During the first COVID-19 wave we had several episodes exploring COVID’s impact on our communities. One episode was specifically about the impact on hospitals. During the interim years there are many new healthcare issues, including the closing of hospitals in poor and rural areas. In this episode we speak with Tizgel High, who works in … Can Corporations Deliver Quality Healthcare?
As always , we like to provide our readers with additional information on our podcast topics. Resources on Black Mental Health accompanies our wonderful talk with Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson from the Morehouse School of Medicine. If you are interested in seeing more of Dr. Vinson’s work, she is the co-editor of SOCIAL (In) JUSTICE … Resources on Black Mental Health
In Black Mental Health and Trauma we discuss how COVID , police violence and suicide combine to impact our communities. We did a show in the first year on COVID’s impact on our communities. We also covered police violence. But, in this episode we look at the impact of the COVID pandemic and police violence … Black Mental Health and Trauma
From the Beginning to where we are now We always try to provide additional information to go along with a podcast topic. Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS supplements our conversation with Jesse Milan, Jr., of AIDS United. Firstly, we want to cover what HIV/AIDS is and some of the advances in treatment of the disease. … Resources for Information on HIV/AIDS
As a society, we’ve been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years now. But we aren’t finished solving the problems of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Some may argue that many of the same mistakes that were made in the approach to treating HIV/AIDS were repeated at the onset of the COVID pandemic. And, we … Can We Talk About AIDS?
In our last episode Mark Hugo Lopez explores some of the complexities of Latino identity. As always we try to supply additional information on the topics our guests discuss. For your reading pleasure we add: Resources for Latino Diversity. Identity Mark helped start us off with a few links from the massive amount of information … Resources for Latino Diversity
We are on a roll for this season. We are very privileged to have Mark Hugo Lopez, GS ’96 join us to talk about his work at the Pew Research Center. Mark is the director of race and ethnicity research at Pew, where he leads planning of the Center’s research agenda focused on chronicling the … Diversity Among Latino Communities
This season opens with a bang! We are pleased to add to our series on Learning Our Allies. Patricia Eng President and CEO of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) chats with us about her work, in this episode, Learning About Our Allies: Asian Americans. Pat’s Princeton experience was influenced by the time … Learning About Our Allies: Asian Americans
In our discussion with Dr. Rahsaan Harris we learned about Citizens Committee for New York City. Dr. Harris is the current CEO of the 45+ year old agency, which helps New Yorkers help their communities. Citizens Committee NYC uses micro grants to help fund community initiatives. As usual, we want to give our readers additional … Resources On Community Led Initiatives
This is the last show for the season and we are focusing on empowering communities. We use the word empowerment often in specific contexts. But today, we are happy to welcome Dr. Rahsaan Harris from Citizens Committee for New York as our guest. During COVID-19 we were reminded of the importance of grass roots organizations … Helping Communities Help Themselves