Arline Geronimus on What We Can Do to Combat ‘Weathering’
Lynn Todman (left), executive director for population health at Spectrum Health Lakeland in St. Joseph, Mich., poses with University of Michigan public health professor Arline Geronimus. Todman is heading a project to help close the wide gap in health outcomes between...
Shining a Bright Light on Whiteness
‘Waking Up White’ Author Invites White Audience Members to Look Inside By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—You don’t get much whiter than Debby Irving. Her husband Bruce attests to this on the jacket of her book, “Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of...
Tips for How White People Can ‘Wake Up’
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—There’s something that happened to Debby Irving a lot when she was signing copies of her book, “Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” after its publication in 2014. Invariably a white person would say to her: “You know, I...
How White People Can ‘Interrogate’ Themselves
‘Waking Up White’ Author Will Give Tips Oct. 3 for Working across Racial Lines BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—Debby Irving won’t be accompanied by a hot light and a good cop/bad cop duo when she brings a message to white people Oct. 3 about how they can begin to work together...
‘Don’t Tell Me I’m Privileged!’
How Some White People Respond to a Certain Term BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—The term “white privilege” is cropping up a lot recently. Racial justice educator Debby Irving said the term, inexact though it is, comes closest in her line of work to describe the different lives...Healing the Trauma of Racism
The George Floyd Killing Provokes a Torrent of Thoughts about Racism in America from a 62-year-old Black Man. Read his story. https://lynntodman.org/his-boil-over-point/
Community Grand Rounds
June 18 at 6:00 PM ·
Join us LIVE here on the Community Grand Rounds Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/communitygrandrounds/ Tonight! June 25th at 7 p.m. ET for a community panel discussion focusing on the impact of COVID-19 and the racial protests on the community
Meet CGR Team Member Ted Hartzell - a passion for racial justice https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3042848569170217 via @FacebookWatch
“Long overdue”: Lawmakers declare racism a public health emergency. Black and Brown Americans are susceptible to higher rates of infant mortality, heart disease & even an advanced aging process
Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/A_QdM0uthQYK31VVyQ6_fBw
