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On King Day, Attack Rampant Health inequality
January 20, 2020By 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 2020 Reviewer Recruitment
December 13, 2019Culture 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 with...
1619-2019: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration
December 9, 2019Posted 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 long...
Dr. Gail Christopher Speaks at TEDx Charlottesville
November 14, 2019Dr. 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...
Racism to Blame for Deplorable African-American Infant Mortality Rates, Group Says
November 14, 2019By 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...
Black Mothers Need to Wield the Enormous Power of Breastfeeding their Babies
November 11, 2019This 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...
NCHE Executive Director Dr. Gail C. Christopher Speaks in Closing Plenary at APHA 2019
November 6, 2019APHA'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....
NCHE Leadership Transition
November 1, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2019 Contact: Michael K. Frisby 202-625-4328/mike@frisbyassociates.com NCHE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: DR. GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER TO SUCCEED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER DR. BRIAN SMEDLEY WASHINGTON, DC – The...
She, The People: Dara Cooper On Food Redlining, Reparations, And Freeing The Land
October 18, 2019Reparations 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...
Ensley Alive launches “Branding Ensley”
September 16, 2019Birmingham, AL…Ensley stakeholders launch initiative to honor Ensley jazz greats while enticing patrons to visit downtown Ensley retailers. Branding Ensley is an initiative developed by Bettina Byrd-Giles, CEO of The Bethesda Life Center, Inc....