Global Brown Bag Events Archive
Presentations and information from the 2011 and 2012 Global Brown Bags. The content of presentations and handouts (including the photos) are solely the responsibility of the speaker/presenter not the Minnesota Department of Health.
On this page:
December 20, 2012: Tribes, Treaties and Sovereignty
November 27, 2012: MDH's Indian Health Director
October 31, 2012: "The Germans"
September 25, 2012: Latino communities in Minnesota
August 28, 2012: Iraq
July 24, 2012: The Unreturned
June 26, 2012: The Beauty Academy of Kabul
May 22, 2012: The New Americans
April 24, 2012: The New Americans
March 27, 2012: Empowering Women
February 21, 2012: Rain in a Dry Land
January 24, 2012: Place Matters
December 13, 2011: Inequalities in Health
November 8, 2011: The Maya
October 11, 2011: Uganda
September 13, 2011: Nepal
August 9, 2011: Focus on Disabilities: Living Blind
June 14, 2011: Hmong Culture
May 10, 2011: Present day Rwanda
March 22, 2011: God Sleeps in Rwanda
February 8, 2011: Special Focus on Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake
January 31, 2011: King: Man of Peace In A Time of War
Note: There was no July 2011 presentation.
December 20, 2012: Tribes, Treaties and Sovereignty
- Presentation
Why Treaties Matter: Sovereignty and Existence (PDF:1.40MB/14 pages)
Terry L. Janis from the Indian Land Tenure Foundation will share information on tribes, treaties and sovereignty. Attention: Non-MDH link - This presentation can also be viewed from your computer through online streaming at mms://stream2.video.state.mn.us/mnhealth-live. You will need a player that will play Windows Media. Live link will be available approximately 30 minutes prior to the start time of this event.
- Handouts
Treaties involving indigenous people/land within Minnesota territory (PDF:88KB/4 pages)
Tribe, Treaties and ILTF (PDF:185KB/3 pages)
November 27, 2012: MDH's Indian Health Director
- Presentation
The Minnesota Department of Health's first Indian Health Director, Jacqueline Dionne, spoke about her new role at MDH. She acts as a liason between MDH and the tribes. Commissioner Ehlinger established this new position to work with MDH to accomplish its mission of protecting, maintaining and improving the health of all Minnesotans.
October 31, 2012: "The Germans"
- Video
Cornerstones: The Germans Attention: Non-MDH link
This video from WGTE (Greater Toledo Educational Television) highlightes the history of German immigrants coming to the midwest.
September 25, 2012: Latino communities in Minnesota
- Presentation
Killa Martinez Aleman, JD, is a Hamline University Law School graduate on staff as the Legislative and Community Relations Manager at the Chicano Latino Affairs Council of Minnesota (CLAC). She shared some information about her work with the Latino community.
- Presentation
Mohammed Miran Ahmed shared his experience as a recent refugee forced to flee from his home in Iraq. Read Mohammed's story: A Journey from Iraq: The Story of Mohammed Miran Ahmed (PDF:90KB/2 pages)
- Video
The Unreturned Attention: Non-MDH link
This video follows five Iraqi refugees from different ethnicities and religions and highlights the struggles of living in an urban setting.
June 26, 2012: The Beauty Academy of Kabul
- Video
The Beauty Academy of Kabul Attention: Non-MDH link
The documentarty The Beauty Academy of Kabul shares the story of American volunteers who travel to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban to open an American-style beauty school.
May 22, 2012: The New Americans
- Video
The New Americans Attention: Non-MDH link
This month we watched another segment from the PBS video series The New Americans. The segment featured the story of an Indian Technical worker in Silicon Valley. The series follows immigrants and refugees from Nigeria, Palestine, Dominican Republic, India, and Mexico.
April 24, 2012: The New Americans
- Video
The New Americans Attention: Non-MDH link
We viewed a segment from the PBS video series The New Americans. The segment featured a newly arrived Mexican immigrant working in rural Kansas and struggling to reunite his family. The series follows immigrants and refugees from Nigeria, Palestine, Dominican Republic, India, and Mexico.
March 27, 2012: Empowering Women
- Presentation
Natalie Johnson Lee from the African/African American Health Alliance (AAAHA) talked about her work as a life coach. She is the founder of Sisters in Power (SIP), an organization developed to re-power women to lead and pursue their destinies. She coaches women to discover their talents and realize their full potential.
February 21, 2012: Rain in a Dry Land
- Video
Rain in a Dry Land
The group viewed the video Rain in a Dry Land. The video tells the story of two Somali refugee families who find new homes in urban America. The video is available through the Refugee Health Lending Library.
January 24, 2012: Place Matters
- Video
Unnatural Causes Attention: Non-MDH link
We viewed the segment "Place Matters" from the series Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick? This segment explores how where you live predicts your health.
December 13, 2011: Inequalities in Health
- Video
Unnatural Causes Attention: Non-MDH link
At the December brown bag, we'll view the segment "In Sickness and In Wealth" from the series Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick? The series explores the cause of socio-economic and racial inequalities in health.
- Video
The Mystery of the Maya
This video sheds some light on The Maya, the only Mesoamerican group to have a fully developed written language. They were experienced architects who built complex pyramids, palaces and temples, some of which are still being discovered today.
- Presentation
Shartsi K. Musherure
Uganda (PDF:4.28MB/28 pages)
The October brown bag offers a chance to discover some interesting facts about the African country of Uganda.
- Presentation
Diane Rydrych and Stefan Gildemeister, members of The Center for Community Development and Research-USA (CCODER-USA)
CCODER-Nepal, CCODER-USA: Supporting thriving and self-sustaining rural communities (PDF:4.30MB/49 pages)
August 9, 2011: Focus on Disabilities: Living Blind
- Presentation
Jane Toleno, local author, speaks about her life as a blind person. - Handouts
- Disability Access Training Tips (PDF: 62KB/4 pages)
- Five reasons I wear glasses (PDF: 14KB/1 page)
- Eliminating Ableism Attention: Non-MDH link
- The Association for Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases (ROPARD) Attention: Non-MDH link
- Presentation
Who Are "A-Hmong" Us?: A Brief History of the Hmong in the United States & in Minnesota (PDF: 702KB/12 pages)
The June brown bag highlights interesting facts about Hmong culture from featured speaker Kazoua Kong-Thao.
May 10, 2011: Present day Rwanda
- Presentation
Nibakure Children's Village - Rwanda (PDF: 16.36MB/59 pages)
Floriane Brown, founder and executive director of Nibakure Children's Village, talks about present day Rwanda. Attention: Non-MDH link- Video Attention: Non-MDH link
March 22, 2011: God Sleeps in Rwanda
- Video
God Sleeps in Rwanda
This Academy Award nominated film documents the lives of five women as they work to rebuild their lives and a country. The 1994 Rwandan genocide left the country with a 70 percent female population and women's roles dramatically changed. The majority of the country's leadership positions are now held by women and more girls are attending school than ever before. This powerful documentary shows the strength of a country to move forward despite unbelievable horror and loss.
February 8, 2011: Special Focus on Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake
- Presentation
Therese Gales, Public Affairs Manager with the American Refugee Committee (ARC). Attention: Non-MDH link- Haiti Impact Attention: Non-MDH link
Find out more about the work ARC is doing in Haiti, watch videos and view photo galleries.
- Haiti Impact Attention: Non-MDH link
January 31, 2011: King: Man of Peace In A Time of War
- Video
King: Man of Peace In A Time of War
This biographical film documents Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Interesting archival footage and many exclusive interviews with Colin Powell, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Quincy Jones, and others, make this video a remarkable relevant salute to a man who remains an inspiration and a force for social change for more than forty years after his untimely death at the age of 39.
