Student Chapter Toolbox
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Student Chapter Toolbox


The Student Program is committed to providing the resources, connections and support needed to boost our student chapter's passion and effectiveness in advocating for health and human rights. In this PHR Student Chapter Toolbox, you will find useful information. Most of the below links are webpages while some are MS Word documents for filling in and changing for your chapter's purposes.

Information on Physicians for Human Rights, the Student Program and PHR campaigns (pdf)

A Guide for Becoming an Effective Leader in the PHR Student Program

This toolkit includes program information and organizing guides for starting the 2008-09 year; chapter development; and promoting issues on your campus:

Guides for starting your student chapter

  • Host an Introduction Meeting
  • Sample Chapter Constitution (doc)
  • Start and Strengthen the Student Chapter
  • Plan, Facilitate, and Follow-up on, a Retreat
  • Guides for maintaining a student chapter

  • Collaborate
  • Develop Resources (doc)
  • Facilitate a Meeting
  • Publicize
  • Recruit new Members
  • Fundraising for your Chapter
  • Guides for moving an issue on campus and in the community

  • Host a Speaker
  • Meet with Elected Officials
  • Plan an Event
  • Using the Media
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Power Mapping 101
  • 8 Key Steps for Advocacy (downloadable slideshow)
  • Student Advocacy Resources
  • A list of ideas for taking action

    A calendar of national activities for this academic year (on the Student Blog)

    25 Questions and Answers on Health and Human Rights from the World Health Organization (pdf)