Medical and Educational Perspectives
Mission Statement:
Purpose:
- To promote and improve basic education of underprivileged sectors of the society in the States and in other countries
- To initiate Educational Perspectives as an international movement
Values:
- To uphold an open-minded attitude among the different communities that we serve
- To further the education of someone who might otherwise not be able to do so
- To help others to fulfill a goal or a dream
- To extend the love and care to circles beyond JHU
Who:
- New immigrants in the Baltimore region
- Underprivileged sectors of the community in developing countries
What:
- English as a Second Language (ESL) tutoring
- Providing a source of acculturation companion to the newcomers
- Public health knowledge and life-skills
- Planning and hosting english-teaching program for students and teachers in underprivileged areas
- Raising funds for the aid of the community
- Collecting books and other resources to promote education
How:
- Annual trip to schools and teacher institutes in rural China and other developing nations
- Workshops for underprivileged groups and new immigrants of the Baltimore region
- Visits to local organizations of the same nature
- Fund-raising and obtaining book donations on campus
- To promote the formation of chapters of Educational Perspectives in this country and abroad, and eventually to transform the Educational Perspectives initiation into an international movement
Contacts:
- Stephanie Min, President, smin5@jhu.edu
- Preeya Nandkumar, Vice President, pnandku1@jhu.edu
- Lan Wu, Financial Coordinator, lwu20@jhu.edu
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