Looking at Health Through a Human Rights Lens: UMass Amherst-Health Equity Network Webinar Series Continues

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DATE:      Wednesday, Oct. 28

TIME:       12 noon-1 p.m.

WHAT:      Loretta Ross, Smith College visiting associate professor in the Program for  
                 the Study of Women and Gender, will lead a conversation on “Is It Time to
                 Consider Using Human Rights Standards to Look at Health?”

WHERE:   Register here for the free virtual conference.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and its partners in the Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network continue their series of virtual conversations on racism with the second of three talks by social justice activist Loretta Ross, co-founder of the Reproductive Justice Movement.

Ross, who teaches a course at Smith College called “White Supremacy, Human Rights and Calling In the Calling Out Culture,” will discuss the paradigm shifts necessary for applying human rights standards in public health practices. She will also host the series’ closing webinar in November.

The Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network is a broad, cross-sectional coalition of Western Massachusetts community members and entities housed at UMass Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Together, they work to advance health equity and address the social determinants of health and root causes of institutional and structural barriers to health.