The Intersection of Structural Racism and a Pandemic
Aspen Insight
English - June 16, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsNews Commentary News Government aspen insight the aspen institute non profit government organization leadership global politics news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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East Harlem is an overlooked neighborhood of Manhattan, made vulnerable by structural racism and gentrification. But even before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, the neighborhood had its own preparedness organization run by women of color who work and live there. Listen as Ann-Gel Palermo—an East Harlem resident, an associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators fellow—discusses preparing for disaster.