Asylees and Offshore Processing hosted by the Steven J Green School of International and Public Affairs
During my time in the Global Medallion Program, I had the opportunity to attend many events some in person and some through zoom. One such event was the lecture Asylees and Offshore Processing. The speakers talked about how Australia handles people who try to immigrate to Australia by boat specifically. People who try to come by boat get sent to detention centers on Papua New Guinea and the island of Nauru. The lecturers highlighted the horrible treatment and conditions asylees face including not getting the medicine they need or getting expired medicine, living in tents covered in mold, and facing psychological struggles which cause mass self-harming episodes, and food strikes. One of the hardest things to hear was about children having regressed in age or losing the will to live. One of the ways in which these things can change is by talking about the issue and holding Australia accountable for this behavior.
The All of US Program: Fostering Trust in Health Research
Another event I went to was the Tuesday Time Roundtable lecture given by Nancy Smith and Claudia Figueroa from the All of US Program. The program they focused on seeks to build trust between the community and the healthcare system. People do not trust the healthcare system usually those that are minorities, those with lower educations levels, and the uninsured. This is because either they themselves or people they know have been treated poorly by the healthcare system and constantly struggle to get services and struggle to be taken seriously. One question asked that I found important was what is a possible solution to this problem which is to bring healthcare outside of the doctors' office, bring it out into the communities, into the parks and be more involved be transparent. Also, another solution is to better educate and train healthcare providers and require them to take courses outside of biology such as psychology courses.
