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)