Music & Medicine Committee, Mentorship Program, Art for Advocacy, Kaplan, Osmosis, and more!
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September 2020 Newsletter
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Need a medical student mentor?

We invite you to participate in our 2020-2021 National Mentorship program, which aims to match you with a medical student for individualized mentorship. We will match mentors and mentees to the best of our ability using a number of factors. This program will run roughly December 2020 to June 2021, with the option to continue to keep in touch.
Applications will be matched on a first-come-first-serve basis and are due by September 30th at 11:59 PM, so fill it out as soon as you can!
Please contact programming@amwa-premed.org with any questions.

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AMWA encourages anyone comfortable with sharing their inventions, whether it be a poem, painting, collection of photographs, or any other form of art, to submit their work(s) to be featured in the new "Art for Advocacy" gallery on our website.

Click here to view an example.
Submit your artwork to be displayed!
Listen to our podcast: AMWA Diversity Dialogues
Hosted by Chyanne Brown MS4, AMWA Diversity Dialogues is an interdisciplinary podcast that is designed to promote diversity of thought through unfiltered and honest conversations about all topics related to diversity and inclusion, that highlight the disparities and inequities in medicine and population health and what we can do about it. 
Stream it on any major platform (iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast etc.)!
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Want free MCAT study materials and a chance to win a freMCAT course (worth $2499) from Kaplan? Kaplan is partnering with AMWA to bring you a free 24-page MCAT study guide, free expert teacher-led events, and chances to win prizes and scholarships!

Visit this link to register for the study guide, MCAT Bootcamps, science lessons, strategy sessions, panels, and discussions — all for FREE! You will automatically be entered to win a $400 Amazon gift card upon registration. Also, for all MCAT-focused event attendees, Kaplan will donate $10 to the Med Supply Drive to provide PPE for our frontline workers.

If enough AWMA members register for these free resources, Kaplan will give us 1-2 FREE course scholarships that you will have a chance to win!
Register for free MCAT study materials!
AMWA is proud to announce its partnership with Osmosis, which empowers millions of current and future health professionals around the world with a better understanding of medicine and health topics. Learn more and forget less with over 1,600 fun, easy-to-digest videos and tools that help you study more strategically, at your own pace. The Osmosis platform also empowers students to gain knowledge for the long term with practice questions, flashcards, high-yield notes, and a dedicated study schedule that optimizes your review sessions automatically, so you can focus on what matters: your future career in health.
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Yemen needs our help. The United Nations has declared that Yemen is facing the most critical humanitarian crisis in the world; moreover, vulnerable populations like women and children are at the highest risk of facing life-threatening health outcomes like severe malnutrition. War conflicts escalated in Yemen in 2015, and the country’s population has been in constant danger since then. Infectious diseases like cholera, the Chikungunya virus, and others are circulating around the country, overwhelming the nation’s healthcare system. More recently, the introduction of COVID-19 to the country is projected to cause higher mortality in the city of Aden than wartime casualties during the entirety of 2015. An overwhelmed healthcare system is no stranger to Yemen, but the recent pandemic has exhausted the country’s resources.

The AMWA Premedical Division and the American Women's Hospitals Service (AWHS) have teamed up to launch a donation-based fundraiser to support Yemen’s fight against COVID-19. We have partnered with Yemen Aid to allocate your generously donated funds. Your donations will provide medical supplies, PPE, and hygiene kits to the Yemeni population.
 
Support Yemen by Donating Here
AMWA is partnering with Drexel University College of Medicine’s Vision 2020 to "Break the Record for Women Voting" in the 2020 elections. With this National Women’s Equality Initiative, it is crucial all voters are given adequate accessibility to exercise their voting rights.

Motivote is a 100% nonpartisan platform that provides guidance and resources in regards to upcoming elections whether it be how to register or any other voting process related topics. 

Please join the AMWA member team as well as the AMWA state subteam based on which state you reside in. 

As a source of healthy competition, Motivote has a platform for team members to accumulate points for completing tasks related to upcoming elections and inviting friends and family to expand the network of individuals who will vote. AMWA is currently in second place, but we have great faith in our members to get us to first!
Join the AMWA Team on Motivote
Learn About Drexel’s Vision 2020
The Million Mask Marathon's mission is to provide access to personal protective equipment to those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the poor, homeless, ill, and healthcare workers both in the United States and abroad. We teach members to make masks using whatever they have available, and then we donate the masks to charities and hospitals. During the fall, we will be starting a new collection and hosting virtual mask-making workshops. Check out our website to get involved, sign up for our newsletter, join our Facebook group, and learn more about the initiative!
Visit The Million Mask Marathon Website
Not already a registered AMWA member? Apply for a membership fee waiver to win a free AMWA Premedical Division membership ($35 value). Awardees will be chosen based on need as well as the embodiment of the goals of AMWA.
Apply for a Membership Fee Waiver
Leader Highlight
Alexandra Alondra Alvarez 
President of Premedical Division
At UC Berkeley, Alexandra Alondra Alvarez completed her degree in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis on Cell and Developmental Biology and a minor in Toxicology. She graduated in May and has been involved in AMWA by being an active member of the Cancer and Women’s Health committee in her branch, being the UC Berkeley AMWA branch Secretary + Public Relations as well as the past National External Relations Chair and National President-Elect.
Alexandra is passionate about women’s health and runs a nonprofit called Generation Flow (previously known as Ladies for Change) that aims to raise awareness on the lack of hygienic menstrual products for women in need everywhere. She also worked in physiology research under Diana Bautista, studying the mechanisms behind touch, pain, and itch and completed her senior thesis. She has really loved seeing AMWA’s mission brought to life through its members and everyone she comes across. She loves seeing how students gain the support and resources they need to pursue their passion and is humbled to serve as the Premedical President for this term.
Aside from AMWA, she is really interested in musical theater and is a huge chai enthusiast. Her advice to young women would be to never give up and not take themselves so seriously: you’re going to define success differently at different points in your career, and it’s okay if what’s good for you may not be good for someone else.
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Be an activist and spread awareness in September!
Observances include:
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month

National Food Safety and Education Month
National Recovery Month
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Interested in partnering with AMWA? Email president@amwa-premed.org