You're invited to the Fall 2018 Health, Racism, and Communication Seminar Series!

Troi Bechet, MSW, Founder and CEO, Center for Restorative Approaches
"Restorative Approaches: Finding Justice and Well-Being Through Connection"

Description: In our increasingly disconnected world, restorative approaches provide tools and ways of interacting that foster mutual understanding and collaborative action,  Learn how collaborative, non-violent, and needs-focused communication processes are helping community members find their own solutions to justice and well-being.

When: Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2018, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. 

Where: Room 1210, 12th floor of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112

This series of seminars will cover communication skills focused on the intersections of health and racism, specifically for community organizers, neighborhood groups, and public health students, professionals, faculty and researchers. 

These events are free and open to the public. Recordings of the seminars will be made available afterward.

The Fall 2018 Health, Racism, and Communication Seminar Series is sponsored by the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, Tulane Prevention Research Center, Tulane Mary Amelia Women's Center, and student groups Tulane Society of Young Black Public Health Professionals, Tulane African Student Association, SALUD for Latin American Communities, and SURPH: Students United for Reproductive Freedom-Public Health.

The Tulane PRC is a member of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers Program, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under cooperative agreement #U48DP005050. The Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number T76MC04927. Funding for this seminar was made possible in part by support from the CDC-HHS, HRSA-HHS, and co-sponsoring centers and groups. The views expressed in written seminar materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.