NEPHTC is celebrating Juneteenth on June 19, 2023! This is a day to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, while also recognizing the impact that racism has had and continues to have on American institutions. Today, we reflect on how far we still have to go to achieve racial equity, while marking […]
NEPHTC is celebrating Juneteenth on June 19, 2022. This is a day to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, while also recognizing the impact that racism has had and continues to have on American institutions. Today, we reflect on how far we still have to go to achieve racial equity, while marking […]
Structural Racism – What Can We Do? We can examine what we can do in our lanes for systems change. Our former Associate Dean of Public Health Practice in the Activist Lab, Harold Cox, said recently in a BUSPH Community Meeting, when everyone is asking what they can do, I say: “we do what we can […]
Structural Racism – What Can We Do? We can speak. As people, leaders can speak. We can each speak. NEPHTC appreciates the leaders of our institutions -Boston University School of Public Health and Boston University – who have spoken out against racism. We appreciate that they speak, and then speak again, showing that sometimes we […]