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2019 Agenda
-Kavian Milani, Founder of CHHR SHAC student health advisory committee is a body that provides advice on FCPS system to the Fairfax county board of education. Items for this year…
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Sleeping is More Beneficial Than You Think
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-your-lack-of-sleep-may-be-causing-you-to-gain-weight#3 It’s common knowledge that a lack of sleep disrupts your sleeping schedule and makes you more tired and sluggish throughout the day. What…
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“Gender Roles”
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/upshot/gender-stereotypes-survey-girls-boys.html The issue of gender inequality starts with what we teach our children. We as a society need to start promoting inclusive mindsets. In…
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First Meeting of the 2018-2019 School Year! (VCU’s CHHR Club)
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator “During our meeting on Monday [of last week], we started off with a couple ice breakers. First, we challenged our members (in groups) to…
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Racial Discrimination Is Still Around
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://theconversation.com/minority-job-applicants-with-strong-racial-identities-may-encounter-less-pay-and-lower-odds-of-getting-hired-102305 Racial discrimination is a topic that many people believe has been decreased due to laws and places such as colleges and even many…
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Politics vs. Ethics/Morals
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator “Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, America’s access to healthcare has improved dramatically. Roughly 20 million Americans have gained…
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Gamifying Healthy Choices
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/turning-exercise-into-a-game-can-make-fitness-more-fun-and-effective#5 “Gamifying” activities is a very common and very effective trend in the type of teaching strategies many teachers and even some college professors use when introducing and explaining new…
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Alcohol, Empty Calories, and Age
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator We all know the negative consequences of drinking too much alcohol, such as dehydration, appearing older than you are (wrinkled skin, bags under eyes,…
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Unhealthy Vegetarianism
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator Being a vegetarian can still result in an unhealthy lifestyle if not executed properly. For example, a lot of people who go in to vegetarianism…
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Healthcare, Economy, and Education
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator In 2016, 20% of Malawi’s newborns died due to an epidemic of infections causing sepsis; “by comparison, in the UK, sepsis is responsible for…
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Hyponatremia
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/07/health/young-athletes-football-overhydration-partner/index.html Water is essential for basic and complex human functions, however, too much of it can cause deadly outcomes. More athletes die from hyponatremia…
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Undocumented immigrants on dialysis forced to cheat death every week
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/health/kidney-dialysis-undocumented-immigrants/index.html Lucia, a 51-year-old undocumented immigrant and mother of five who suffers from kidney failure (specifically end-stage renal disease), is forced to wait for…
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Dying Young Woman Calls Emergency Services and is Told ‘Everyone Dies’
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/health/france-ambulance-call-mocked-trnd/index.html This story is a bit old but is still very disturbing nonetheless. In France, a 22-year-old woman calls emergency services and during the…
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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator From its founding in 1946, UNICEF has always believed that: “All children have a right to survive, thrive, and fulfill their potential – to the…
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United Nations World Food Programme
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator Established in 1961, the UN’s World Food Programme was originally an experiment created to provide food aid to countries during times of desperate need or…
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Soccer Without Borders
-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator Soccer Without Borders is an non-profit organization, founded by Ben Gucciardi in 2006, that aims “to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change,…
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“The Yorktown Leadership Course”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “I was planning to see my counselor, but then I came to this class, because I definitely didn’t want to miss this,” said Malori,…
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“Student Hunger”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The other day, the Center for Health and Human Rights met with two experts of the issue of hunger amongst children in Fairfax…
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“Premiere Day – Yorktown Service Project”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator When a Health as Right group forms, it picks a social problem in the community that it cares about and spends the semester…
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“Yorktown’s Racism Video”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Our Health as Right team at Yorktown High School just finished their semester service project, which was to film a video to educate their…
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This Week at CHHR
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Tuesday 11/28 Talk Show Appearance: A representative of CHHR participated in an interview for the Virginia Report, a talk show hosted by delegate to the VA…
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“First Day of CHC”
First day seeing patients at the Community Health Clinic, our new center in Falls Church which offers free and discount medical services to homeless families with children.
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“Building a Clinic”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “This is exactly how we imagined it,” said Dr. Henry, one of the doctors who will staff our new medical clinic for homeless families…
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“Student Hunger”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Talk Center for Health and Human Rights gave this evening to the Student Health Advisory Committee, an group of individuals with a stake in…
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“This Week at the Health as Right Program”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator So much is happening inside the schools at our Health as Right Program this month that there often doesn’t seem time enough to write…
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“Progress at Yorktown High School”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Our Yorktown High School Health as Right Club started their service project this week, producing a video to raise awareness about the experience of…
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“Yes, If You Have the Right Tools.”
Health as Right ESL Class, Day 1 -Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “If you had the power to change one thing about your community, what would you change?”…
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The Health as Right ESL Class
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator This week I observed the ESL English class of Ms. Smiles, the Yorktown High School teacher collaborating with CHHR to integrate the Health as…
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A Movement Foments
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Yesterday after school in the backroom of a cafeteria, the students of the George Mason High School Health as Right Club had their first…
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Kilmer Interest Booth
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Doing an interest booth at Kilmer Middle School. “If you had the power to change one thing about your community, that if it changed,…
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To Make Youth Strong
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Yorktown High School I sat in the Director for Minority Achievement’s office as she advised a young senior at her desk. “What’s the point…
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“Virginia Medical Update”
An interview the Center for Health and Human Rights did which aired a month ago on local TV, where we explained our Health as Right School Program. There were 8…
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Dr. Yamin Visit
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Today, the Center for Health and Human Rights’ staff were privileged to meet with Dr. Alicia Yamin who took time to visit our clinic.…
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Patient Profile: Firouz Khafaji
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The Center for Health and Human Rights began our support of Firouz in 2016. A young immigrant from Iran, Firouz worked two non-stop jobs…
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Patient Profile: Maryam Hatami
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The Center for Health and Human Rights began our support of Maryam Hatami in 2015. A university student from Iran who immigrated to Northern VA…
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Free Sports Physicals
Today, the Center for Health and Human Rights traveled to one of the schools in our program to do free sports physicals so the students could enroll in sports. The…
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The Desire for Excellence
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “Next week, the Center for Health and Human Rights will go to one of the schools in our program to give free sports physicals,…
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From “Versus” to “And”
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator CHHR will participate in a Sep. 10 panel to comment on the events in Charlottesville. When participating in conversations about pressing issues, it is…
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Students Take Initiative
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator When the Center for Health and Human Rights first developed our high school program, which empowers teams of students to create their own service…
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Gender Equality Unit
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator This week, we’re developing the Gender Equality unit of the curriculum for the high school students in our Health as Right after school program,…
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Office Victories
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The other day, I met with a friend who founded a non-profit to teach local refugees English through language immersion to consult with her…
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A Vision Spreads
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator At times, I also help with checking in patients at our clinic’s front desk. “I overheard you once talking about a high school program?”…
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Principles of Social Action
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator My energy at work has been devoted to developing the curriculum for our high school leaders lately. While our doctors see free patients in…
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Capacity Initiatives
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator There is a coalition of Northern VA orgs serving refugees called the Capacity Initiative, which had its quarterly meeting today in the basement of…
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Firouz Update
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “Is there something you would like to say to our donors?” I asked Firouz yesterday. “I want to appreciate them for being so kind…
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Firouz Fundraiser
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “I want you to make a fundraiser,” said Dr. Milani this morning in the office. “It’s for Firouz, our patient battling leukemia. She can’t…
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Constructive Sleeplessness
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator When I was hired as coordinator for the Center for Health and Human Rights’ high school program, my boss told me to lie awake…
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Bridges of Hope
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The Virginia Healing Partnership, an expansive network of orgs from across VA, is working to transition refugees into their new reality. Today was the…
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Weekly Imagination Sessions
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator I join our Health as Right team at Mt. Vernon High School every Wednesday, who for their special passion decided to continue having a…
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Beautiful Conversations
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “Saving the world is a team sport,” said Kevin Krisko as we introduced ourselves. He is from Images for Good, a non-profit that uses…
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On the Road
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator So much seems to happen these days that there doesn’t seem time to write it all down. My workday started this afternoon in Culmore,…
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Show the Their Powers
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Our Health as Right Clubs have different styles for addressing our community’s public pressing public health problems. Our Fairfax HS Club picked one issue…
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No Smoking Video
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator “How’s your day so far?” I asked Javier, the student who had been sent to the front office to take me to his ESL…
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Just Do It
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Community building isn’t hard. Much of what is needed to grow any social movement can be said in two easy rules. Step one: sit…
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The Movement Grows
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator Today, I joined a meeting of the Fairfax County’s Committee on Children and Youth to discuss such local issues as human trafficking and domestic…
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Sisyphus
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator One of the human rights books I had to read for my job talked about Sisyphus, the Greek hero condemned to push a boulder…
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The Right to Personality
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator The Universal Declaration of Human Rights often says that an individual has the right to a culture that supports the “free and full development…
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The Greatest Wrong
-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator One way we are offering the Health as Right after school program to high schools is through partners such as Catholic Charities and Lutheran…