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In a speech delivered at Cornell College, in Vermont Iowa in 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t...

By Daniel E. Dawes Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides Americans with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the civil rights movement —the progress made and the challenges that still linger. As King recognized, there was one form of inequality...

Culture of Health Leaders Reviewer Job Description The Culture of Health Leaders program is a three-year leadership development opportunity for individuals from all walks of life who are committed to learning, leading, and collaborating...

Posted by Ben & Jerry's: https://www.benjerry.com/ In America we celebrate the past all the time—the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, the Bill of Rights, and so much more. It doesn’t matter that these all took place...

Dr. Christopher presented at TEDx Charlottesville 2019. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. These events are branded TEDx, where...

By Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — In three years, First Year Cleveland has dramatically reduced the Cuyahoga County infant mortality rate – dropping deaths by 18 percent. But African-American babies are four times as likely...

This 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the shores of Virginia on August 25, 1619 was a time for African Americans to re-assert our full humanity. As a mother, holistic doctor and longtime advocate of the benefits of...

APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting - Closing General Session: 1619 - 2019: Health and Justice Denied Join Dr. Christopher for her APHA session on Rx racial healing: Disrupting cycles of injustice by transforming racial beliefs, perceptions and behaviors....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2019 Contact: Michael K. Frisby 202-625-4328/[email protected] NCHE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: DR. GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER TO SUCCEED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER DR. BRIAN SMEDLEY WASHINGTON, DC –...

Reparations in the United States for descendants of enslaved Africans must include repairing the structural devastation that food redlining has caused in Black communities. For Black people, Black southerners in particular, land is sacred and our...