Scheduled participants include:

• Dr. Leandris Liburd, Associate Director for the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the CDC;
• Linda Goler Blount, CEO, Black Women’s Health Imperative; and
• Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association, and
• Moderated by Helene Gayle, CEO, Chicago Community Trust, formerly President & CEO of CARE.

About the Event

Racism has led to structural barriers that determine where a person lives and goes to school, their access to health care and whether or not they make a living wage.

Over generations, this has had a disproportionately adverse effect on communities of color, leading to significant premature mortality and other health inequities that are severe, far-reaching, and unacceptable.
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Join us on June 9 as Dr. Helene Gayle, CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, leads a panel of three experts in a discussion of racism’s impact on public health and steps to address these deep-rooted issues.