Reparations as a Public Health Priority
Session 2 of our 8th Annual Social Justice Series
African Americans and Native Americans are two groups that have been most affected by structural racism resulting in disparities in health outcomes. Recent attention has shifted to reparations as part of the solution to inequities. The members of this panel will discuss strategies for reparation and the role reparation can play in reducing the health gap.
Featuring:
Kerby Lynch, PhD
Ceres Policy Research
Dr. KerbyLynchis a critical Black studies scholar of human geography, political economy, and intellectual history. Kerbyholds a BA in African American Studies with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality and most recently completed her Ph.D. in Geography, both from the University of California at Berkeley. Kerby's dissertation was titled "In the (After) Life: Black Queer Spatialities under Regimes of Displacement, 1963-1989," which surveyed the spatial practice of redliningin San Francisco during the 1950s until the 1980s. The focal point of Kerby's research aims to understand how political and economic determinants of theurban inform Black queer subjectivity in the city. Kerbycurrently serves as a Program Manager for Ceres Policy Research and conducts community-based research on community reinvestment, Afri-centric public health models, and gender-based state violence. Kerby is also a small business owner in the City of Vallejo at LaDell's Shoes (ladells.com)in Downtown on Georgia Street!
Corrina Gould
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
(Ohlone) Corrina Gouldis the director of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan. Born and raised in her ancestral homeland, the territory of Huchiun, she is the mother of three and grandmother of four. Corrina has worked on preserving and protecting the sacred burial sites of her ancestors throughout the Bay Area for decades.
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.