Health Equity and Social Justice

Hightlights

• Geof Swain provided an overview of the topics of health equity and social justice and introduced some of the Fellows to the Wisconsin Center for Health Equity. [Paula and Raisa work with the Center].
• Virginia Zerpa-Uriona, Outreach Specialist at the Center for Urban Population Health, gave a moving presentation on "Social justice and research: Anti-HIV stigma campaign in the Latino Community in Milwaukee"
• Claudia Kabler-Babbit and Maggi Cage of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center presented LGBT public health intiatives underway at the LGBT Community Center
• Mark O'Neil, the Director of Youth Services at Diverse and Resilient spoke to the group about capacity building