Environmental Health and Racial Equity Book Signing at 2011 APHA Conference in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – I have attended dozens of public health conferences over the years. However, I am especially excited about participating in the 139th American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference & Exposition held this year at the Convention Center in Washington, DC since I will be signing my latest book, Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States: Building Environmentally Just, Sustainable, and Livable Communities, at 2:00pm, October 31, 2011.
Black History Month: Eight Decades of Wrong Complexion for Protection
There’s an old saying that “all communities are not created equal.” This was true more some 236 years ago when our nation was founded and it is true today as we celebrate Black History Month. Much has been written about the glaring racial inequality in employment, education, income and wealth, housing and health care. However, far less has been written or publicized about the glaring inequities that exist in government response to natural and human-induced disasters.
Black History Month: "Invisible Houston" Revisited Three Decades Later
As part of Black History Month this year, the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University kicks off Invisible Houston Revisited, an initiative that follows up Invisible Houston: The Black Experience in Boom and Bust, a book I wrote nearly three decades ago that critically examined the major demographic, social, economic, and political factors that helped make Houston the "golden buckle" of the Sunbelt.
Call for Papers Focuses on Black Houston Over Past Three Decades
The Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University (TSU) is calling for papers for its Invisible Houston Revisited Three Decades Later: The Black Experience in Boom and Bust Policy Summit and Book Project. The initiative follows up Invisible Houston: The Black Experience in Boom and Bust (Texas A&M University Press 1987) that critically examines the state of Houston’s African American population over the past three decades.
