COVID-19 and the Political Determinants of Health

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RISE UP FOR JUSTICE: BLACK LIVES AND OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE

Livestream #4

Covid-19 and the Political Determinants of Health

Thursday, October 22, 2020

2:00-3:30 PM PDT / 5:00-6:30 PM EDT

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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the underlying forces and the overarching narratives of race, gender, and class inequality that have been the bedrock of the US experience since Day One. Instead of providing the public with reliable information about the pandemic and a credible plan to defeat it, the pronouncements from the White House have engendered distrust in government and in science. This fourth Livestream event in our series will feature public health experts, political scientists, and social justice activists exploring the current and historical trends in US political life that have led the country to this moment of reckoning—and what’s at stake for public health and racial equity in the upcoming election.

“When you have people elected based on undermining trust in the government, what happens when trust is what you need the most?” says Sarah Dalglish of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who studies the political determinants of health.

--from The Atlantic, “How The Pandemic Defeated America” by Ed Jong, Sept. 2020.

FEATURING:

Rahwa Neguse, MSGH, MPA, Executive Director, Healthy Black Families, Inc.

Ann C. Keller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Politics and Policy at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Dr. Hector P. Rodríguez, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health 

James King, State Campaigner for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights 

Axel Fuentes, Executive Director of Rural Community Workers Alliance 

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This Livestream series, “Rise Up For Justice: Black Lives and Our Collective Future,” from the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, is providing space for cutting edge conversations among activists, scholars, journalists, and other thought leaders to provide context and analysis on this transformative moment and envision what comes next in the movement for racial justice.

A Black-led movement demanding police accountability and justice has galvanized anger, grief, and frustration over the repeated killings of Black men and women both historically and in the present day—but also hope for a future rooted in true belonging. People worldwide are participating in a pivotal uprising that will reshape not only our relationship with Black communities but also our collective future. Launched in June 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd.

Healthy Black Families, Inc., Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Rural Community Workers Alliance,

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Texas Organizing Project, Advancement Project, Africans Rising, Athletes for Impact, APALA NV, California Calls, Center for Knowledge Equity, Community Action Partnership, Elect Justice, Family Action Network Movement, GARE, Greater Good Science Center, Health Impact Partners, I'm Making a Difference, International SEIU, Jewish Voice for Peace, Make it Work NV, Make the Road NV, More in Common, MOSES MI, National Center for Law and Economic Justice, New Florida Majority, Policylink, Community Change Action, Race Forward, Revolve Impact, SEIU NV, Texas Organizing Project, University of California at Berkeley, Visíon y Compromiso, Vote.org, Wayne State University (Detroit Equity Lab) and the Workers Center for Racial Justice.

Check out our previous events:

VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE with Black Voters Matter

ATHLETE-ACTIVISTS ELECT JUSTICE with Revolve Impact, Athletes for Impact, Vote.org, Elect Justice

BLACK LIVES & OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE with Community Action Partnership, International SEIU, and Race Forward