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Prison Abolition as a Route to Health Equity (On Demand-CE)

Started Mar 16, 2021
1 credit

$3 Enroll

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PLEASE NOTE: You must pay a $3 fee to enroll in this CE version of the course. 

If you are NOT seeking CE or a certificate of completion, please enroll in the free version: https://www.mitrainingcenter.org/courses/parha0321noce

Keynote from PHSAD's 34th annual Minority Health Equity Conference, Disrupt to Reconstruct: Mass Incarceration to Prison Abolition

Prison abolition is a key component of health equity. Join Ericka Huggins as she discusses the past, present, and future of the prison abolition movement, alternative forms of justice, and how the prison industrial complex harms us all.

Audience

Public health professionals in all settings, including governmental public health, non-profits, health systems, etc. as well as across disciplines, whether health education, nursing, environmental health, leadership, etc.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the prison industrial complex and its impact on health disparities
  • Explain alternate approaches towards criminal justice, such as prison abolition, and the connection to health equity

Instructor

Ericka Huggins, Facilitator at World Trust and Speaker at The Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, Speak Out Now

Continuing Education Credit

CE and certificate available for $3.

  • 1.0 CHES Category I CECH (Areas of Responsibility: 1.3.1, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 8.1.4)*
  • Certificate of Completion

*We report credits to NCHEC on a quarterly basis: January, April, July, and October.

The Region V Public Health Training Center is a designated provider (ID# 99038) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

Sponsors

This conference is offered by the Public Health Students of African Descent (PHSAD) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health with support from the Region V Public Health Training Center and the Office of Student Engagement and Practice.

The Region V Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31684 Public Health Training Centers ($924,899). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by Region V PHTC, HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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