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Racism and its Impact on Children’s Health Webinar
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 I 1-2 p.m. EDT Recent research paints a stark picture of the impact of racial discrimination on children’s health. Join the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics for a webinar...
5th Annual Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Health Equity Lecture Series
Presented by Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities University of Maryland School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Dr. Brian D. Smedley is co-founder and Executive Director of...
The Case for Advancing Health Equity: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities
Presentation by Dr. Brian Smedley American Psychological...
Upcoming IOM workshop: Early Childhood Obesity: Science & Solutions
What can we do to address overweight and obesity among society’s youngest? On October 6, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Obesity Solutions will host Obesity in the Early Childhood Years: Emerging Science &...
The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation
The recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, remind us that stigma, inequalities and civil rights injustices remain in our society today. Unfortunately, skin color plays a large part in how...
Residence Rule and Residence Situations – Count Incarcerated People at Home
A Comment Letter has been signed by a number of national civil rights, voting rights, labor and criminal justice organizations in response to the Census Bureau’s federal register notice regarding the Residence Rule and Residence Situations, 80...
America Healing Organizations Applaud Release of HUD’s New Fair Housing Rule
The following statement reflects the views of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing organizations, a group of civil rights organizations working toward racial equity and racial healing. The organizations include the Poverty &...