Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Course Introduction

    • Dedication Practice

    • The Inspiration
  • 2

    Lesson 1: Grounding

    • An Introduction

    • A Somatic Start

    • A Scriptural Start

    • A Place in the Ecosystem

    • A Reflection on Power

    • Support for Your Journey
  • 3

    Lesson 2: Starting with Racism

    • Intro

    • Definitions

    • Anti-racism 101

    • How The Word is Passed

    • Why Lead with Race?

    • Dying of Whiteness

    • Hope: The Combahee River Collective
  • 4

    Lesson 3: History of Racism in Health Care

    • Intro

    • Haunted by Slavery

    • Health Inequity History

    • Distrust

    • Racism and Ableism

    • Sterilization of Native American Women

    • Hope: Black Panthers and Health Care

  • 5

    Lesson 4: Racism in Medicine Today

    • Intro

    • Vaccine Distrust and Everyday Racism

    • Just Medicine

    • Stop Blaming Black People for Dying

    • Dr. Susan Moore, MD

    • #BlackBioethics

    • Hope: A New Hippocratic Oath
  • 6

    Lesson 5: Public Health 101

    • Intro

    • What is Public Health?

    • What are Health Disparities?

    • Social Determinants of Health

    • Health in America

    • Health in All Policies

    • Hope: Investing in Public Health
  • 7

    Prayer Pause

    • Somatic Centering
  • 8

    Lesson 6: The Political Determinants of Health

    • Intro

    • What are Political Determinants of Health?

    • An Illustration

    • Voter Suppression and Public Health

    • Addressing Health Disparities Through Voter Engagement

    • Our Faith Our Vote

    • Hope: The Hill We Climb
  • 9

    Lesson 7: Health Disparities 1

    • Intro

    • An Overview of the Data

    • Pain

    • Cancer

    • Heart Disease

    • End-of-Life Care

    • Hope: Advocate Aurora Health

  • 10

    Lesson 8: Health Disparities 2

    • Intro

    • Birthing Person Mortality

    • Trans Health Care Access

    • Black Men's Health

    • HIV and AIDS

    • Disability

    • Hope: Disability Justice

    • More Hope: Fat Liberation
  • 11

    Lesson 9: COVID-19

    • Intro

    • Racial Health Disparities

    • Navajo Nation

    • Preexisting conditions

    • Hate Crimes Against the AAPI Community

    • Evictions and COVID-19

    • Hope: Alaska's Vaccination System Thrives
  • 12

    Lesson 10: Health Equity

    • Intro

    • What is Health Equity?

    • Equality vs. Equity

    • Leading Causes of Life

    • The Circle of Human Concern

    • Faith-based Health Equity Concepts

    • Hope: Community-based Research

    • More Hope: Health Equity Inspired Poem
  • 13

    Prayer Pause

    • Breathe
  • 14

    Lesson 11: Racism as a Public Health Crisis Overview

    • Intro

    • Why the declaration matters

    • What Does it Mean?

    • What Does it Involve?

    • The CDC Declaration

    • Responses

    • Hope: Support from Faith Communities
  • 15

    Lesson 12: Where You Are Born

    • Intro

    • Infant Mortality

    • Adverse Childhood Events/Experiences

    • Foster Care and Child Removal

    • Child Care Crisis

    • Reproductive & Environmental Justice

    • Hope: Birthing Without Bias
  • 16

    Lesson 13: Where You Live

    • Intro

    • Zip Code

    • Environmental Racism

    • Transportation

    • Housing

    • Food Insecurity

    • Hope: Violence Intervention

    • More Hope: Food Justice and Sovereignty
  • 17

    Lesson 14: Where You Learn

    • Intro

    • Education and Health

    • Pathway to Health Equity

    • School to Prison Pipeline

    • The Pandemic and Higher Ed Disparities

    • Student Debt

    • Hope: I Promise School
  • 18

    Lesson 15: Where You Work

    • Intro

    • Employment and Health Insurance

    • Caregiving Crisis

    • Lack of Paid Leave

    • Farm Workers

    • Racism in the Workplace

    • Hope: Universal Basic Income

    • More Hope: A Litany for Essential Workers
  • 19

    Prayer Pause

    • Rest
  • 20

    Lesson 16: Where You Age

    • Intro

    • Racism and Aging

    • LGBTQIA+ Older Adults

    • Aging and Disability

    • Aging in Prison

    • Homelessness

    • Hope: Mobile Homecoming
  • 21

    Lesson 17: Poverty

    • Intro

    • The Myth of Personal Responsibility

    • Minimum Wage

    • Wealth Divide

    • Catastrophic Health Care Costs

    • Foreday in the Morning

    • Hope: The Poor People's Campaign

    • More Hope: Reparations
  • 22

    Lesson 18: Trauma

    • Introduction

    • Race Based Traumatic Stress

    • Microaggressions and Health

    • Representation Matters in Mental Health

    • MMIWG2S

    • Healing Generational Trauma

    • Hope: Healing Justice
  • 23

    Lesson 19: War on People Who Use Drugs

    • Intro

    • Founded on Racism

    • Failure for Public Health

    • Overdose Crisis Causes

    • Overdose and COVID-19

    • Medical Support for Decriminalization

    • Hope: Harm Reduction

    • More Hope: Faith and Harm Reduction
  • 24

    Lesson 20: Mass Incarceration

    • Intro

    • Mass Incarceration is a Public Health Crisis

    • Poverty and Incarceration

    • COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails

    • Children's Health

    • Largest Mental Health Provider

    • Hope: Transformative Justice and Diversion Centers

    • More Hope: Poetry and Justice
  • 25

    Prayer Pause

    • Journal
  • 26

    Lesson 21: Police Brutality

    • Intro

    • Policing is a Public Health Crisis

    • Policing as a Social Determinant of Health

    • Impact on Community Health

    • Policing and Disability

    • Police Violence and Black Women's Health

    • Hope: Abolition

    • More Hope: Community Safety
  • 27

    Lesson 22: Immigration

    • Intro

    • Immigrant Health is Public Health

    • Family Separation

    • Health Care Access

    • COVID-19

    • Title 42

    • Hope: Churches as Places of Sanctuary
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    Lesson 23: Health Ministries

    • Intro

    • Faith-based Approaches to Promoting Health

    • Partnering Together for a Free Clinic

    • Community Trauma Institute

    • What is Health Ministry?

    • Faith Communities and Fighting COVID-19

    • Parish Nursing

    • Abolish Medical Debt

    • Hope: Questions as Direction

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    Lesson 24: Ministry Imaginings

    • Intro

    • From Serving to Saving and Changing

    • Food Security Reimagined

    • Working With Social Movements

    • MOLO

    • Using Art

    • Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

    • Our Faith Our Vote

    • Hope: Emergent Strategy

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    Lesson 25: Mutual Aid

    • Intro

    • A Visual History of Mutual Aid

    • How to Organize in the Age of COVID-19

    • Mutual Aid and Churches

    • How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid?

    • Mutual Aid Pod Mapping

    • Hope: Visioning Exercise
  • 31

    A Benediction of Belonging

    • Farewell

    • Gratitude
  • 32

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