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May 06, 2020

Reps. Underwood, Jackson-Lee, and Green to Hold Virtual Forum to Discuss Health Disparities and the Coronavirus Pandemic

(WASHINGTON) – On Thursday, May 7th, Reps. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Sheila Jackson-Lee, and Al Green (D-TX) will hold a virtual forum on healthcare disparities – which have been further exposed by the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.  Last week, the Democratic members of the Committee wrote the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of the Inspector General on this problem. Reps. Underwood, Jackson Lee, and Green will be joined Samantha Artiga, Director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Michelle A. Williams, Dean of the Faculty at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This event will be streamed live.

Virtual forum:

Coronavirus and Homeland Security Part Five: A Panel Discussion on Health Disparities with Dean Michelle Williams and Samantha Artiga

Members:

Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)

Vice Chairwoman of the Committee on Homeland Security

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

Rep. Al Green (D-TX)

Panelists:

Samantha Artiga, Director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation

Michelle A. Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Thursday, May 7 at 1pm EDT 

Livestream: At homeland.house.gov or on YouTube

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