Doctors for Global Health 16th Annual General Assembly, July 29-31, 2011

Dear friends of Doctors for Global Health,

Our 16th Annual General Assembly will be held this summer in sunny Los Angeles from July 29th to 31st!

Continuing Medical Education Credits (CME) available for physicians- see registration page for details.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

If you have not yet registered, click the link below:

http://www.dghonline.org/2011-ga-registration-application

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:

Health Begins Where We Work, Live, and Play

Doctors for Global Health 16th Annual General Assembly

also People's Health Movement-USA meeting July 28th and 29th (prior to the GA)

July 29th-31st, 2011

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Keynote speakers -

America Bracho, MD- Executive Director of Latino Health Access.

Theresa and Blase Bonpane- founders of Office of The Americas

Panel discussions:

Health and Human Rights of Migrant Communities

Steven Wallace, PhD- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Kyrsten Sinema- Arizona State House of Representatives

DREAM Act students

Irma Cruz Nava, MD- CEPAFOS, Oaxaca, Mexico

Samaritans of Arizona

The Right to Food and Food Justice:

Anuradha Mittal- Executive Director of the Oakland Institute

South Central Farmers of Los Angeles

Anje Van Berckelaer, MD- Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar

Nuclear Reactors, Weapons, War & the Health of our Planet

Jimmy Hara, MD- L.A. Physicians for Social Responsibility

There will be lively discussions and updates from our partner communities around the world. Registration available online after April 1, 2011.

Other activities:

Tour of Father Greg Boyle's Homeboy Industries and Skid Row

Physicians for Social Responsibility discussion on nuclear technology

Update on People's Health Movement-USA

Lively conversations, networking, socializing, and music

We hope to see you there,

Linda Sharp, MD

Jyoti Puvvula, MD

Board of Directors, Doctors for Global Health

KPFK Pacifica Radio is the proud media sponsor for this event!

Endorsed by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)