News & Media
The National Collaborative for Health Equity presents the latest news, articles, events and program highlights to help you stay connected and informed.
CDC Says Racism Is a ‘Serious Threat’ to Public Health
By Mary Pflum, NBC News “Racism is operating not only with respect to Covid-19 but also with respect to infant mortality, maternal mortality, obesity,” said a past president of the American Public Health Association. (Read...
Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher on the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd’s Murder Trial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2021 Contact: Michael K. Frisby [email protected]/202-625-4328 Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity GUILTY VERDICT IN GEORGE...
America Desperately Needs a Truth and Racial Healing Commission
Opinion by Mitch Landrieu, CNN (Read...
Join CommuniVax’s Webinar Tomorrow on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Beyond
Join CommuniVax Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 2-3:30 pm ET, for a webinar on Community-Centric Public Health Practice: COVID-19 Vaccination and Beyond. This webinar will examine the roles health departments can take in achieving health...
Canceling Student Debt Will Help Health Care Workers and Advance Racial Justice
By Jesse Mechanic, Truthout (Read...
Dr. Gail Christopher Moderates Simmons University Webinar on “Viewing COVID-19 through THRT Framework”
Dr. Christopher lead panel experts in discussing the inequities seen during COVID-19 through a TRHT Framework. Other panelists included: • José A. Rico, Director Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Greater Chicago • Andrea King...
How Decades of Us Welfare Policies Lifted Up the White Middle Class and Largely Excluded Black Americans
Marguerite Ward Aug 11, 2020, 11:40 AM, https://www.businessinsider.com/ (Read...
5 Key Barriers to Health Opportunities for Latinos
by Julia Weis, @WeisJuliaE, Salud America!...
CHE Cook County Team Hosts Upcoming Virtual Forum on Environmental Justice
#DenyThePermit: Public Health, Democracy, & Environmental Racism Virtual Forum - Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 6 p.m. CDT Join the Collaborative for Health Equity (CHE) Cook County and Health & Medicine Policy Research Group during National...