WCU to host free event on racial healing

As social media captures the reality of race relations today, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has forged a coalition of more than 70 organizations dedicated to supporting community-based healing projects and policy changes designed to dismantle racial hierarchies and structures of inequality.

Gail C. Christopher, D.N., senior advisor and vice president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will engage in a dialogue about the foundation’s hands-on work to instill “Racial Healing as a Public Health Imperative” on Wednesday, April 27, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., at West Chester University’s Sykes Student Union Theater. The event is free and open to the public, according to a university press release.

A nationally recognized leader in health policy, Christopher is charged with leading the Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) initiative. Throughout the U.S., TRHT is actively engaged in coordinating national and local commissions dedicated to organizing public forums designed to explore real ways to eliminate racial hierarchies and establish systems that provide opportunities that are equitable.

At the foundation, Christopher serves on the president’s cabinet. Since joining the foundation in 2007, she has served as vice president for program strategy with responsibility for multiple areas of programming, including racial equity; food, health and well-being; community engagement and leadership; as well as place-based programming in New Orleans and Mexico. She has particular expertise and experience in national issues related to social determinants of health, health inequities and public policy.

Christopher has earned numerous awards throughout her career, including the “Change Agent Award” from the Schott Foundation for Public Education (2011). Most recently, she was the recipient of the Terrance Keenan award for Grantmakers in Health (2015). Christopher is also chair of the board of the Trust for America’s Health.

The dialogue is sponsored by the university’s College of Health Sciences.

 

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