How Do We Think of Health as a Human Right?
A Conversation About War, Immigration, Universal Healthcare, and the Corporatization of Healthcare
Wednesday, May 10
6pm-8pm
DuSable Museum
740 E. 56th Place

World leaders with such disparate world views as Hugo Chavez, Saddam
Hussein, Tony Blair, Fidel Castro, and Jacques Chirac all support
Universal Healthcare; why is the U.S. the only developed country
without some for of universal healthcare services? How do the “War
on Terror,” Hurricane Katrina, and the pending Immigration
Legislation effect our health as a nation? What are the effects of
the globalization of public health on access to essential care?

Join The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council and the
Neighborhood Writing Alliance for a provocative discussion about
these and other issues. The conversation will be lead by:

Richard Sewell, Executive Director of Health Equity at the University
of Illinois School of Public Health (moderator)
Quentin Young, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Ida Hellander, Physicians for a National Healthcare
Geraldine Gorman, UIC College of Nursing

This event is part of Health as a Human Right: A Series of Community
Conversations, co-organized by The Public Square at the Illinois
Humanities Council and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance on public
health and access to healthcare. We will consider not only the
challenges of an inadequate healthcare system, but also the way in
which issues such as geography, demographic inequalities, food
distribution, sexuality, adolescent access to healthcare, and the
strains of war can and should inform our larger picture of public
health.

Co-sponsors include: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Co-op
Humboldt Park, Chicago Labor and Arts Fest, Chicago Women's AIDS
Project, AREA Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, The HotHouse,
DuSable Museum, the Nathalie P. Voorhees Neighborhood Center,
Physicians for a National Health Plan, Fredrick Blum Neighborhood
Assistance Center, Campaign for Better Health Care, Center for
Neighborhood Technology, and Access Living.

All events in this series are free and open to the public.
Reservations are Required.
For more information or to register, please call at 312.422.5580.