Conversations of Color: Health Inequity in POC APPROVED INT 100/201!

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Community, Staff, Students

A green background frames a photo of protestors fighting for equality for POC in health settings. Its titled Health Inequity in POC.

Conversations of Color are open and honest discussions about race, popular culture, identity, and current events. The goals of this ongoing series include:

To provide a space to hold difficult and challenging dialogue
Provide context and clarity to issues happening in the world around us
To assist students in understanding the complex issues of identity and how they affect us as individuals and a campus community

The pandemic highlighted the disparities POC face in the US Healthcare system. This presentation seeks to gather examples and experiences which demonstrate this problem, while also pointing out ways us as a community can work to change it.

Racism in medical settings.
Inequality in health care.
Segregation within city zoning and its compounding effects on health.
Lack of medical education on POC.

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Location Information

Kirkhof Center Room 2266

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Contact Information

Mae Zurita (Facilitator) [email protected]

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This event was added to the calendar by Mae Zurita (s_zuritama@gvsu.edu) on Monday, August 14, 2023 and was last updated on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 11:42 a.m.