Global Week
Each January, Castilleja School hosts Global Week to provide students with a unique opportunity to examine a globally relevant topic through workshops, projects, and in-depth engagement with speakers.
Global Week 2021 — Global Health: Investing in our Collective Future
In the midst of a pandemic, Global Health: Investing in our Collective Future highlights the power of global partnership and cooperation in health as we navigate the realities of the novel coronavirus. Our shared global responsibilities must be underpinned by trust and common purpose. And our collective futures rely on robust research and data transparency for timely decision-making.
- Global Health: How do we measure health? How does an epidemic become a pandemic? How is foundational research shared and for whom is it produced? What does successful preparedness and response look like?
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Collective Responsibilities: What are the responsibilities of institutions, governments and individuals to Global Health? Whose voices are at the table? What are the implications of our decisions? How does international cooperation create access?
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Data Transparency: How do we use data to promote greater equity? What are the social and political contexts from which we construct and interpret data? What are the standards for research and data? How does data inform timely decision-making?
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Health Inequities: What are the racial disparities of healthcare access? How do we dismantle and reconstruct the systems that disproportionality impact communities of color? What are the consequences of neglect and lack of access on marginalized communities?
Global Week 2021 will be a 4-day online experience from Monday, January 4—Thursday, January 7, 2021.
GLOBAL WEEK 2021 SCHEDULE
Global Week 2021 is hosted virtually on Zoom. All events are 60 minutes in length.
MON, JAN 4 | TUES, JAN 5 | WEDS, JAN 6 | THURS, JAN 7 |
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9:30AM PST — 2:15PM PST — |
9:30AM PST — 2:15PM PST — |
9:30AM PST – |
9:30AM PST — Why Did the U.S. Pandemic Response Fail, and What Is the Solution? Charity Dean MD, MPH&TM, CEO and Co-Founder at The Public Health Company Group, Inc. Scott Rosenstein, Coronavirus Special Advisor at Eurasia Group 1:00PM PST — Striving for Equity in Global Health and Pandemic Response Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, Medical Director, Special Pathogens Unit at Boston Medical Center and National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories |
Past Global Weeks
- 2020: Seats at the Table: Women, Peace & Security
- 2019: The Promises and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
- 2018: Equity in Education
- 2017: Migration - Living in a World on the Move
- 2016: Climate Change
- 2015: The City - Fortification to Imagination
- 2014: Artists with a Cause
- 2013: Standing Up and Speaking Out