PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL JUSTICE SPEAKERS SERIES Economic Inequality and Public Health Strategies and Solutions Speaker: Frank Franklin, PhD, JD, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health Dr. Frank Franklin, Deputy Health Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health will wrap up the 8th annual TUC Social Justice in Public Health Speaker Series with an overview of the […]
The HIV/Hep-C/STI/Overdose Prevention Skills Certification Training is a five day community-building and learning experience. Throughout the week, learners will engage in rich conversations, share educational moments, participate in interactive activities, observe and perform role plays, and practice hands-on experiences that will provide them with: Health information pertinent to supporting clients making informed choices regarding their […]
Speaker: Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, Ph.D., MPH is a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on naming, measuring and addressing the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation. Her allegories on "race" and racism illuminate topics that are otherwise difficult for many Americans to understand or discuss., Dr. Jones aims […]
So You Want to Talk About Race Author Ijeoma Oluo discusses why it's so hard talk about race and why we must do it anyway. She instructs us to “Ask yourself: Am I trying to be right, or am I trying to do better? Conversations about racism should never be about winning. This battle is […]
The HIV/Hep-C/STI/Overdose Prevention Skills Certification Training is a five day community-building and learning experience. Throughout the week, learners will engage in rich conversations, share educational moments, participate in interactive activities, observe and perform role plays, and practice hands-on experiences that will provide them with: Health information pertinent to supporting clients making informed choices regarding their […]
The goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict, as well as a plan everyone can use to navigate conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like and strategies for navigating it, as well as discuss building personal skills in self-management during conflict and […]
Trainer: Radhika Sahai This training provides a brief overview of drug related stigma and then takes a deeper dive into depressants and stimulants. We review consumption methods and effects of each drugs, as well as how to recognize andsupport someone who is in withdrawal, is too high, or is experiencing overdose of each substance we cover. Drugs reviewed in the […]
Training Overview: This training will provide a foundation in the principles of harm reduction and define harm reduction as an intervention, philosophy, and movement that participants can incorporate into their own work to better support people who use drugs. This training will give participants an opportunity to explore the principles of harm reduction and strategies […]
The HIV/Hep-C/STI/Overdose Prevention Skills Certification Training is a five day community-building and learning experience. Throughout the week, learners will engage in rich conversations, share educational moments, participate in interactive activities, observe and perform role plays, and practice hands-on experiences that will provide them with: Health information pertinent to supporting clients making informed choices regarding their […]
The goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict, as well as a plan everyone can use to navigate conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like and strategies for navigating it, as well as discuss building personal skills in self-management during conflict and […]
The Florida Board of Education recently approved academic standards that asserted slaves benefitted from slavery. The Florida Board of Education's approval of new standards for teaching Black history in public schools has faced criticism from education and civil rights advocates who argue that students should learn the "full truth" of American history. Historian Marvin Dunn […]
UCLA Health cardiologist, Dr. Jeffrey Harrell, defines cardiovascular disease and heart disease, reviews the risk factors of heart disease and the impact of heart disease on morbidity and mortality, and discusses heart disease in African Americans. He concludes his talk by reviewing steps that we can all take for optimal heart health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn6abN6kQfg
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