3176.0 Critical histories of social justice and health activism across the generations

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Presentations in this session will critically examine the history of inter-generational activism that seeks to build social welfare states and social protection (i.e., promoting societal health & preventing health inequities, from "womb to tomb").
Session Objectives: People who attend the session will be able to describe different historical examples of intergenerational activism that has sought to build welfare states and social protection.
Organizers:
Anne-Emanuelle Birn, MA, ScD , Luis Alberto Aviles, PhD, MPH and Sarah Ramirez, MPH, PHD
Moderator:
Samuel Roberts, PhD

10:30am
Introduction to "Critical histories of social justice and health activism across the generations"
Samuel Roberts, PhD
     
10:35am
100th Anniversary of the Children's Bureau: Looking Back at Successes and Failures
Janet Golden, PhD
10:55am
Screening of "A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential School Experience"
Vanessa Simonds, MS, ScD
11:15am
Gray Panthers to Occupy Wall Street: Intergenerational activism from 1970 to now
Roger Sanjek, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Spirit of 1848 Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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