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Webinar: Health Equity – Jun 29

hillarya — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:51:09 +0000

During the last two decades, the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in more than 1.6 million premature deaths compared to the White population.

On Thursday, June 29 at 9:00 a.m. ET, join Washington Post Live for conversations with Rachel L. Levine, assistant secretary for health; Thomas LaVeist, dean of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Kortney James, pediatric nurse practitioner at the UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program; and Natalie Hernandez, executive director of the Morehouse School of Medicine Center for Maternal Health Equity, who will examine the medical toll of racial inequality and ways to address health care disparities.

Webinar: Poverty, by America – Mar 30

hillarya — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:56:24 +0000

Matthew Desmond, a Princeton sociologist, is the author of a new book that explores why poverty remains at a higher level in the United States than many of its peer countries.

On Thursday, March 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer joins Washington Post deputy business editor Damian Paletta to discuss “Poverty, by America” and why such hardship persists in the richest country in the world.

Online Event: The State of Youth Mental Health – Aug 17

hillarya — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:04:42 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic has underlined a growing urgency around youth mental health across the world. On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 3;30 PM, join Washington Post Live for a conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD and UNICEF senior mental health technical advisor Zeinab Hijazi on how young people are navigating what health officials have declared a crisis and how schools, families and communities are working to provide supportive environments and solutions.

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Online Event: Race in America: The Costs of Racism – Jul 21

hillarya — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:50:26 +0000

Heather McGhee’s best-selling book, “The Sum of Us” argues that racism is at the core of society’s most vexing issues and hurts all communities.

On Thursday, July 21 at 12:00 p.m. ET, join Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart for a conversation with McGhee about her upcoming podcast series that continues her cross-country examination of the economic and social costs of racism.

Online Event: Race in America: History Matters – Feb 16

hillarya — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:25:35 +0000

Throughout American history, Black women have played a central role in the fight for civil and women’s rights. Their work paved the way for future generations to ascend to new heights across all facets of society.

On Wednesday, February 16 at 10:30 a.m. ET, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Janai S. Nelson, associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, each reflect on the women who inspired them, the continued structural barriers Black women face today and the forces that are pushing change in our continuing series about the role of Black women in the country’s history.

Virtual Event: Race in America: History Matters – Feb 10

hillarya — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:40:56 +0000

Judge Constance Baker Motley was the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary and the only woman on the NAACP legal team who won the landmark school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education.

On Thursday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dean, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, discusses her new book, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, in our continuing series about the role of Black women in the country’s history.

Race in America: Hispanic Heritage Month – Oct 8

hillarya — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:00:26 +0000

NASA JPL tactical mission lead for Perseverance Diana Trujillo discusses her work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, advocacy around STEM education and her journey immigrating from Colombia to the United States.

Date and Time: Friday, October 8, 2021, 12:00 PM

Race in America: Hispanic Heritage Month – Sep 22

hillarya — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:17:47 +0000

The National Museum of the American Latino will be built in the coming years to celebrate the expansive and diverse histories, cultures and contributions of Latino communities. On Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 2:30pm ET, Washington Post reporter Arelis R. Hernández speaks with Eduardo Díaz, interim director of the planned museum and current director of the Smithsonian Latino Center, about the importance of recognizing this long history and how the past shapes our present in our conversations marking Hispanic Heritage Month.

Webinar: Vaccines & Variants – Jul 30

hillarya — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:15:39 +0000

Coronavirus cases are again surging as the more transmissible delta variant spreads in unvaccinated communities and poses new challenges for the country’s health system. On Friday, July 30 at 11:00am ET, Rachel L. Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, joins Washington Post Live to address her agency’s efforts to increase vaccinations among Americans of all ages and other health issues facing the country, including life expectancy in the U.S. dropping to its lowest level in almost two decades.

Webinar: Race in America: Health Disparities – Jul 27

hillarya — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:12:55 +0000

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Latinos have been among the communities hit hardest from numbers of infection to death rates to the economic toll. On Tuesday, July 27 at 1:30pm ET, Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.), who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is a trained emergency room physician, joins congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor to discuss long-standing barriers to health care in the Latino community and his recent legislation to address the physician shortage in underserved and rural areas.

Vaccines & Variants – Jul 16

hillarya — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:55:04 +0000

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy’s top priority is ending the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccines. The delta variant is spreading faster than any previous mutation, threatening the unvaccinated at an unprecedented level. Washington Post health policy reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham will interview Murthy about efforts to reach the unvaccinated, especially in the most vulnerable communities, as well as the vaccines’ efficacy against the variants.

Join Washington Post Live on Friday, July 16 at 12:30pm ET.

Opportunity in Crisis, Parts I & II: Investing in Educational Equity – Jul 15 & 19

hillarya — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:47:42 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic upended education and generated concern about millions of students falling behind – especially those of color and in high-poverty communities.

In the first of a two-part “Opportunity in Crisis: Investing in Educational Equity” series, Thursday, July 15 at 12:00pm ET, Washington Post Live will bring together Learning Policy Institute president & CEO Linda Darling Hammond and incoming Nevada State College president DeRionne Pollard for a conversation focused on the state of education in the U.S., how to create a more equitable path forward and ways to equip students for skills needed in a rapidly changing world.

On Monday, July 19 at 3:00pm ET, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks about what policies can help students, teachers and families as schools reopen again this fall.

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Disability in America – Jul 13

hillarya — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:42:29 +0000

Elevating the voices of the historically marginalized, like those who identify as disabled, can have the power to shift stereotypes and build a more inclusive future. This program puts a spotlight on the power of representation in storytelling with leaders in the field who are driving change and looks at the state of disability activism 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Join Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers on Tuesday, July 13 at 2:30 pm to meet the trailblazers paving the way forward.

Race in America: History Matters with Author Clint Smith – Jul 8

hillarya — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:27:22 +0000

Clint Smith traveled to nine locations from Monticello in Virginia to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana to examine how slavery is remembered. In the new book, “How The Word is Passed,” Smith writes about his visits to those places, “those telling the truth, those running from it, and those doing something in between – in order to understand this reckoning.”

On Thursday, July 8 at 1:30pm ET, the best-selling author joins opinions columnist Michele Norris to share what he has learned.

Webinar: Vaccines & Variants – Jul 7

hillarya — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:23:25 +0000

The number of coronavirus infections is rising again as the delta variant becomes more dominant in the United States. The World Health Organization is advising fully vaccinated people to wear masks indoors and socially distance from others, but the CDC is leaving it up to states to set the guidelines.

Ashish K. Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, and Céline Gounder, clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University and CEO of Just Human Productions, join Washington Post Live to discuss the latest on the pandemic – from vaccines to variants – and assess the path forward amid stagnating national vaccines rates.

Join the conversation on Wednesday, July 7 at 2:00pm ET.

Webinar: Digital Health – Jun 23

hillarya — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:23:21 +0000

Our health-care system is changing the way it does business. From the accelerated growth of telehealth, to the advent of digital therapeutics and diagnostics, to digitized data infrastructure, digital health is here to stay. Challenges like cybersecurity threats, privacy concerns and reaching those with limited Internet capability are also part of the territory.

On Thursday, June 24 at 10:00am ET, join experts in medicine, technology, and policy talking about the future of digital health care and how to make it efficient and safe.

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Webinar: Women in Tech: Trailblazers – Jun 23

hillarya — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:19:50 +0000

Despite gains over the years, women remain disproportionately unrepresented across STEM-related fields and in leadership positions in the technology sector. Women also make up a minority of partners at top venture capital firms.

On Wednesday, June 23 at 11:30am ET, Washington Post economics correspondent Heather Long speaks with trailblazers who have ascended to the top of the tech sector about their paths to leadership and the big questions that will define the future of technology. We’ll speak with Google CFO Ruth Porat, former TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot and former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.

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Race in America, History Matters: Rise Again: Tulsa and The Red Summer – Jun 17

hillarya — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:41:23 +0000

“Rise Again: Tulsa and The Red Summer” is a new documentary about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the racial violence that preceded it. Directed and produced by Dawn Porter, the film follows Washington Post journalist and Oklahoma native DeNeen L. Brown as she reports on these events and the search for a mass grave in Tulsa.

On Thursday, June 17 at 2:00pm ET, Washington Post senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan speaks with Brown and Porter about what happened, the continued calls for justice for victims and survivors, and the lessons of history for today.

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The Path to Net Zero – Jun 3

hillarya — Mon, 31 May 2021 14:20:16 +0000

The transition to a net zero global economy is accelerating, with powerful implications across many sectors. Washington Post Live will gather thought leaders and key policymakers to discuss the goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and assess the path forward to 100 percent clean energy in less than 30 years. We’ll also examine the Biden administration approach on eliminating fossil fuels, and focus on how energy and transportation will need to be transformed in order to reach these goals.

Date and Time: June 3, 2021, 12:00 PM

Race in America: Corporate Initiatives – Jun 2

hillarya — Mon, 31 May 2021 14:16:22 +0000

Mark Mason is Citi’s chief financial officer and one of Wall Street’s highest-ranking Black executives. In the past year, the company has committed over $1 billion to tackle the racial wealth gap in banking and credit, housing and entrepreneurship.

On Wednesday, June 2 at 2:00 pm ET, Mason joins Washington Post opinions writer Jonathan Capehart to discuss the initiatives and corporate America’s role in addressing systemic racism.