In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health
In a complex, modern society, we’re deeply connected in ways that often go unnoticed. On In Solidarity: Connecting Power, Place and Health, hosts Ericka Burroughs-Girardi and Beth Silver explore these connections through conversations with some of the brightest minds and biggest thinkers in public health. Burroughs-Girardi and Silver talk with authors, activists and scientists to investigate historical context, implications for health, and evidence-based solutions. Join the conversation on In Solidarity today. Brought to you by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
In Solidarity is back for a new series exploring the power of organizing to improve our health. We’re diving into public health’s history of organizing around just causes and the ways it can return to its powerful, political roots. All episodes available October 16, 2024.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
The first episode of In Solidarity's four-part series, Organizing for Health, covers how the field of public health is rooted in organizing and how practitioners can re-engage and reconnect to their powerful, political origins. Physician, epidemiologist and host of the America Dissected podcast, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, joins the conversation to discuss public health's history with organizing and the ways we can use organizing to improve health.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
This episode explores how organizing around housing issues advances public health priorities. We delve into tenants’ rights groups: how and why they started; how they have protected tenants from abuse; how they’ve improved living conditions; and how they’ve encouraged people to become more politically engaged.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
How do we transition from organizing for change to enacting policy change? In this episode we’ll explore the power of labor unions to protect workers’ rights, health and wealth.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
How does public health return to its roots of organizing to improve health? In this episode, we will share recent organizing success stories with specific examples and strategies that work on the ground.