DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI)
Title: Justice for All: Incarcerated Populations
SPEAKERS:
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine at UNC—Chapel Hill
Emily Wang, MD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Co-Director, Center for Research Engagement, Internal Medicine at Yale University
Wizdom Powell PhD, Director of the Health Disparities Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UConn Health
Melvin Medina (community partner), Public Policy and Advocacy Director at ACLU Connecticut
DESCRIPTION: The importance of partnerships in crisis is front and center as we confront the global COVID-19 pandemic. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina have partnered to launch the webinar series, Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID19.
Each session will allow us to highlight the disparate impact of the disease in the most vulnerable communities in our nation. This webinar series is meant to connect you with leaders across the U.S. and internationally that are working to address systemic inequities during a time of global crisis. Each webinar will feature community-institutional partnerships that serve diverse communities.
WEBPAGE:
https://ccphealth.org/covid-19-equity Dial-in Information will be shared after registration is submitted.
Contact us at (919) 714-8614 or
info@ccphealth.org if you have any questions.