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Linda Villarosa: A Conversation on Race and Healthcare

April 28, 2023
8:15am - 1:00pm

The Coalition for Health Justice welcomes Linda Villarosa, author of Under the Skin for a conversation on Race and Healthcare on April 28, 2023, from 8:15am - 1pm. This event is sponsored by CCC Cincinnati and includes Continental breakfast, a Lecture by Linda Villarosa, Small Group Discussion, a Q&A with Linda Villarosa, & Lunch. This event is FREE, but registration is required. Check-in for this event starts at 8:15am on Friday, April 28th. More about Linda: Linda Villarosa is a journalist, author, editor, novelist and educator. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and health. Her 2018 cover story, "Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis," was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Her 2017 article, "America's Hidden HIV Epidemic," won a National Lesbian and Gay Journalists' award for Excellence in Journalism. That organization inducted Linda into its Hall of Fame in 2020. Linda's essay on medical myths was included in the New York Times's 1619 Project in August 2019 and is published in the 1619 Project Book which came out in November 2021. She covered the toll covid-19 has taken on black communities in America and the environmental justice movement in Philadelphia in 2020 and wrote about life expectancy in Chicago in 2021. For several years, she edited the health pages for the New York Times, working on health coverage for Science Times and for the newspaper at large. She was also the executive editor of Essence Magazine—two different times. Linda has won lots of awards from organizations, including The American Medical Writers’ Association, The Arthur Ashe Institute, Lincoln University, the New York Association of Black Journalists, the National Women’s Political Caucus, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists’ Association and the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. She is the author or co-author of three books, including Body & Soul: The Black Women’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being. Her first (and only) novel, Passing for Black, was released in 2008 and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Her book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation was published in June 2022 by Doubleday.