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Work-in-Progress Series: Maggie Sullivan and Jill Roncarati

Zoom Webinar

**Note (4/2/20): To view the presentation from this Work-in-Progress event, click here** On Thursday, April 2, 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, Maggie Sullivan, FNP-BC, DrPH (Research Fellow at the FXB Center and Director and Founder of the Oasis Clinic at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless) and Jill Roncarati, ScD, PA-C (Research Fellow,…

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Radcliffe Event: Health, Inequity, and COVID-19

Zoom Webinar

International experience in recent months has powerfully illustrated that the COVID-19 virus has particularly harmful and disproportionate effects on already vulnerable populations. Mary Bassett and Khalil Gibran Muhammad will discuss inequity and public health in the time of COVID-19, exploring how the virus encounters existing inequalities, replicates these inequalities, and, in many cases, amplifies them. PARTICIPANTS: Mary T. Bassett '74, director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human…

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Work-in-Progress Series: Alex de Waal

Zoom Webinar

On Tuesday, May 26, 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, Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and Research Professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, will present "African Perspectives on COVID-19 and Its Impacts." During his presentation, de Waal will discuss the following: Africa enters the COVID-19 crisis…

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Webinar: Resurgence of Scapegoating Romani People in Times of Pandemics

Facebook Live

On August 5, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Resurgence of Scapegoating Romani People in Times of Pandemics." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). To register, click here. Speakers With more than 30 years of experience in public health, Dr. Mary T. Bassett…

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Webinar: Anti-Romani Racism During COVID-19 Pandemic

Facebook Live

On September 2, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Anti-Romani Racism During COVID-19 Pandemic." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the FXB Center's Facebook page. Speakers Dr. Suraj Yengde is an award-winning scholar and activist from…

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Webinar: Structural Inequalities as Risk Factors During Pandemic

Facebook Live

On September 14, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Structural Inequalities as Risk Factors During Pandemic." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page of the Central European University Romani Studies Program. Speakers László Fosztó…

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Webinar: Responses to COVID-19 at Local, National, and International Levels

Zoom Webinar

On October 8, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Responses to COVID-19 at Local, National, and International Levels." The event will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. EDT (3 to 4:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page of the Central European University Romani Studies Program. Speakers…

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The People’s Health In Crisis: Reflections on Poverty, Racism, and the Fight to Defend Democracy

Zoom Webinar - Registration Required

Event Description To raise awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequities that it has revealed and deepened, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and UCLA Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health co-hosted an online discussion with leaders from the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. During this event, panelists shared personal narratives around the following topics: How…

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Work-In-Progress Series: Considerations in Prioritizing Limited COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies

Zoom - Registration Required

On Monday, January 11, 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, Professor Marc Lipsitch will present “Considerations in Prioritizing Limited COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies.” This event will take place as a Zoom webinar from 1 to 2 p.m. To register and receive Zoom webinar details, please contact Sam Peisch at speisch@hsph.harvard.edu. Professor Lipsitch is a Professor of…

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