Black Feminism, Racial Realism, and Organizing for Health: A Reading Circle

UIC School of Public Health faculty and students present: Black Feminism, Racial Realism, and Organizing for Health: A Reading Circle

Tuesday, Feb. 27
Noon-1 p.m.
Optional debrief: 1-1:30 p.m.

Odehmenan Health Equity Center
UIC Library of the Health Sciences, Suite 220

We will hold space for the collective reading of passages from two key texts: the Combahee River Collective Statement and Racial Realism by Derrick Bell. The goal of this event is to engage in a facilitated discussion about the shared themes and implications of these important works on the lives of people racialized as Black in the United States.

Presenters:

• Tiffany N. Ford, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health.
• Tynetta Hill-Muhammad, MPH Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Black Feminist Policy Lab, UIC School of Public Health.

Register for the event.