University of Minnesota Ralph Strangis Pathways to Children International Travel Fund

University of Minnesota Ralph Strangis Pathways to Children International Travel Fund

Mission: To honor Ralph’s memory by supporting public health students’ travel to low and middle income countries to engage in community embedded public health activities.

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“We will carry forward the stories of these women with us into all public health work that we do in the future, allowing us to lead with empathy and dedication.”


“(My trip) inspires me in my work all over the world and directly led to me working in the Republic of Laos. (It) provided me the opportunity to learn, refine my understanding, and begin to empathetically think outside of the box.”

See an article about the Pathways program in “The Education of a Public Health Worker” by Elizabeth Foy Larson in the Minnesota Alumni magazine
https://www.minnesotaalumni.org/stories/the-education-of-a-public-health-worker

“The lessons of working with this population…are incredibly transferable in my U.S.-based projects…(it) was a critical learning and growing opportunity… I’m grateful for the financial support that allowed me to take advantage of the experience and honored to have met and served with Grace and Ralph Strangis.”


“I gained a life experience that taught me compassion and challenged me to be a better person and give a voice to the families of Kolkata.”

“(This experience) gave me the opportunity to get outside of my box and to better understand how lessons from far off places could be useful to communities closer to home..”