Discussion Series on "Health as a Human Right"

This looks like an interesting series of discussions:

The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance present...

HEALTH AS A HUMAN RIGHT
A Series of Community Conversations

Co-sponsors include: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Co-op Humboldt Park, Chicago Women's AIDS Project, AREA Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, The HotHouse, DuSable Museum, and the Nathalie P. Voorhees Neighborhood Center.

How can we think of health as a human right? How have the "War on Terror," Hurricane Katrina, and pending Immigration Legislation impacted our health as a nation? How does where we live effect our health, our diet, and our stress level? How would open, honest dialogue about sexuality improve our health?

The Public Square and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance present a series of conversations on public health and access to healthcare. With the participation of the leading thinkers and doers in Chicago's public health community, such as Quentin Young of Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; Courtney Bell, former director of Women's Health Center; Danny Block of Chicago State University; and Miguel Morales of Co-op Humboldt Park, we will consider not only the challenges of an inadequate healthcare system, but also the way in which issues such as geography, demographic inequalities, food distribution, sexuality, adolescent access to healthcare, and the strains of war can and should inform our larger picture of public health.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED and can be made at info@prairie.org or 312.422.5580. Please specify which of the panels you are registering for with the date. Please include the names of all guests in your reservation.

How Do We Think of Health as a Human Right?
A Conversation About War, Immigration, Universal Healthcare, and the Corporatization of Healthcare
Wednesday, May 10, 6pm-8pm
DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Place

Let's Talk About Sex and Health, Baby
A Conversation about Reproductive Health, Youth, and Sexual Identity
Saturday, May 13, 1pm-3pm
HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo

How Do We Build Healthy Places?
A Conversation About Geography, Food, and Transportation
Saturday, May 20, 2-4pm
Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave.