New Jim Code? Innovation, Imagination, and Inequity in the Digital Age
Social Justice in Public Health Speaker Series: Impacts of Technology on Health Equity and Social Justice
Please join us as we examine the current technology landscape within the context of social justice and health equity; and explore existing challenges and solutions, including how it can be utilized as a tool to empower marginalized communities, increase access to resources, and challenge existing power structures. This innovative collection of lectures from experts in the field of public policy, public health, and social justice, is designed for students in public health, medicine, education, pharmacy and nursing degree programs.
Free and open to the public with prior registration.
Session 1: New Jim Code? Innovation, Imagination, and Inequity in the Digital Age
Presenter:
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, PhD
Professor of African American Studies
Princeton University
A groundbreaking analysis on race, technology and social justice, focusing on big structural changes necessary for heath equity