The Color of COVID-19: “Disparate Impact, Inequitable Response”
More than six months into the COVID-19 crisis, it has become glaringly clear that the impacts of the pandemic are not felt equally by all. We may all be in the same storm, but we’re not in the same boat. Black, Latinx, and Native Americans bear an unequal burden in both the number of cases and the number of deaths compared with whites. Meanwhile, Asians Americans have faced a spike in reactionary xenophobia. These trendlines have worsened as the months drag on—continuing to expose the structural racism and injustices that underpin these disparate health outcomes. How can the U.S. right the ship? What are the near and long term interventions needed to correct these gross inequities? Who are the innovative problem solvers working on the frontlines of this crisis?
Join us for a conversation where we will explore the underlying causes of the pandemic’s disparate impact on non-White communities as well as the inequitable response by governmental entities, policymakers, philanthropy and media producers to those outcomes.
Speakers
Mary Bassett MD, MPH (Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University)
Erik Brodt, M.D. (Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, OHSU)
Cynthia Choi (Co-Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action)
Khalil Cumberbatch (Senior Fellow, Council on Criminal Justice)
Sonia Perez (COO, UnidosUS)
Welcome remarks by Don Gips (CEO, Skoll Foundation)
Hosted by Cheryl Dorsey (President of Echoing Green, and Board Member, Skoll Foundation)
Moderated by Jimmie Briggs (Principal, Skoll Foundation)
Additional Discussants
Ernest Boykin (Criminal Justice Reform Advocate)
Kim Gallon (Associate Professor of History at Purdue University + Founder, COVID Black)
Nathaniel Smith (Founder and Chief Equity Officer of the Partnership for Southern Equity)
Monique Tula (Executive Director, National Harm Reduction Coalition)
Olajide Williams, M.D. (Professor of Neurology, Columbia University)
Date & Time
Thursday, October 29, 2020
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET / 4-5:30pm GMT
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With thanks to our convening partners
New Profit, NDN Collective
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