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1/here is one way to make a better future: Albert Schweitzer Fellows are graduate students who pursue year-long mentored service projects with training on measurable results & cultural humility - Alabama has one of 13 chapters
2/A Schweitzer Fellow & @UABNews med student like David expanded a program to mentor Birmingham public high school students to embrace careers in the health professions 
2/Public health student AT Helix created a guide for families and patients considering mental health hospitalization, which can be really scary if you have never done it @ALSchweitzerPD
3/Schweitzer Fellows’ draw on the life & ethics of a doctor/theologian/pastor/organist/philosopher Albert Schweitzer, who went to Africa and opened a hospital on the banks of the Ogoué river, Gabon - where he tried to live consistently “Reverence for Life schweitzerfellowship.org/about/albert-s…
4/I was a Schweitzer Fellow, when the only Fellowship program sent 4 med students to work at Schweitzer’s hospital. I went with @SaulWeiner & @JenniferBrokaw preceded us. It led me to homeless health care !
5/Research from surveyed Albert Schweitzer fellows shows they gain in comfort and commitment to serving vulnerable communities but they also develop (appropriately, I think) new concerns about time and work-family-life balance ! europepmc.org/abstract/med/2…
6/The new generation of Fellows reminds me of the good we can unleash & put a lump in my throat every time I watch this video and see them in action
