Racial Healing for Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Future

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• Paulina Sosa and Ernesto Quintero
• Gail Christopher

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Webinar Description:

The fourth webinar in APHA's Advancing Racial Equity series covered racial healing as essential for dismantling racism and advancing racial equity. 

Presenters:

• Explained a model for truth, racial healing and transformation, or TRHT.
• Described efforts of the TRHT Campus Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
• Explored how Indigenous values can guide racial healing within and across communities.

Welcome and homage to National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Paulina Sosa, MPH, DrPH (c), APHA Health Policy Coordinator, COVID-19; Assistant Editor, AJPH
• Ernesto Quintero, Director and Producer

Moderator

• Tia Taylor Williams, MPH, CNS, Director, APHA Center for Public Health Policy, Center for School, Health and Education

Presenters

• Gail Christopher, DN, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity
• Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu "Punihei" Lipe, PhD, Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Mapuana Antonio, DrPH, Assistant Professor and Native Hawaiian & Indigenous Health Specialization Head, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa 

Webinar resources referenced by presenters

Paulina Sosa

• Latinx Voices Hispanic Heritage Month 

Ernesto Quintero

• YouTube trailer 
• Film webinar 
• Watch the film: http://bit.ly/asjamazon

Gail Christopher

• Congresswomen Are Banding Together Seeking Racial Healing 
• Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Creating Public Sentiment 
• What we can learn from how a doctor’s race can affect Black newborns’ survival 
• Segregation in the United States 
• Inhabiting Change Roles for Philanthropy in Reducing and Redressing Housing Segregation 
• Pervasive Inequality in the Health Care System Sustains Discrimination and Poor Health Outcomes 
• Stamped from the Beginning (Ibram X. Kendi) 
• AAC&U 2020 Institute on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Centers, Dr. Christopher’s Speaks at Plenary Session

Mapuana Antonio and Punihei Lipe

• UH Mānoa initiative underway to advance truth, racial healing and transformation
• Ford, C. L., & Airhihenbuwa, C. O. (2010). Critical Race Theory, race equity, and public health: toward antiracism praxis. American journal of of public health, 100 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), S30–S35

More resources 

We encourage you to view webinars from the 2015 series The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation. Check out other APHA racism and health resources, including our popular book, Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional.

Questions? Contact the APHA Public Health Policy Center.