Global Brown Bag Events

These monthly presentations began in 2008 as a way to highlight Minnesota's growing diversity. They are brought to you by the MDH Refugee Health Program and the Office of Workforce Diversity. For more information, or to join our listserv, please contact Silvia Vaccaro at silvia.vaccaro@state.mn.us or Sara Chute at sara.chute@state.mn.us. You may also contact Sara to order a DVD of past Go Global presentations.

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Mark Your Calendars!
2012 Presentations
2011 Presentations
Archived events

Mark Your Calendars!

Upcoming presentation dates for 2012 are listed below. Topics will be announced closer to the meeting date through the listserv and MDH internal announcements. Visitors must sign in at the front desk upon arrival.

Location:

Minnesota Department of Health, Freeman Building
Room B107
625 North Robert Street, St Paul, MN 55164

Directions to the Minnesota Department of Health location at Freeman Building

Due to popular demand, brownbags are also videoconferenced to MDH District Offices statewide based on request and availability.

2012 Presentations
Brown Bags will be held from 12 - 1 p.m. in Room B107 on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

January 24
February 21(Third Tuesday due to room availability)
March 27
April 24
May 22
June 26
July 24
August 28
September 25
October 23
November 27
December 18 (Third Tuesday due to holiday)

January 24, 2012: Place Matters

  • Video
    Unnatural Causes Attention: Non-MDH link
    We will view the segment "Place Matters" from the series Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick? This segment explores how where you live predicts your health.

2011 Presentations
Brown Bags were held from 12 - 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month.

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.

November 8, 2011: The Maya

  • 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.

October 11, 2011: Uganda

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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.

Archived Events

Updated Friday, 20-Jan-2012 08:59:23 CST