SHEC Cultural Competency Spotlight Webinar Series: Hispanic/Latino Population
The Southeastern Health Equity Council (SHEC) released its Cultural Competency Resource Guide in fall 2015. This guide is comprised of resources, trainers, institutions and publications about cultural and linguistic competency that can be shared with the 10 Regional Health Equity Councils (RHECs), stakeholders and partners to help address cultural barriers with health care systems. Additionally,…
Lindy Boggs Congressional Fellowship application – now available
Newcomb College Institute sponsors a Lindy Boggs Congressional Fellowship through Women’s Policy Inc. (WPI) each year. WPI awards annual fellowships to a select number of graduate students with a proven commitment to equity for women, and fellows gain practical policymaking experience and graduate credit as they work from January to August as Congressional legislative aides…
Southeast MCH Scholars Collaborative Meeting
This past weekend (Friday, September 23 - Saturday, September 24), we were pleased to host this year's Southeast MCH Scholars Collaborative Meeting, a partnership with our counterparts at Emory, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of South Florida. As a result of the collaborative, it is expected that Scholars will… Develop a unique MCH…
Unprisoned: Exploring how mass incarceration impacts health and wellbeing
If you weren't able to join us for last week's Health, Race, & Communication seminar, fear not! We've uploaded the entire lecture to our Youtube channel. http://bit.ly/2cGZkzV