News & Media
The National Collaborative for Health Equity presents the latest news, articles, events and program highlights to help you stay connected and informed.
The Call for Racial Healing and Justice Continues…..
More than 50 years before George Floyd's death, lawmakers predicted a growing racial divide It's been a year since George Floyd's chilling last words, "I can't breathe," sent shock waves around the world. A guilty verdict came down April 20, but...
EPA Finds Black Americans Face More Health-Threatening Air Pollution
By Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News "Race, not poverty, was found to be the strongest predictor of exposure to PM 2.5, a health-damaging particle created when fossil fuels are burned." (Read...
5 Ways The Model Minority Myth Is Used Against Asian Americans At Work
By Monica Torres, Huff Post "The lie that all Asian Americans are successful has many negative career consequences." (Read...
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...