this is an event that's happening today. c.i. asked me to note it.
ON FEBRUARY 22, 2007
HEALTHCARE-NOW!
PRESENTS
IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
TWO FREE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
AND BOOK SIGNINGS
BY NOTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOLARS
Harriet Washington, a medical historian, will present
her groundbreaking work that uncovers the sordid
history of medical experimentation on African
descendants from colonial times to the present,
including the current use of unethical methods to
provide health “care” to Black people. She will sign
her new book Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of
Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from
Colonial Times to the Present.
Frederick Newsome, M.D., an attending physician at
Harlem Hospital, will present his paradigm-shifting
analysis and examination of unique and profound issues
regarding the meaning of clinical practice for the
African- descendant professional health provider. He
will sign his new book An African American Philosophy
of Medicine.
Ajamu Sankofa, a national organizer for
Healthcare-Now! will offer brief remarks of why a
national single-payer health system (H.R. 676) in the
United States is urgently relevant to the quality of
life of all people of African descent residing in the
United States.
Torian Easterling, a fourth-year medical student at
the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey, will moderate the event.
Books will be available for sale. Information is
POWER.
DATE: Thursday, February 22, 2007
PLACE: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
521 West 126th Street New York, NY 10027
TIME: 7 PM-9:30 PM
Co-sponsors: New York City Chapter of Healthcare-NOW!;
Latinos for National Health Insurance; Million Worker
March; Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and
Development; Brenda Stokely of the NYC Katrina
Solidarity Committee; National Coalition of Blacks for
Reparations in America (N’COBRA); NYC Chapter of
National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL); Student
National Medical Association-Region IX; The Institute
of the Black World, 21st Century, and Physicians for a
National Health Program--NY Chapter.
Healthcare-NOW!
339 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10012-2725
800-453-1305
http://www.healthcare-now.org
