"When I give medicine to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor  
are sick, they call me a troublemaker."
	- Dom Helder Camara 

<><> "Global Health Policy 2011: Progress in Peril" <><>
<><><><><><><> Thursday, May 26th <><><><><><><>
<><><><><><><><><><> 6:00 p.m. <><><><><><><><>
<><><><><><><><><> Haldeman 041 <><><><><><><>

Matthew Kavanagh of Health GAP (Global Access Project), an influential coalition  
of international global health activists, will explain today's global health funding  
crisis and discuss the crucial role that activism has played in winning access  
to lifesaving medical care for people around the world. 

The teach-in will be followed by an optional training workshop focused on campus  
organizing and activism related to social justice at Dartmouth and around the  
world. 

Matthew Kavanagh, Director of US Advocacy: Matthew has worked with a wide variety  
of NGOs and social-movement organizations in the US, Latin America, and Southern  
Africa. He was previously the global campaigns director for the RESULTS Educational  
Fund and executive director of Global Justice, working on policy and organizing  
surrounding global health, trade, and development issues. His organizing work  
has ranged from water rights and Apartheid reparations campaigns in Johannesburg  
to racial justice work with the Boston Youth Organizing Project. Matthew has been  
interviewed in outlets ranging from the Washington Post to the BBC to Al Jazeera  
and writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He holds a BA in political science  
from Vassar College and a Masters in community organizing and education from Harvard  
University. Matt lives in DC and is an active member DC Fights Back.

Sponsored by the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health & Social Equity and Students  
for Africa.