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From Pain to Podcast to Policy: A Journey in Black Maternal Health Advocacy
In this talk, Brittany shares her path from personal trauma to public advocacy, exploring how storytelling, community action, and policy change intersect.
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http://twin-cities.umn.edu/
612-625-5000
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Bodily Autonomy as a Public Health Imperative
In the talk "Bodily Autonomy as a Public Health Imperative," Dr. Asha Hassan will discuss the critical intersection of bodily autonomy and public health, emphasizing the foundational importance of self-determination in fostering a healthy society and reducing health inequities.
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Working Toward Equity in Cannabis Policy
This session will cover the history and impact of cannabis criminalization, equity components within cannabis legalization in Minnesota, and research and work aimed toward addressing the harm caused by criminalization in the state.
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The Bite of the Brute: Hounds, Hydrophobia, and Anti-Blackness as a Public Health Concern
This presentation will interrogate some of the ways that the presence of Black Americans has been treated as a threat to the wellness of the public in the past and present, and how dehumanization has been a central strategy for that purpose.
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Role of Public Health Academicians in Response to Humanitarian Crises
In this presentation Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH will share his experience and insights on the role and contributions of public health academicians in response to humanitarian crises.
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Silent Epidemic: Confronting Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
This event will explore the critical intersection of gun violence and public health, delving into the pressing questions of why gun violence occurs, who is responsible, and who it impacts.
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Unraveling the Blanket for Liberation: The Abolitionist Cause for Public Health
This talk interrogates the relationship between public health and policing and presents a case for abolition as a public health cause that is necessary to protect communities and achieve health equity.
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Toward an Antiracist Public Health of ‘Radical Possibility’: On Power, Epistemology, and Creative Resistance for Health Justice
Join to hear from Dr. Ryan J. Petteway, DrPH, MPH, a public health scholar, educator, and poet who integrates social epidemiology, participatory research, and creative arts to advance health equity.
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Abolition for Public Health
Join us for a conversation about the history of abolition, what is it and why it’s needed, and why should public health practitioners have an abolitionist mindset.
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Justice in Public Health: Is the US Opioid Epidemic a White Problem? Stories of the Black Experience in Minnesota
In Partnership with the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Seminar Series The US drug overdose epidemic is often portrayed as a white epidemic. But this masks its very real impacts on communities of color. Dr. Smith and community partners from the African American Survivor Services will discuss their ongoing research collaboration exploring a key…
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Justice in Public Health: Climate Justice and Health Equity within Indigenous Communities
Join us to hear from SPH’s new Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Kyle X. Hill present his research on climate change and health equity within Indigenous Communities.
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