[URBANTH-L] ANN: Join us to celebrate the FIFTH IMMIGRANT HERITAGE WEEK in NYC!

[Angela Jancius]

From: Anahí Viladrich <aviladri at hunter.cuny.edu>


Join us to celebrate the FIFTH IMMIGRANT HERITAGE WEEK in NYC!

ADVOCATING HEALTH FOR ALL:
A FORUM TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL NEW  YORKERS BY REDUCING THE HEALTH BURDENS OF  IMMIGRANTS

Thursday, April 17, 2008
>From 5 PM to 6:45 PM
Reception to follow

Hunter College School of Social Work
Auditorium
139 East 79th Street, Manhattan

Moderator: Dr. Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor, Sociology

Opening Remarks: Dean Laurie Sherwen, Schools of the Health Professions

Presenters:
Dr. Marianne Fahs, Professor, Urban Public Health
& Rose Dobrof Acting Director at Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity
Healthy Aging among Immigrants? A Reality Waiting to Unfold

Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg
Distinguished Professor, Urban Public Health & Interim Director CUNY DPH Program
Why Improving the Health of Immigrants Benefits All Americans

Dr. Lina Newton
Assistant Professor, Political Science
State-Level Initiatives on Immigration and Health:
Current Political Trends and the 2008 Presidential Election

Dr. Anahí Viladrich
Associate Professor, Urban Public Health & Director, Immigration & Health Initiative
Reframing the Debate on Immigrants' Access to Health Care:
Beyond the First Decade of the (Un) Welfare Reform

THIS EVENT IS FREE
For more information e-mail Dr. Viladrich at: aviladri at hunter.cuny.edu


This forum is sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and Hunter College, and is organized by the Hunter's Office of External Affairs and by the Immigration and Health Initiative at Hunter College. Special thanks to the CUNY Doctoral Program in PH, the CUNY Transdisciplinary Urban Health Research Collaborative and the Latino Health Fellowhip Initiative at Hunter College.