As an issue of national health disparity and health literacy awareness we wanted to alert you to an upcoming webinar – Dying While Black: Colorblind Policies and Eliminating the Slave Health Deficit Professor Vernellia Randall, the University of Dayton School of Law, announces a free webinar on April 25, 2009 at 2:00pm Eastern Standard time. Registration available at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/243926080 This seminar will trace indigenous black American health status to slavery. It will explain why a colorblind policy approach will be ineffective for eliminating the health deficit. The seminar will provide a comprehensive approach focused on improving social determinants of health. Finally, it will detail the components of a comprehensive 21 st century anti-discrimination law.
announcement seen on the BHIC blog http://nnlm.gov/mcr/bhic?p=4587.
