October 20, 2021
Session 2 of the Health Summit Series: Recognizing Racism as a Public Health Crisis
During this session, we learned about Racism as a Public Health Crisis. The discussion was led by Dr. Kent Key, our Keynote speaker from last year's Health Summit, who helped us dive deeper into the intersection of racism and public health. Dr. Key shared his own experience working with community leaders in Flint, Michigan to demonstrate the significance of making this declaration and why it is an important first step in building healthy, equitable, and just communities. He also described how his community is operationalizing their resolution and taking action to improve health equity and social justice.
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