COVID-19 Webinars
The importance of partnerships in crisis is front and center as we confront the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the UNC Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have partnered to launch the webinar series, Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19.
Join us each session on Wednesdays at 1pm EST as we highlight the disparate impact of the disease in the most vulnerable communities in our nation. Please see below for information on each session, invited speakers and the link for registration. Each session will be recorded and transcribed and linked on this webpage.
Upcoming Sessions
Check out the recordings from previous sessions linked below!
Upcoming topics include immigration, indigenous community response, educational equity and more. Subscribe to our mailing list to be notified.
Past Sessions:
Click each link to access past session recordings, presentations and related resources.
COVID-19 Research with Deaf People who use American Sign Language
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED – WATCH THE RECORDING HERE Description: With urgent COVID-19 funding from the NIH, the Center for Deaf Health Equity conducted mixed-methods study with deaf and hard hearing adults who use American Sign Language (ASL). We created an online...
SESSION 10 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[September 2] Challenges and Opportunities Achieving Educational Equity during COVID-19 Description: As schools re-open -virtually, hybrid and in-person- the COVID pandemic continues to highlight existing inequalities in educational attainment, family context, and...
SESSION 9 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[August 19] The Impact of COVID-19 in Rural America Description: Challenged by limited resources and growing rates of COVID-19 rural America is confronting the pandemic through innovative strategies with public and private partnerships. This session will highlight the...
SESSION 8 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[August 5] Ensuring Equity and Justice During the Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons Learned from the Poor People’s Campaign Description: In March, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival convened the COVID-19 Health Justice Advisory Committee to...
SESSION 7 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[July 8] A Hidden Pandemic: Mental Health, Trauma, and Racial Healing Description: At the intersection of a worsening COVID pandemic and the birth of a new civil rights era, we are also experiencing a shadow mental health pandemic in our communities. Our panelist will...
SESSION 6 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[May 20] Community Resilience & Healing during COVID-19 Date & Time: May 20, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description:During this session, our guest speakers will share from their work how we can understand the factors that...
SESSION 5 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[May 13] Birth Equity during COVID-19 Date & Time: May 63, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description: The ability of birthing people to access quality reproductive and maternal health services during the COVID-19 crisis is important....
SESSION 4 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[May 6] Pandemic Call and Response: Black Queer & Trans Communities Date & Time: May 6, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description: Join us as this week’s speakers share from their lived and learned experiences of grassroots...
SESSION 3 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[April 29] Justice for All: Pandemic Response for Incarcerated Populations Date & Time: April 29, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description: Mass incarceration in the US and the current COVID-19 pandemic have collided to create a major...
SESSION 2 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
[April 22] Behind the Scenes and In the Shadows: Essential Employees in COVID-19 Date & Time: April 22, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description:The term “essential workers” has taken on a new and often times confusing meaning during...
SESSION 1 Communities in Partnership: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19
Facts and Lessons Learned from Recent Disasters Date & Time: April 15, 2020 at 1pm EST (12pm CST/11am MST/10am PST/9am AK/8am HI) Description: The global COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting pre-existing systemic inequities. Join us as we discuss with leading public...
Partnership
This webinar series is brought to you in partnership with the UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC CHER brings together collaborative, multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders to improve health in North Carolina communities with a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration, and health equity.
Sponsors
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