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Kendra Gage starts off all her new classes addressing one obvious fact: she’s white. That’s because Gage is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) who teaches African American studies, focusing on the Civil Rights Movement and addressing racism in modern America. Gage believes in addressing her whiteness because she wants students …
The post Kendra Gage: Teaching Implicit Bias and Anti-Racism in the Classroom appeared first on Salud America.
Today we honor Latinas who are mitigating health inequities and disparities in the Latino community. Here are their stories of resilience, hard work, and success. Meet Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, an internationally recognized researcher and director of Salud America! and its home base, the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio. She is also Chair …
The post Celebrating Our Heroes on National Latina Day August 20, 2022! appeared first on Salud America.
Luz Garcini wants to help Latinos heal from the loss of a loved one. “One of the biggest needs that we see in the community right now is that there has been a lot of loss and grief, particularly associated to the loss of loved ones over the current [COVID-19] pandemic, that has not been …
The post Luz Garcini: Helping Latino Immigrants Heal from Grief appeared first on Salud America.
Rosa Herrera knows how difficult the battle with COVID-19 can be. Two of her daughters were really sick with COVID-19 in October 2020 and were hospitalized during their infections. Herrera herself got sick, too, but had a mild case. “It was really scary. I couldn’t see them and since both of them were hospitalized at …
The post Rosa Herrera: Get the Vaccine for Your Family! appeared first on Salud America.
Having been in the industry for over 40 years, Jim Morris is no newcomer to journalism. He’s worked at several news organizations across Texas and spent two decades at the Center for Public Integrity, a news nonprofit in Washington, D.C. In August 2021, he started Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization that seeks …
The post Jim Morris: A Watchdog for Environmental Health appeared first on Salud America.
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