‘White Saviors? — or Just Well-Meaning?
Benton Harbor head coach Elliot Uzelac speaks with his team after practice on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 in Benton Harbor, Mich. (Bryan Bennett | MLive.com) Story of Black Team’s Miracle Turnaround Provokes Myriad Feelings During a ‘Courageous Conversation’ ST. JOSEPH,...
The Pot’s About to Boil in Berrien County. Keep the Heat Up, Britten Says
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – How do you help move thousands of people toward healthier lives? And how do you encourage people across the black-and-white racial chasm to work together to help reduce health inequities? These are daunting goals, and not for the fainthearted....
Talking, in Black and White
Health Officer Britten Says Candid Talk about Race Can Spark Empathy and Action to Fix Health Inequities BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Most adults in the U.S. probably know about “The Talk” black parents have with their teenage sons. This is the protective advice designed to...
Closing ‘The Death Gap’
Chicago Epidemiologist Coaches Michigan Healthcare System on How to Confront the Health Effects Bred by Structural Racism BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Dr. David Ansell likes to say he practiced internal medicine for decades along “one street” but in “two worlds.” The street...
Hospitals Have Many Tools for Making Communities Healthier
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – The slide on the screen in the auditorium shows a young black male. Dr. David Ansell says he is 16, lives on the West Side of Chicago and has only about a 50 percent chance of living to age 65. Why is that? Ansell asks. If you suspect gun...Healing the Trauma of Racism
3 ways Health Systems Can Make Communities Healthier
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BERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. – Who were these people living on the streets? That’s what the huge health system and insurer Kaiser Permanente wanted to know.
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Spectrum Health Lakeland Community Grand Rounds addresses how racism plays a role in community health. Come and hear Dr. Bechara Choucair, on Wednesday! https://t.co/kN0OLpWVgu #cgr #bravetalks
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Join us in Benton Harbor, MI on July 17 and hear Kaiser Permanente's Chief Community Health Officer, Bechara Choucair, MD.
4Robin DiAngelo articulates structural racism eloquently:
"All of our institutions effectively and efficiently reproduce it. Just by virtue of the homogeneity of those sitting at the tables making decisions that impact the lives of those who aren't sitting at those tables.
