GEO Summit 2021

Unique, Innovative, and Global Strategies for Good Health and Well-being

TCS Community & Global Engagement invites you to join our second annual GEO Summit:

Unique, Innovative, and Global Strategies for Good Health and Well-being.

Anchored on the United Nations Sustainable Goal #3, this full-day virtual summit includes sessions led by experts across the globe, a live training, presentations to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Consulate of Mexico, and awards to community leaders in local & global engagement.

The GEO Summit is free to all members of our global community.

Join us for one session or the entire summit on April 15, 2021!

Session 1: GEO Summit Kick-Off

Presented by TCS Community & Global Engagement

Join participants from around the world to kick-off our second annual Global Engagement Online Summit. With welcome remarks from TCS Leadership, as well as the awarding of our first TCS Community & Global Engagement awards, this kick-off session will launch all attendees into an engaging day of virtual, global engagement.

7:00AM Pacific / 9:00AM Central / 4:00PM SAST & CEST

Session 2: Manifesting Good Health & Well-being: Presentations to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Presented by Education Beyond Borders 2020 Participants

Over 60 participants from across the globe participated in Education Beyond Borders 2020 anchored upon the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health & Well-being. Participants worked in group pods to develop manifestos committing to the advancement of SDG 3. Four student groups have been selected to present their manifestos during the GEO Summit to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, of which TCS Education System is now proud to be a part.

7:30AM Pacific / 9:30AM Central / 4:30PM SAST & CEST

Session 3: Emotional Support Empowers the Young and Old: Two South African organisations share their methodologies

Presented by John Gilmour, LEAP and Sihle Mooi & Bertha Maringi, Rays of Hope, South Africa

Details coming soon!

8:30AM Pacific / 10:30AM Central / 5:30PM SAST & CEST

Session 4: Music Medicine & Therapy for Good Health & Well-being

Presented by Gerhard Tucek, IMC Krems, Austria

Join Dr. Tucek for a lecture on the interplay of sound and music, musical impact, and cultural background in connection with individual musical biographies. Based on this, a distinction will be made between music as an instrument of self-regulation and music therapy as a therapeutic relationship structured by the means of music. As it is the goal to work in research as close as possible to real clinical practice, Dr. Tucek will show how the laboratory is brought to the patients and not the patients to the lab.

9:30AM Pacific / 11:30AM Central / 6:30PM SAST & CEST

Session 5: Diseñar para resistir desde la intemperie: habitar la contingencia

*This session will be held in Spanish

Presentado por Dr. Jorge Francisco Sánchez-Jofras, CETYS Universidad

La percepción de inseguridad en las colonias urbano marginadas de Tijuana, incluye sentirse expuesto en el transporte y la vía pública, como el riesgo de inundación sobre todo en zonas con viviendas informales. Habitar expuesto a la contingencia es un problema de carácter social, más que medioambiental; esta situación se agrava con la afluencia de migrantes y deportados sin medios para integrarse al mercado de vivienda, quienes terminan improvisando viviendas en espacios residuales. La deriva de estas poblaciones expone la ausencia de un diseño o política institucional que reconozca dicha problemática y actúe de manera integral; en su lugar organizaciones sociales –con y sin ayuda del Estado- diseñan acciones junto a las poblaciones que atienden a la vez que construyen espacios de resistencia y dignidad humana.

10:30AM Pacific / 12:30AM Central / 7:30PM SAST & CEST

Session 6: Live Training

Resilient Nutrition: Optimizing Immunity & Well-being during a Global Pandemic

Presented by Lori Taylor, Saybrook University

In addition to reducing exposure, optimizing our body’s immune response is key to preventing viral infection, responding to vaccination and to minimizing the severity of viral infection. What we eat and which supplements we take can make the difference as to how effectively we respond to all viruses, especially a novel virus like Covid 19. If you’ve ever wondered what more you could to increase your resistance to infection, this webinar is for you. I will share evidence-based information on the diet and supplements that keep your immune system resilient, beginning with the most accessible practices.

11:30AM Pacific / 1:30PM Central / 8:30PM SAST & CEST

Session 7: From Surviving to Thriving – Virtual Community Service in 2021

Presented by TCS Staff Global Distinction Cohort

Details coming soon!

1:00PM Pacific / 3:00PM Central / 10:00PM SAST & CEST

Session 8: GEO Faculty Forum – Special Session for TCS Community Faculty Members

Presented by TCS Community & Global Engagement

All Faculty from the TCS Community (Saybrook University, Pacific Oaks College, The Colleges of Law, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and Kansas Health Science Center) are invited to join the GEO Faculty Forum. The GEO Faculty Forum is an opportunity for faculty to discuss international research interests, connections, proposal ideas, and more.

2:00PM Pacific / 4:00PM Central / 5:00PM Eastern