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BOOK RELEASE: “Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America’s Largest Cities”

September 28, 2021
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. Guest speakers will offer insight from community, healthcare, research, and government perspectives.

CO-HOSTS
Maureen Benjamins, PhD
Sinai Urban Health Institute
Fernando De Maio, PhD
American Medical Association & 
DePaul University

SPEAKERS
Allison Arwady, MD, MPH
Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health
Linda Rae Murray, MD
Former President of the American Public Health Association
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH
Professor, C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Distinguished Chair in Population Health and Health Equity, and Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor of the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University
Abigail Silva, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University

EVENT DETAILS

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021 at 6 p.m.
This will be a virtual event. Zoom Meeting information can be accessed after registering for the event on Eventbrite. You will also receive an email from Eventbrite with the Zoom Meeting details on the day of the event.

Register via Eventbrite at: bit.ly/unequalcities-event

BOOK INFORMATION
Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America's Largest Cities.

Edited by Maureen R. Benjamins and Fernando G. De Maio.
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Purchasing options and more information are available on the official "Unequal Cities" website. 
Visit "Unequal Cities" Official Website