|
"The BTG students bring a heightened level of enthusiasm, creativity, and professionalism to the participants that we serve ... Without a doubt, the BTG students have enriched the lives of those around them ..."
BTG Community Preceptor |
|
2008-09 Symposium
Summary Data
The BTG Annual Symposium took place on September 12, 2008, at Drexel University’s Behrakis Grand Hall. As in previous years, attendees included students from the participating schools, public health officials, grantmakers, community agency and organization personnel, and academic health institution faculty and staff. Students presented their projects in poster format and facilitated workshops based on the public health problems they dealt with during the program. Representatives from the University of Pittsburgh, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey also presented posters. BTG presented its annual award to the plenary session keynote speaker, Jimmy Santiago Baca, whose book “A Place to Stand” served as a central text for the program. Baca, who became literate during his incarceration, has spent his post-prison life advocating for others.
“Bridging the Gaps Symposium was truly an elixir to my soul—so many young brilliant health professional students and adult mentors served to inspire me in my own work here in New Mexico. After seeing the community work they are doing, I came back revitalized, with hope fired up again in my heart—Bridging the Gaps is one of the most important programs I have encountered in my extensive travels throughout this country and the world.”
Jimmy Santiago Baca |
|
|
At the 2008 Symposium, two of the student coordinators entertained the crowd with their performance of an educational rap, “Circulatory System,” by Rhythm, Rhymes, Results, with the addition of some of the students’ own lyrics.
|
|
