<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><b>Community Change, Inc.</b></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><b>Brown Bag Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2009<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><i>Changing the Public Discourse around Race<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt"><i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">HEALTH CARE REFORM & HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES: WHERE’S THE DEBATE?</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt"> The quest to correct racial disparities in health care – differences in the level and quality of treatment between whites and minorities – hasn’t been the focus of health reform debate. But advocates are hoping to use the nearly trillion-dollar effort to fix some of the inequities, by sending billions in federal aid to boost community hospitals, local clinics, and other programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Are these effective ways to address health care disparities? If so, what are the chances that these items will be part of a final bill? What can WE do to support work to correct racial disparities in health care?</span></p> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">December 9, 2009</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>12 noon – 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>14 Beacon Street<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Boston MA 02108<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Presenters:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Renee M. Landers.</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Professor of Law, Suffolk University, is the author of <i>Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform Legislation: An Effective Tool for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">, 29 HAMLINE J. PUB. L. & POL'Y 1 (2007) and <i>Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose: The Representation of People of Color (and Women) in Boston Law Firms,</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> 50:5 BOSTON BAR J. 15 (Nov./Dec. 2006).<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>Elmer R. Freeman, MSW,</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> is the Executive Director of the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc. an academic/community partnership among Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, and a network of 15 community health centers serving the diverse racial and ethnic underserved populations of the central city neighborhoods of Boston. He is the co-chair of Critical MASS, a multi-organizational, multicultural, multi-community, statewide coalition to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.</span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNoteLevel2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><u>RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!</u></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><u> </u>RSVP (617-523-0555 or </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:janet@communitychangeinc.org"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">janet@communitychangeinc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">.)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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