The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative

On April 30th, the Queer Inclusion, Equity, Health, and Rights (QuIEHR) Working Group hosted the 4th Annual Symposium on Sexual and Gender Minority Health, Aging with Pride: Health, Resilience, and Equity for Older Queer Philadelphians. They sought to highlight the experiences of our elders, many of whom are activists who have been involved in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and equity since the beginning.

At this year’s Urban Health Summer Institute, the UHC is thrilled to be able to host a new course taught by Dr. Jourdyn Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Dornsife School of Public Health and Affiliate Faculty with the UHC. We had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Lawrence about the course and her thoughts on the public health crisis brought by racial inequality.

On April 8th, the UHC hosted Dr. Mariana Arcaya, Germeshausen Professor of Urban Planning and Public Health at MIT. Her talk, “10 Years of Participatory Action Research to Promote Healthier Neighborhoods,” presented ways to effectively execute PAR within the context of addressing public health issues.