SAVE THE DATE July 30: UAEM’s D.C. Annual Happy Hour Fundraiser

UAEM's Annual Happy Hour Fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
Free Pool and Shuffleboard! Free food! Drink Specials!

Help us make this a success: please pass this invitaition on to your friends, family and colleagues in the DC area!

Please join us on Thursday July 30th for a happy hour to benefit Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, www.essentialmedicine.org, a national student-led non-profit working to bring life-saving medicines to patients in low-income countries.

A fun evening at one of DC's best neighborhood bars is planned! * Details below. * And the cause is a worthy one: 10 million people die each year from diseases that have available treatments. Tragically, throughout much of the world, patients simply cannot access the necessary medicines -- often because the drugs needed are unaffordable. (Indeed, during the fifteen seconds it takes to read this paragraph, five people have died from preventable causes.) Sadly and ironically, those unaffordable medicines are often the product of publicly funded research carried out at universities.

UAEM is a coalition of students at over 40 top research universities in the United States, Canada, and the UK, who are committed to increasing access to lifesaving medicines in developing countries -- particularly those medicines that are the result of discoveries in university labs.

When it comes to global health, universities have a critical role to play, and UAEM is working to ensure that they act responsibly. By coming on July 30th you'll be part of a movement to raise awareness about inequities in global health -- one of the most pressing moral issues of our time -- and your contribution will make possible UAEM's continued efforts. We hope to see you there.

The Details
** Thursday July 30th, 6pm - 9pm at Rocket Bar, 714 7th Street NW (between G and H Sts.)
http://www.rocketbardc.com/, for free games, free food, and drink specials.
** Donations will be taken at the door, and all donations from the evening will support UAEM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, directly.

We look forward to seeing you!

The D.C. Event Host Committee
Andrea Feigl * Cynthia Liu * Huguette Mbella * Kavitha Kolappa * Laura Esmail * Lauren Smith * Samantha Chaifetz * Sarah Sorscher * Susan Podolsky *