Objectives:
1. Explore racism as a trigger of stress and physiological changes impacting health.
2. Discuss ways that racism affects reproductive health in Black women resulting in disproportionate maternal and infant mortality.
3. Explore the unique ways that racism impacts the health of black Men.
4. Identify the impact of racism on the developmental health of children of color.

Speakers:
1. Samuel Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
2. Thomas LaVeist, PhD, Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
3. Monica McLemore, RN, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor, Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco
4. Walter Gilliam, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Psychology; Director, The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy

Facilitators:
-Samuel Roberts, PhD, Associate Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
-Mekbib Gemeda, NADOHE HPC Chair, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Eastern Virginia Medical School