Webinar: Actionable ways to address anti-Black racism and police violence through public health practice (2020)
Date: June 11, 2020
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This webinar will create the space to have discussions that focus on how public health institutions and the community as a whole should address anti-Black police violence through public health practice.
Speakers:
• Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh, Senior Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH (www.nccdh.ca)
• Dr. Notisha Massaquoi, Principal Consultant, Nyanda Consulting ([ Ссылка ]); former Executive Director, Women’s Health in Women’s Hands ([ Ссылка ])
• Nana Yanful, Staff Lawyer and Legal Team Lead, Black Legal Action Centre ([ Ссылка ])
• Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health, Nova Scotia ([ Ссылка ])
PART 1: Intro
PART 2: Your organization
PART 3: Impact of anti-Black racism and anti-Blackness on health and well-being
PART 4: Anti-Black racism and police violence in the Canadian context
PART 5: Responses that are congruent with an emancipatory social, public health and population health perspective
Agenda:
PART 1: Introduction
• Host
• Land acknowledgement
• Speakers
• Webinar objectives
PART 2: Your organization
• Poll: Is your organization currently implementing a strategy to address anti-Black racism?
• What is anti-Black racism?
• Resources to support your learning
• Framework from “Let’s Talk: Racism and health equity”: How racism gets under the skin
PART 3: Impact of anti-Black racism and anti-Blackness on health and well-being
• Panelists respond to the question: What is the impact of anti-Black racism and anti-Blackness on health and well-being?
• Unpacking graphic from D.R. Williams from “Race and health: Basic questions, emerging directions” regarding the impacts of anti-Black racism on other determinants of health
PART 4: Anti-Black racism and police violence in the Canadian context
• Poll (in chatbox): What is the relationship between your organization and law enforcement and criminal justice system?
• Panelists respond to the question: What are the manifestations and impacts of anti-Black racism and police violence in the Canadian context?
• COVID-19, policing and anti-Black racism
PART 5: Responses that are congruent with an emancipatory social, public health and population health perspective
• Panelists respond to the question: How can we respond to anti-Black police violence in ways congruent with an emancipatory social, public health and population health perspectives?
• Policy options for addressing anti-black racism
• Conclusion: Reading of Langston Hughes’ poem “I look at the world”
For more information, contact us at nccdh@stfx.ca.
