Updated May 29, 2020
Long before the coronavirus impacted how we live, work, and play, systemic challenges contributed to disparities that impede some people from living long, healthy lives. Your ZIP code should not determine how long you live, but it does. Social factors, which are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources, have been mostly responsible for the unfair and avoidable difference in health status.
The American Heart Association is launching a webinar series titled COVID-19: Impact on Communities of Color, designed to discuss the impact of COVID-19 in communities of color and #EmPOWERChange.
During our series, we will:
- Explore the implications of COVID-19 from the perspective of economics, education, physical, and mental health
- Explain the connection between health disparities and inequities related to the COVID-19 crisis
- Explore solutions to address the current COVID-19 crisis and its future implications
Below, are links to additional resources related to previous webinars, in case you missed it.
We also encourage you to visit empoweredtoserve.org if you are interested in driving change through health justice and empowerment in your community. For information on COVID-19, visit heart.org/coronavirus.
June 10, 2020 – Impacto Devastador: COVID-19 and Latino Communities
- The AHA launches 2nd webinar in a series discussing impact of COVID-19 on communities of color
- Recording from Impacto Devastador: COVID-19 and Latino Communities (will be available post-event)
ICYMI
May 8, 2020 – COVID-19: The Impact on Communities of Color
- The AHA convenes health equity leaders to discuss impact of COVID-19 on communities of color
- Recording from COVID-19: The Impact on Communities of Color webinar
- Resources shared by the American Heart Association
- Gerald E. Johnson II, American Heart Association
- Resources shared by webinar panelists
- Dr. Lisa Cooper, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
- Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M., Tanya M. Odom Coaching & Consulting
- When Discrimination and a pandemic collide
- American Medical Association COVID-19 Health Equity Resources
- League of Latin American Citizens COVID-19 resources
- Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
- What COVID 19 Tells us About Structural Racism
- Minorities are dying of Covid-19 at alarming rates. Here’s what to do about it right now. (via NY Times Editorial Board)
- Questions of Bias in Covid-19 Treatment Add to the Mourning for Black Families
- Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
- Black Feminist Perspectives on COVID-19: A Reading List (via Black Women Radicals)
- Next webinar: Impacto Devastador: COVID-19 and Latino Communities, June 10, 2020, 3-4 p.m.
- ICYMI: Eastern States launched a webinar series on the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color