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Register for the Event Don’t miss the “Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America’s Largest Cities” book release event taking place September 29th at 6 pm (CST) via Zoom! Co-editors Maureen Benjamins, PhD, a Senior Research Fellow at the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI), and Fernando De Maio, PhD of the American Medical Association and DePaul University, will host this virtual celebration to share and discuss their research on the racial death gap in the 30 largest US cities. The event will feature a panel discussion of key stakeholders talking about the book’s findings, the power of local equity data, and where to go from here.…

Please SIGN ON and help us share this sign-on letter FAR AND WIDE before the deadline, this Friday (9/17) at 10am ET/9am CT/8am MT/7am PT.  This letter will go to senators asking that they support the House Energy and Commerce Committee policy to provide a permanent & comprehensive fix to America’s coverage gap. This gap is currently leaving over 2 million uninsured Americans living under the poverty line, predominantly from communities of color, without any access to healthcare coverage.   Because this is the only health care policy in the Build Back Better Act that directs resources specifically to low-income Americans, 60% of whom are people of color,…

KENNEDY-SATCHER INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM September 28 & September 29, 2021 11am - 2pm The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute is excited to introduce "Mental Health Equity is Health Equity" a 2-day symposium.  We invite our community partners and supporters to join us on September 28, 2021 and September 29, 2021 from 11am - 2pm EST. This event will touch on important topics in the Mental Health Equity movement such as Policy & Data, Clinical Services, Cultural Humility & Sensitivity, and Uplifting Invisible Voices.     AGENDA SIGN UP FOR THE SYMPOSIUM NOW  

             The Inaugural Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award   Spotlighting trail blazers that are leading the creation and advancement of health equity. Registration is free and participants can sign up in advance by visiting: https://bit.ly/3hDqgPj   Atlanta, GA – September 16, 2021— Today, the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI), The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), and YouTube announced the Inaugural Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award.    “During his tenure at HHS, Dr. Garth N. Graham yielded incredible…

Expanding Voter Rolls Could Improve People's Health, Experts Say — "High level of correlation" between voting and better health outcomes by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today September 20, 2021   share to facebook share to twitter share to linkedin   email article What's a good way to improve population health? One answer might surprise you: increasing the number of patients registered to vote. "There is a high level of correlation between people who are engaged in voting and better health outcomes," Adam Fox, deputy director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, said last week at a webinar on voting and health sponsored by the National…