In a recent episode of Reel Science, Artist Theaster Gates, Actor Eric Christian Olsen and FXB Center Director Dr. Mary T. Bassett discuss the impacts of racism on health and strategies for change.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar Moderator: Riad Ismat, Writer, Director, and Critic Opening Remarks: Harvard FXB’s Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Chair, Harvard Scholars at Risk About the Participants: Born in Damascus, Syria and now living Pittsburgh via Chicago, Osama Alomar is one of the most well-respected Arabic poets writing today and a prominent practitioner of the…
The January 27 executive order restricting travel, immigration, and refugee entry to the United States signaled major policy changes in those areas. Despite the recent stay of the immigration order upheld by the 9th District Court of Appeals, litigation is likely to continue and the attitudes implicit in these orders are likely to reappear in policy. FXB’s director Jennifer Leaning and director of research Jacqueline Bhabha have recorded a podcast…
Throughout the world, children flee peril in their place of origin, but often they exchange one set of dangers for another. A new report published today by Harvard University’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights finds that protection for children on the move, particularly during time of transit, is lacking worldwide. Children on the Move: An Urgent Human Rights and Child Protection Priority, which began as a research project…
