Event Details The upcoming Boston Mayoral election promises to bring Boston into a new era of politics with the growing likelihood of electing the first non-white male Mayor in Boston’s history. However, with the litany of prevailing social issues impacting Black and Brown communities, will this election truly represent the change that so many have waited decades for? Join the Ash Center, Center for Public Leadership, FXB Center for Health…

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Event Recording https://youtu.be/13G_EGUfLMA Event Details On Wednesday, October 13, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work-in-Progress Series. During this event, FXB Center Visiting Scientist Sergio Aguayo will present “Organized Crime in Mexico City: The Coming Battle.” Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Center's director of research, will provide introductory remarks. This event will take place as a Zoom webinar from…

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Event Recording https://youtu.be/JJde6jT9Oak Event Details In this FXB Center work-in-progress speaker presentation, FXB Faculty Affiliates Dr. Gaurab Basu and Dr. Pedja Stojicic will discuss the intersections of climate change, structural racism and health equity. They will further describe the Climate Health Organizing Fellows program, a six-month fellowship that teaches health professionals how to engage in making change by developing community organizing and public narrative skill sets based on Harvard Kennedy…

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Please join us on Wednesday, October 27 for the next conversation in the "Voices in Leadership" series. Helen Clark, who served as prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, will be in conversation with Mary T. Bassett, director of Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and incoming commissioner of health of the State of New York. They will discuss the findings of the Independent Panel for…

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