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136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work)

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March 2023

The 2023 Environmental Justice Lecture with Corban Addison

March 23 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work), Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 United States
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The Epidemiology and Justice Student Group and the UNC Gillings School's Department of Epidemiology present: The 2023 Environmental Justice Lecture Featuring Corban Addison, human rights advocate and international bestselling author of Wastelands. Thursday, March 23 3-4 P.M. 136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium and via Zoom This lecture honors the late Dr. Steven B. Wing, also known as “The People’s Professor.” He was a dedicated mentor and an activist for environmental justice and human rights in North Carolina and beyond for more than…

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Policy Day: NC Medicaid’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot Program

March 31 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work), Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 United States
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Designed to provide evidence-based non-medical interventions related to housing, food, transportation, interpersonal safety and toxic stress to high-need Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina, the Healthy Opportunities Pilot Program seeks to transform countless individuals' lives and national health policy discussions. Keynote speaker Amanda Van Vleet, associate director of innovation at N.C. Medicaid, will share insights on designing and implementing the pilot program. Learn more and register. Contact James Kim with questions.

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April 2023

Map The System Competition at UNC

April 19 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
136 Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg. (Auditorium, School of Social Work), Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 United States
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Join Innovate Carolina to watch student teams compete in the final round of Map the System, a global competition focused on exploring the wider context of social and environmental issues. The teams will explain the roots of pressing social and environmental issues, where existing solutions fall short, and propose routes to meaningful, systems-level change. Teams will use the tools of systems thinking to uncover knowledge gaps, identify lever of change, and present insights that can shape solutions. Learn more and…

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