Event Details

Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Achieving Health Equity in Minnesota

"Achieving Health Equity in Minnesota": A roundtable discussion featuring guest speakers who bring different perspectives on how to achieve health equity in Minnesota, which has some of the worst race-based disparities in the country in health outcomes and access to healthcare.

Invited participants:

Rose Roach - National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer and Chair of Healthcare for All Minnesota
Dr. J'Mag Karbeah - health services researcher on structural racism and maternal/child health issues at the University of Minnesota
Dr. Maria Veronica Svetaz - director of Aqui Para Ti/Here for You clinic-based development program in South Minneapolis and Hennepin Healthcare
Brian Rood - Health Equity specialist at Optum Healthcare / UnitedHealth Group
Miranda Harris Martinez '18 - medical student, University of Minnesota
Organizers: Dr. Eric Carter (Geography) and Dr. Vanessa Voller (International Studies)

This symposium is funded through a grant from the Macalester College's Racial Justice Project Fund.

In-Person Registration link: https://engage.macalester.edu/register/health-equity-2023-09

Virtual Registration link: https://engage.macalester.edu/register/health-equity-2023-09-virtual

Contact: [email protected]

Audience: Alumni, Faculty, Parents and Families, Public, Staff, Students

Admission: no cost

Sponsors: Geography, International Studies, Special Events

Listed under: Alumni Events, Campus Events, Featured Events, Front Page Events, Lectures and Speakers