2 FREE CEUs on Wednesday, January 17 (6:00 - 8:00 PM EST)

NASW-MA’s 10th Annual MLK Jr. Forum on Racial Justice: Achieving Healthcare Equity for BIPOC Communities will focus on inequities in access to healthcare and barriers to care facing Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Social workers will come together through this annual forum to learn strategies for engaging in advocacy to address this crisis, working together with those most impacted. In 2020, the disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color exposed systemic racism and deeply embedded structural inequities, resulting in an emphasis on healthcare equity. We will learn about efforts to achieve healthcare equity and the challenges that lie ahead in Massachusetts. 

Panelists will discuss approaches to addressing inequities in the provision of health services, disparities in outcomes, and the role of implicit biases in feeding structural inequities in our Commonwealth and our nation. 

Objectives: 

1. Understand barriers in access to health care for Black, Indigenous and other people of color in Massachusetts.

2. Learn strategies to engage in advocacy centering communities most impacted by disparities.

3. Learn specific approaches to addressing health disparities in social work practice across the range of settings where social workers live and work.

Registrations are closing on Monday, January 15. Learn more about the speakers here: https://www.naswma.org/page/MLKForum2024 

Register soon!