeMed at Amherst next year and beyond. Thanks to young leaders, growing interest in our cause, and your continued support, our chapter will be able to thrive. Next year, GlobeMed at Amherst will raise more money for Pastoral, reach out to greater numbers of students, and carry on preparing its members for lives spent in pursuit of global health equity and social justice. Thank you for helping to make this dream a reality. Yours in solidarity, Ethan Balgley and Adriana Meza 2011-2012 Co-Presidents
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MISSION STATEMENT
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2011 – 2012 AT A GLANCE
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ABOUT US
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OUR PROJECT
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CAMPAIGNS
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COMMUNITY BUILDING
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GRASSROOTS ON-SITE WORK INTERNSHIP
10 WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 11 GLOBEMED GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT 12 OUR FUTURE 13 FINANCES 14 STAY CONNECTED 15 THANK YOU