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African/African Ancestry Moms & Infants-Addressing Health
May
23
6:00 PM18:00
Public speaking, Events

African/African Ancestry Moms & Infants-Addressing Health

Please join us in a community discussion concerning the gaps in perinatal health care and community services that contribute to the high rates of Black maternal and infant mortality. This discussion is needed to provide clarity on challenges, barriers, service gaps and needs to improve birth outcomes for our African/African Ancestry moms and infants. "Currently the rate of mortality of Black infants continues to be two to three times higher than the rates of other ethnic groups statewide."

"Saving our babies begins with all of us"

Keynote Speaker for the event will be Dr. Tina Sacks, author of the recent publication Invisible Visits: Black Middle Class Women in the American Healthcare System" The event will also consist of a maternal health panel presentation and a facilitated group discussion to engage the community in planning for the California Perinatal Equity Initiative (PEI) which will expand interventions to fill gaps in local services.

*Dinner will be provided and serving will start promptly at 5:30pm.

For more information contact Grace Alderson at (669) 216-0338


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The #Reframe Conference: Inner Landscapes & Media Futures
May
20
to May 24
Public speaking, Events

The #Reframe Conference: Inner Landscapes & Media Futures

  • International House at UC Berkeley (map)
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This is a public event designed for those who embrace, and work at, the intersection of ideas and for those wanting to connect with leading figures at Sundance, On Being podcast, Harvard Neurology, Stanford Design School, and elsewhere -- in an intimate setting. You may be a writer, therapist, designer, journalist, physician, social worker, activist, film director, entrepreneur, technologist, or other cross-disciplinary lover. Join us for morning talks and afternoon workshops and a day of community and deep, meaningful conversation.

The #Reframe Conference: Inner Landscapes & Media Futures
International House at UC Berkeley
2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720

Jenara Nerenberg is the founder of The Neurodiversity Project and an international psychology, innovation, and mental health reporter for the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution, Garrison Institute, Fast Company, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health and UC Berkeley and is the author of the forthcoming book, Divergent Mind. Her work was featured as one of ten "brave new ideas" at the Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival, as she is dedicated to re-framing mental differences and implementing actionable change to support and celebrate the neurodivergent community. 
https://www.divergentlit.com

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Black Women vs. The Healthcare System
May
16
7:00 PM19:00
Events

Black Women vs. The Healthcare System

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INVISIBLE VISITS
Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System
by Tina K. Sacks

Invisible Visits presents a critical and nuanced analysis of how middle-class Black women navigate the complexities of dealing with a medical institution that has not been designed to meet their needs. Critically, the book challenges the widely accept myth that structural discrimination only affects poor racial minorities. In so doing, the book expands our collective understanding of how Black middle-class women are treated when they go to the doctor, why they continue to face profound challenges securing proper medical care, and what lengths they must go to to fight for effective treatment.

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Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women
Apr
2
to May 30
Public speaking, Events

Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women

  • UC Berkley, Alumni House, Toll Room  (map)
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Tina Sacks & Dawn Marie Dow
"Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women"
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Center for Research on Social Change
April 2, 2019

At this April 2 event at UC Berkeley, Dawn Dow and Tina Sacks discuss their new books on African American women. Dow and Sacks will serve as each other’s interlocutors, as well as engage with the audience, as they center the experiences of middle class African American women.

Presenters: Tina Sacks and Dawn Marie Dow  
Moderator: Amani M. Allen, Associate Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Location: Alumni House, Toll Room 
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 2 from 4:00-5:30 pm

Sponsors: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Center for Research on Social Change
Co-sponsors: Gender and Women's Studies, American Cultures Center, Townsend Center, Sociology, Center for Race and Gender, and Graduate School of Social Welfare 

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