The Fierce Urgency of Now: Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address COVID-19 Health Inequities

Public conversations surrounding COVID-19 health outcomes in Black and Latino communities must address the role of structural racism, including how community trauma, neighborhood disinvestment, and environmental toxins can cause or further exacerbate those conditions, and how these, in turn, are driven by inequities in political power and economic opportunities.

This webinar, co-hosted by Families USA and the National Urban League, highlights findings from “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address Health Inequities in the Era of COVID-19”, and discusses how COVID-19 reveals legacies of disinvestment and inequities in communities of color, and how you can take action to organize for justice at the state and federal level.

Featured Speakers:

• Amber Hewitt, Director of Health Equity, Families USA
• Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
  
• Clint Odom, SVP for Policy and Advocacy and Executive Director, Washington Bureau, National Urban League