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News and Events for 2003
The annual celebration of the
Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program
and the
2003-2004 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows
Strengthening Community
Inside and Out
Keynote Speaker :
John McKnight
Professor, Northwestern University
Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
5:30 p.m. ~ 7:30 p.m.
Northwestern University School of Law
Arthur Rubloff Building / Thorne Auditorium
Please RSVP to Health and Medicine at 312.372.4292 by November 24, 2003.
everybody in
nobody
out
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group invites you to honor
the 80th Birthday of
Dr. Quentin Young
Saturday, October 18, 2003
Crystal Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
6:00 Sponsors Private Reception
6:30 Cocktails and Silent Auction
7:30 Dinner and Program
Remarks by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Music by the North Lincoln Squares
All proceeds benefit the work of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group.
Dawn Turner Rice, of the Chicago Tribune, writes about girls in the justice system.
Healing Girls in the Juvenile Justice System:
The Challenge to our Community
Wednesday, July 9, 2003
8:30am - 5:00pm
Chicago Illini Union
University of Illinois - Chicago
828 S. Wolcott
Chicago, Illinois
Destruction before Detonation:
The Impact of War on Public Health and Human Services
Friday, March 28, 2003
1:00pm-4:00pm
Northwestern University, Wiebolt Hall
339 E. Superior St., Room 147
Chicago, Illinois
Keynote Address:
Barry Levy, MD, MPH
Tufts University School of Medicine
Editor, Terrorism and Public Health
Promoting Change in Women's Health Policy in Illinois
The University of Illinois at Chicago National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
and
The Illinois Women's Health Coalition
Invite you to a meeting of women health activists and policy makers in Illinois
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
12:00pm - 3:00pm
UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd., Room 507
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP via email to Patricia Newton.
For more information call or email:
Alice Dan @ (773)373-2162
Stacie Gellar @ (312) 355-0467
Margie Schaps @ (312)372-4292
University of Chicago Medical Students Bring Health Care Debate to Campus
Adolescent Health in Urban America:
Are We Meeting the Needs of Young People in our Communities?
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
5:30pm - 7:30pm
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine
1853 West Polk Street, Room 106
Parking available.
For more information, please contact Kristin Lahurd at (312)372-4292 or by email.
War, Terrorism and Public Health
A Discussion about the Public Health Impact of the Proposed War on Iraq
Featured Speaker
Victor Sidel, MD
February 27, 2003
4:30pm - 6:00pm
UIC-School of Public Health Auditorium
1603 W. Taylor
Chicago, Illinois
Should the United States Provide Universal Health Care for Its Citizens Under a Single-Payer National Health System?
Thursday, February 20, 2003
5:30pm - 7:30pm
University of Chicago, Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center
924 East 57th Street, Room 109
Refreshments provided.
The debate will showcase Professor Richard Epstein, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and Dr. Quentin Young, the National Coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). Moderating the debate will be Gretchen Helfrich, host of Odyssey, the National Public Radio nationally syndicated cultural affairs and public policy program produced on WBEZ Chicago.
For more information about the universal health care debate, visit www.chicagohealthforum.com or contact the event organizers:
Samuel Siden (773)255-6284
Manu Goyal (773)580-5437
Rohini Jonnalagadda (773)562-2013