This hybrid event invites online and in-person participation. Please register to receive information to join on Zoom. If you'll be on the Simmons University campus join us in the Management and Academic Building, Room C520/521.
Contact: Leigh Haynes, interim director MPH Program, with any questions.
Speakers
- Professor Dawna Marie Thomas, PhD, Chair, Department of Public Health
- Professor Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW, Director, Master’s of Social Work Program
The Simmons University Master of Public Health program invites you to this lecture offered in the context of its Boston Immersion course, Racism, Oppression, and Health. During the immersive course experience, students analyze racism and the several intersectional systems of oppression and marginalization that shape health with the long history, rich culture, and urban landscape of Boston as a backdrop.
This lecture will center Boston’s Cabo Verdean community, which has been deeply shaped by the intersections of colonization, migration, and racial discrimination. Based on her experience as a researcher from the community, Dr. Dawna Marie Thomas will share insights and analysis as to how these socio-structural determinants of health and well-being have shaped the presence of and limited responses to intimate partner violence in the Cabo Verdean community. Dr. Gary Bailey will provide a response, widening the lens to provide reflections on why social justice, human rights, and health equity must be an imperative for public health and potential pathways for meaningful change.
The MPH program in the Department of Public Health of Simmons University advances a vision where all individuals and communities are assured fair and equitable opportunity to achieve optimal health and well-being, ensuring inclusivity across identities, locations and circumstances. We look forward to welcoming you!