Our Moment to Address the “Taint of Race” in Health

Thursday, April 17, 2025
5:30–7:00 p.m. (ET)
Hybrid (BU Photonics Center & Zoom)

In-Person Location:
The Photonics Center, Colloquium Room (9th floor)
8 St. Mary’s St.
Boston, MA 02215

In this year’s Hubie Jones Lecture, Michael Curry, Esq., president & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which represents 50 health centers that serve over one million patients at 285 practice sites across the Commonwealth, will discuss the lingering inequities in health -- locally and nationally -- as well as their origins, the efforts in Massachusetts to address them, and the threats presented by the recent shift in federal policy. The presentation will also feature an introduction to the Health Equity Compact, a collection of over 85 leaders of color in Massachusetts who are advancing a health equity agenda for the state, as well as the launch of the nation’s first primary care association-based Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation & Policy focused on emancipatory research.  

Boston University President Dr. Melissa Gilliam will open the event. Following the lecture, Professor Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, director of the Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development at BUSSW, will join Curry for a moderated conversation and Q&A with the audience. A reception with refreshments will follow. 

1.5 free CE credits (pending) will be available to social workers licensed in the U.S. If you wish to receive CE credits, please provide your license number in the registration form. Event attendance and successful completion of a post-event quiz are required to receive credits.