Advocacy and Education
Resources to guide your efforts to educate and influence your campus, community, and domestic and national policy.
Addressing Health Disparities in MA
H.1517 and the Office of Health Equity Background/Bill Info In January 2011, State Representatives Jeffrey Sanchez and Byron Rushing introduced bill H.1517 to the General Court of Massachusetts. Bill H.1517 would establish an Office of Health Equity in the Office … Continue reading
Planning and Leading an Event
A successful event takes planning, organization, timing, and follow-up. Use this guide for tips on how to produce an effective event. Brainstorm Events are most effective when they advance your chapter’s overall strategy; they provide great opportunities to recruit members, raise … Continue reading
Toolkit: Student Chapter Toolkit
Subject: Advocacy and Education
Use: Advocacy, Outreach and Education
Subject: Advocacy and Education
Use: Advocacy, Outreach and Education
Creating the University of Miami Human Rights Clinic
An interview with Natasha Chida. What inspired the asylum clinic? A combination of things led us to create our human rights clinic in Miami. I had worked with the Asylum Network on a few projects while serving on the PHR … Continue reading
The University of Miami Human Rights Clinic: A Model
In 2009, students, residents, and attendings at the University of Miami began working with PHR to plan a Human Rights Clinic. The intention was to enable asylum-seeking persons/victims of torture and abuse to obtain medial affidavits that document potential physical/psychological … Continue reading
Reports
PHR From Persecution to Prison Examining Asylum Seekers Leave No Marks Dual Loyalty and Human Rights (forthcoming) Health Stories (forthcoming) PHR’s Asylum blog series PHR’s Custody blog series US Government Reports Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations, Dr. Dora Schriro, DHS Office of … Continue reading
Using Your Medical Expertise For Human Rights
How To Contribute To The Asylum Network The University of Miami Human Rights Clinic: A Model
Education and Advocacy for Asylum and Detention
Host a discussion: Case studies of asylum seekers The Refugee Protection Act of 2010
Education, Advocacy and Action
Ways you can get involved with asylum and detention: Education and Advocacy for Asylum and Detention Using Your Medical Expertise for Human Rights
Background
How asylum and detention affect health and human rights. An Introduction To Asylum An Introduction To Immigration Detention Dual Loyalty: Should Physicians Always Prioritize The Patient? Conditions Of Detention: The Use Of Isolation And Segregation Respect Medical Neutrality
Glossary
Classification of Status Asylum Seeker Persons already in the United States may seek asylum if they are unable or unwilling to return to their home country due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, … Continue reading
