Berkeley Conversations June 22-26

June 22, 2020

 Communications & Public Affairs

Dear campus community,

Following is this week’s schedule for “Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19,” a series of live, online events featuring faculty experts from across the UC Berkeley campus who are sharing what they know, and what they are learning, about the pandemic. New events are being added regularly. If you miss the live presentations, everything is being recorded and made available for viewing at any time on the Berkeley Conversations website.

Live webcast: Friday, June 26 12–1 P.M. (Pacific)

Structural Racism and COVID19: The Political Divide, Re-Opening the Society and Health Impacts on People of Color

Recent California data show that citizen perspectives on rolling back shelter in place and other public health provisions related to COVID19 are highly politicized and racialized. This Conversation features experts, john powell, Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, Cristina Mora, Co-Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies, and Mahasin Mujahid, Epidemiologist, School of Public Health who will explore the impact of a polarized society on COVID19, especially for vulnerable populations. Panelists will also discuss public health and social equity measures needed to safely re-open the society to address COVID19 as well as the underlying pandemic of structural racism. In addition, they will examine bridging policies that can help overcome societal divisions and pr omote health justice for all. 

The event will be broadcast live on this page. You can also watch it live on the UC Berkeley Facebook page

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