{"id":2203,"date":"2017-01-10T08:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T14:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2017-06-07T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:58:44","slug":"unmcs-sagh-and-global-partners-in-hope-are-teaming-up-to-put-on-dancing-with-hope-a-dance-philanthropy-to-bring-health-care-and-awareness-to-poverty-stricken-areas-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/2017\/01\/10\/unmcs-sagh-and-global-partners-in-hope-are-teaming-up-to-put-on-dancing-with-hope-a-dance-philanthropy-to-bring-health-care-and-awareness-to-poverty-stricken-areas-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC&#8217;s SAGH and Global Partners in Hope are teaming up to put on &#8220;Dancing with Hope&#8221; &#8211;  A dance philanthropy to bring health care and awareness to poverty stricken areas of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">On February 11th, the University of Nebraska Medical Center&#8217;s student-led group <strong>Students Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) and GSA<\/strong> will be teaming up once again with Omaha&#8217;s local dance and nightlife community Dance to Save Lives to host our third annual philanthropy event <strong>&#8220;Dancing with Hope&#8221; to benefit Global Partners in Hope<\/strong>, an Omaha-based medical and healthcare missions group (see below for more details). So, if you have ever had the desire to learn some fun dance move and help out a good cause at the same time, now is your opportunity! This event is<strong> free for all graduate students<\/strong> (must bring ID and show it at the door).<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><strong>February 11th at\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Vintage Ballroom<\/strong> (614 S 11th St in the old market)<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1mf _1mj\">At 7:30, instructors Bridgett and Chris will be starting the night off with an intro class on kizomba &#8211; an Afro-Latino dance.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1mf _1mj\">At 8:30, world class dance instructor Derek Pasqualleto will instruct an introductory course on Latin dances: salsa, merengue, and bachata.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Afterward, Blandon Joiner and Salserodalante Productions will be playing a variety of favorite dance music, from merengua and salsa to bachata, cumbia, and kizomba.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1340866916009548\/\">facebook page here<\/a>:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Ticket prices are $20 for the general public and <strong>$10 for students<\/strong> at the door. Buy your tickets online, ahead of time for only $15. Ticket prices include instructional classes and social dancing after the classes. <strong>All proceeds go towards Global Partners in Hope.<\/strong>\u00a0Please note, we will only be offering <strong>limited advanced ticket sales<\/strong> (see below for more details) on a first come first serve basis. Thank you for visiting our page, and we hope to see you out on the dance floor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><strong>Online tickets<\/strong> for general admission can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=G9EGJUAUHYNSL\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><strong>For students<\/strong> (must show student ID at the door), tickets can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=SXU3AQQGY5QL2\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u00a0<strong>Global Partners in Hope (GPiH)<\/strong> is a Nebraska-based, non-profit organization that has already made a lasting impact in Mali, West Africa. GPiH has developed a turn-key system of funding, developing needed infrastructure and building sustainable healthcare centers in rural, impoverished villages in West Africa.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">GPiH is launching a $3.26 million Capital Campaign for West Africa which will include:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">&#8211; Center for Excellence and five outlying Health Centers in Togo over the next six years<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">&#8211; A Guest House for visiting medical professionals<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">&#8211; Seven wells in Togo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">&#8211; Solar panels to power the health centers and wells<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Services in the Center for Excellence will include family health, OB\/GYN and birthing center, cardiology and pediatric care. The outlying medical centers will provide basic family practice, OB\/GYN and pediatric care. Help us support them in their mission by having a fun night of dancing at Vintage Ballroom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">For donations, please see our donations page:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/globalpartnersinhope-733238\">https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/globalpartnersinhope-733238<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2221\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"GPiH 2017 V6\" width=\"540\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-120x155.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/GPiH-2017-V6-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 11th, the University of Nebraska Medical Center&#8217;s student-led group Students Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) and GSA will be teaming up once again with Omaha&#8217;s local dance and nightlife community Dance to Save Lives to host our third annual philanthropy event &#8220;Dancing with Hope&#8221; to benefit Global Partners in Hope, an Omaha-based medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-outreach","category-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}