How Housing = Health … Or Illness
Dr. Bechara Choucair, chief community health officer for Kaiser Permanente, speaks to an audience July 17 in Berrien Springs, Mich., as part of Community Grand Rounds: Healing the Trauma of Racism. Kaiser Permanente and Community Partners Move Homeless into Housing...
Schools, Businesses, the Environment
Lynn Todman, PhD, the executive director for population health of Spectrum Health Lakeland (left), asks questions of Dr. Bechara Choucair of Kaiser Permanente during his July 17 presentation. 3 ways Health Systems Can Make Communities Healthier By TED HARTZELL ...
Lessons from a Black Man and a White Intruder
Gentry with kids from the youth group at First Presbyterian Church of Benton Harbor on a visit to the monument at Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. Finally, I’d get the chance to know Gentry better. As one of the youth leaders of our church at the time, Gentry told...
A Diverse Team from 25 States
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Lynn Todman a Culture of Health Leader Todman Joins 39 Other Fellows Working Toward Health Equity By CGR Communications ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – Being a leader can sometimes be lonely. But when you can lean on and bounce ideas off other...
14½ Months, 22 Deaths
Jerry Price, manager of diversity and inclusion for Spectrum Health Lakeland, lost 22 friends in a period of just over one year. Mounting Losses of Black Male Friends in Their 40s Makes Man, 46, Ponder the Reasons. His No. 1 Suspect: Long-Term Stress ST....Healing the Trauma of Racism
How to close the gap on widening health outcomes between white and black Americans. https://lynntodman.org/arline-geronimus-what-can-we-do/
What Price do Communities of Color Pay for Hope in an Unequal Society? Here's what 'weathering' expert Arline Geronimus (https://lnkd.in/etZhHqM) says: https://lnkd.in/ewChyes
‘Weathering’ Theory Scholar, Arline Geronimus (https://lnkd.in/etZhHqM) says Researchers Don’t Focus Enough on Black Americans’ Lived Experience. https://lnkd.in/ezJ-FTn
Waking up White Author Debby Irving shares best practices to “wake up”. https://lynntodman.org/tips-for-how-white-people-can-wake-up/
Spotlight on whiteness - a helpful perspective from author Debby Irving. https://lynntodman.org/shining-a-bright-light-on-whiteness/
