[Social Entrepreneurship in terms of healthcare]: “It is a stable but unjust equilibrium that causes exclusion, marginalization on suffering of a population that lacks financial or political resources…[We need to] develop a social value proposition that analyzes the current state and shows people the value of change. We will always have competition to ‘do nothing.’ We must release that trapped potential.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #entrepreneurship  #submission 

“Math relates to cause and effect. It can help us guide solutions to common problems… The example of a model for population growth is crucial to social justice. The human population grew fromabout 56 million to 6 billion at the turn of the century. It is estimated to hit 8-10 billion by 2050, with most of the growth centered in developing countries. We canalso estimate that in the US it costs $16,000 to raise a child. We find ourself with resource limitations. We can use a logistic model to determine the carrying capacity of our planet. However, we have seen recently that technology has allowed humans to increase the carrying capacity. We are currently living beyond carrying capacity of earth but at the cost of deforestation and unsustainable energy use…We can use math to then take detailed measurements to come to accurate conclusions and solutions and make predictions for the future.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #mathematics  #submission 

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“In my view, literacy - the right to be literate, to leverage the benefits of literacy for economic and social well-being, and to use literacy to critique policies and practices that impact day-to-day existence - is a social justice issue. When I think about the numbers of women, people living in poverty, and children who, lacking literacy, are relegated to the whims and vicissitudes of those who are literate, I wonder why more attention, and funding, is not placed on this issue. And then I am reminded that those who are illiterate and you are maintained in illiterate states of being, are more easily controlled. Having the means to question medical treatment, unnecessary testing, expired medications is key both to self-preservation and to maintaining health and seeking health support. Moving people beyond the bonds of control into agency, change, improvement, self-determination - that is what literacy can do and, that is why it is a social justice concern.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #education  #submission 

“In Argentina we see gestures of populist welfare by Evita [Eva Peron, first lady of Argentina 1946-1955]. She understands very well the struggles of the typical Argentine…What we see in her rhetoric is what we might now see in the Occupy Movement with the 1% and the 99%, or what she calls the oligarchs and the common people. What she wants to see is a greater distribution of resources, where the rich are less rich and the poor are less poor.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #Latin American history  #submission 

“In my classes and my research, we have been focusing on how epidemiological studies of cancer and birth defects point to disparities in rates of disease and risk factors among different groups in the population. To be effective advocates of social justice, we need accurate data on health disparities to develop and test new approaches to addressing inequities and improving public health.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #oncology  #submission 

“In the last 30-40 years, we’ve become a much smaller world. […] Interdependence is high. Things that go on in other parts of the world, the lives of other people, have become incredibly important to us. So the moral obligation to serve humanity aside, there is a fundamental belief that we are living in a world where things cross borders, where people cross borders, where disease crosses borders, where pollution crosses borders, where war crimes and atrocities cross borders, and as a result, we can’t pretend that things that happen on the other side of the world don’t affect us.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #international political law  #submission 

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“The nursing profession is in a unique position to affect social justice. We see those from all walks of life at their worst, but we care for each person as an individual, despite any economic and social barriers. We strive to ensure quality healthcare for all, and we do so starting with the individual needs and moving onward to changes in legislation and societal norms.” #WDSJ  #GlobeMed  #nursing  #submission