The focus on racial injustice in the U.S. – particularly the effect of race on criminal justice – has been in the public spotlight following the tragic deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner on Staten Island, and Tamir Rice in Cleveland during encounters with law enforcement. While these inequities play out in numerous areas, health and well-being is one sector in which minority groups are dramatically and disproportionally affected.
This Forum event will examine how disparities within the law and the criminal justice system negatively affect health, as well as how the role of race interacts with neighborhood environments, educational and employment opportunities, public policy, and other factors to lead to poorer health.
E-mail questions for the expert participants before the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. Or Tweet them to@ForumHSPH using #HealthAndRace. We’ll also conduct a live chat on The Forum’s Race, Criminal Justice and Health web page. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can during a limited Q&A. If time does not allow for us to ask your question, we encourage you to continue the conversation by posting comments on our website at ForumHSPH.org.
Participants:
- Jim Doyle, Former Wis. governor and former attorney general, and health care lawyer, Foley & Lardner LLP
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Felton Earls, professor of human behavior and development, emeritus, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
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David Harris, managing director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
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Nancy Krieger, professor of social epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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David Williams, professor of public health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Scott Malone (Moderator), editor-in-charge, general news, northeastern United States, Reuters
Date & time:
Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Watch online at The Forum, sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Presented in collaboration with Reuters.