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The First 1000 Days of Life: Setting the Stage for Equity—Seminars in Society and Neuroscience

There has always been “The Other America” as Martin Luther King Jr. stated in a 1968 speech during the civil rights movement. He spoke about the intolerable conditions that Black people face daily from poverty to substandard education and housing. Deep structural and systemic racism have plagued our country for far too long, resulting in inequities that we begin to see within the first two years of life. This seminar will cover the importance of the first 1000 days of life, the intricate connection of this vulnerable time period to the rest of life, the urgent need for confronting social justice and racial equity issues, and how institutional racism has affected our public health systems and responses. If society is to achieve what has been held as the aspirational premise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, confronting these historical issues is imperative.











When: Tue., Dec. 8, 2020 at 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Columbia University
116th St. & Broadway
212-854-1754
Price: Free
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There has always been “The Other America” as Martin Luther King Jr. stated in a 1968 speech during the civil rights movement. He spoke about the intolerable conditions that Black people face daily from poverty to substandard education and housing. Deep structural and systemic racism have plagued our country for far too long, resulting in inequities that we begin to see within the first two years of life. This seminar will cover the importance of the first 1000 days of life, the intricate connection of this vulnerable time period to the rest of life, the urgent need for confronting social justice and racial equity issues, and how institutional racism has affected our public health systems and responses. If society is to achieve what has been held as the aspirational premise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, confronting these historical issues is imperative.

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