PHA-Exchange> Update on PHM activities at the US Social Forum

[Sarah Shannon]

Dear friends,
I wanted to share with you this update on some of 
the PHM activities we are organizing for the US 
Social Forum later this month.  A special thank 
you also to David Legge for his support for our 
group working on organizing an IPHU to be held at the Social Forum.
Best wishes,

Sarah Shannon
PHM USA


PHM activities at the US Social Forum
June 27 - July 1, 2007  Atlanta, GA  <http://www.ussf2007.org>www.ussf2007.org

People’s Health Movement USA has been very busy 
organizing Health Justice activities at the 
upcoming US Social Forum. We have been taking 
advantage of the opportunity to build greater 
unity of vision and strategy among US health and 
health care organizations by jointly planning 
exciting events on health justice in the US.

Here are some of the highlights:

"Promoting Health for All," an International 
People's Health University short course will be held from June 27-30,
2007, in conjunction with the US Social Forum. 
Each day of the IPHU includes two hours of 
presentations by faculty followed by two hours of 
discussion and activities. Afternoons and 
evenings are free for exploring the hundreds of 
workshops and presentations at the US Social 
Forum and networking with other leaders and activists.
Topics will include:
    * Healthcare as a human right—not a commodity to be bought or sold
    * Socio-economic, racial, and gender 
inequalities as barriers to health and healthcare within the United States
    * Connections between health, trade, agriculture, and war
    * The global movement for equal access to health and healthcare
    * Practical skills for transforming knowledge into action
See details and application at 
<http://www.phmovement.org/iphu>www.phmovement.org/iphu

Workshops and panels PHM has organized or contributed to:
2838 
<http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/2838>Defending 
Our Water and Protecting Our Food: Bringing 
Family Farmers and Water Rights Advocates Together
2841 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/2841>Our 
Bodies, Our Water: Our Right to Safe Water and Health
3005 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/3005>A 
human rights approach to health advocacy and activism
3177 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/3177>Health 
for All: a people’s vision for health and justice
3419 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/3419>Access 
to essential medicines: advocating locally and globally
3916 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/3916>What Is Social Medicine?
840 <http://www.ussf2007.org/en/node/840>A Peoples’ Healthcare Truth Hearing

See all the sessions submitted at 
<http://www.ussf2007.org/en/submitted_proposals>http://www.ussf2007.org/en/submitted_proposals

Other activities:
Wednesday, June 27th - Health organizations will 
march together in the opening march.
Thursday, June 28th - Health and Healthcare day in the PPEHRC tent
Thursday, June 28th -- Michael Moore is doing a 
preview showing of SICKO, his new film exposing 
the failures of the US Healthcare system.
Friday, June 29th, 3pm - "March for Our Lives" to 
CocaCola headquarters for the Right to Water
Ongoing - Working with Healthcare NOW, volunteers 
will take testimonies from people who have been 
affected by lack of health care and in favor of 
HR 676, the expanded and improved Medicare for 
all bill sponsored by John Conyers. Volunteers 
are also needed for petition signiture gathering for HR676.

Let us know if you are planning to attend or if 
you would like to help. Contact Zena at hesperian at hesperian.org


Sarah Shannon
Executive Director
Hesperian Foundation
1919 Addison St. #304
Berkeley, CA. 94704
(510) 845-1447 ext. 206

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