Health, Healthcare and Equity
Presenters for this Black-Jewish Dialogue session included Beverly Coulter, Pastor William Hicks, and Dr. Frank Miller with facilitators: Rabbi Craig Lewis of Mizpah Congregation and Deborah Levine, ADR Editor. The discussion included descriptions of the healthcare challenges facing the African-American community and the Jewish community, as well as mutual challenges in the COVID-19 era.
The conversation included local, national and international perspectives on the healthcare equity picture:
- The incidences of specific diseases in each community through genetics and/or economics
- The affect of the environment on our health
- Local and federal policies affecting health and healthcare
- Food and nutritional challenges
- Options that communities and religious organizations can consider implementing or intensifying
Hear: the Black-Jewish Dialogue Video
Read: Health Disparities and the Culture of Lack by William Hicks
Read: Why Black-Jewish Dialogue Now
Dialogue Partners:
American Diversity Report, Chattanooga News Chronicle, Mizpah Congregation, Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga, C.U.R.B. – Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
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