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Citizenship symposium explores global health
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January 11, 2012
The fifth annual Georgia College Global Citizenship Symposium, Personal and Global Health: My Role, Our Challenges, provides multiple 
approaches to understanding health.
The Feb. 6 through 8 symposium will explore the health of the body, mind and spirit from personal, societal and international perspectives.
“At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 world leaders agreed to meet eight very specific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015,” said Dwight Call, assistant vice president for international education. “The world is a long way from actually meeting those goals, but the UN Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action in support of the MDGs. Our keynote speakers and panelists are among those on the front line addressing those goals, and we hope their examples will inspire our students and community to do their part in meeting the goals.”
The eight Millennium Development Goals include:
• Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger;
• Achieving universal primary education;
• Promoting gender equality and empowering women;
• Reducing child mortality rates;
• Improving maternal health;
• Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
• Ensuring environmental sustainability; and
• Developing global partnerships for development.
The 2012 Global Citizenship Symposium will address those goals and welcome speakers with first-hand experience in health advocacy and delivery relative to the Millennium Development Goal projects.
“The symposium will offer audience members the opportunity to meet people who are actively engaged in contributing to a healthier planet,” said Gregg Kaufman, instructor and American Democracy Project coordinator. “Students with an interest in exploring global health-related internships or employment are invited to attend a panel discussion at 2 p.m. Wednesday.”
The keynote speakers and lead panelists represent academic scholarship, non-governmental organizations and advocacy endeavors aimed at creating a healthier world:
• Danielle Nierenberg, project manager with Nourishing the Planet;
• Robert Kenner, a filmmaker with Food Inc.;
• Joel Salatin, a third-generation organic farmer and author whose family owns and operates Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley;
• Sandra Thurman, president and CEO of International Aids Trust and former White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy; and
• Dr. John Blevins, an associate research professor with Hubert Department of Global Health at Emory University.
The three-day symposium begins Monday, Feb. 6 and is open to the public. Events will take place in the Student Activities Center Magnolia Ballroom on Hancock Street, directly across from Georgia College front campus.
For the schedule of events visit gcsu.edu/adp/citizenship.htm.
Contact Gregg Kaufman at 478-445-17811 or Gregg.kaufman@gcsu.edu or contact Dwight Call at 478-445-0875 of dwight.call@gcsu.edu.
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Founded in 1889, Georgia College boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation with Corinthian columns fronting red brick buildings and wide open green spaces. Georgia College also offers graduate education at the historic Jefferson building in downtown Macon, at Robins Air Force Base and online.
