Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 17:03:04 -0500
From: UNC SPH Minority Health Project <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: 23rd Annual Minority Health Conference (plus satellite broadcast
& webcast) February 16, 2001
RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENT:
THE STATE OF MINORITY HEALTH
In Chapel Hill, NC, with selected sessions
broadcast via satellite (C-band) and the Internet.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Public Health
23rd Annual Minority Health Conference,
directed by the Minority Student Caucus.
February 16, 2001, 9:00 am to 4:15 pm
at The William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center
Register to attend in Chapel Hill:
www.sph.unc.edu/oce/courses/minority2001.htm
The William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture will be given by
Richard Moore, Co-Founder of the Southwest Network for
Environmental and Economic Justice and the Southwest
Organizing Project, and Founder and Director of the Bobby
Garcia Clinic in Albuquerque, NM. More information:
www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2001/keynote.htm
Mr. Moore's presentation and the afternoon's Panel Discussion
will be carried live (and free) by satellite (C-band), thanks to a grant
from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,
and by Internet (also free) (Register to downlink from the satellite
or Internet: www.minority.unc.edu)
The goal of the conference is to explore the impact of social
and environmental factors on the health of minority populations
by presenting underlying conditions, examining innovative
strategies, and identifying priority areas for future research
and practice.
Workshops feature spokespersons on Latino health, rural health,
community activism, HIV-AIDS, aging and access issues among
minorities. A panel on Public Health in the New Administration
concludes the conference.
For further details about the Conference and registration
information: www.sph.unc.edu/oce/courses/minority2001.htm
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Also, stay tuned for the 2001 Summer Public Health Research
Videoconference on Minority Health, June 18-22, 2001
www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2001/ Now on C-band.
Keynote speaker: Camara Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
No site fee again this year.
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