{"id":3012,"date":"2020-09-08T20:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T01:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2020-09-22T09:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:05:53","slug":"september-17-working-together-when-covid-19-racial-disparities-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/september-17-working-together-when-covid-19-racial-disparities-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Together When COVID-19 + Racial Disparities Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Video link for program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Working Together: When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet\" width=\"693\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8o4XSt28btw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio link for program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wetransfer.com\/downloads\/6275beb5099dbcd50247436d1606093420200920201110\/c955d5239fa0a26687b3489cf6029e6a20200920201110\/679f50\">https:\/\/wetransfer.com\/downloads\/6275beb5099dbcd50247436d1606093420200920201110\/c955d5239fa0a26687b3489cf6029e6a20200920201110\/679f50<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Action Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Sept 17 Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We partnered with the Diversity Action Team of Rock County for the September 17 program titled Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet.<\/p>\n<p>This program was an excellent update on the racial disparities in Rock County, what YWCA Rock County and Health Net are doing to address these challenges and what we as individuals, families, and businesses can do.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Request weekly updates on racial disparities and COVID-19. Contact our speaker at Nicholas.Zupan@co.rock.wi.us. Request that the Health Department post this info weekly.<\/li>\n<li>Donate to the Immigrant Relief Fund, helping essential workers, people trying to renew the Green Cards, people waiting for Citizenship status, etc. Contact Ellen Joyce &lt;eejoyce66@gmail.com&gt; or YWCA Rock County Facebook page for Immigrant go fund me information to donate. Funds are available for Rock County immigrants.<\/li>\n<li>Ian Hedges, Health Net, recommended reading <u>Medical Apartheid<\/u> by Harriet A. Washington.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure your clinic or hospital request feedback from patients of color to eliminate distrust that has been created by their medical experiences.<\/li>\n<li>Check in with friends and co-workers of color when negative events happen. Be a true ally by listening, learning, and supporting.<\/li>\n<li>Call, write, contact your County Board and City Council members, State and Federal Representatives to share your voice. Explain the systemic changes (health, housing, education, policing, etc.) that you feel need to be seriously addressed.<\/li>\n<li>Live and share the words of John Lewis, &#8220;When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up, you have to say something, you have to do something.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Value each other&#8217;s complexities and find opportunities to learn and work together!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RACIAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RACIAL.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RACIAL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.datrockco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RACIAL-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>A collaboration of local non-profits are once again partnering to present a virtual discussion focused on social justice and current events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 17\u00a0 \u00a06:30-7:30 p.m.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conversation, moderated by Beloit College Assistant Professor Ron Watson, will highlight how the racial disparities that have always existed in healthcare, employment, education and childcare have been magnified by the current pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rock County Health Department, HealthNet of Rock County, Inc., YWCA of Rock County and Community Action, Inc. Rock and Walworth Counties will share the updates and actions that their organizations have taken in response to old and new challenges. Participants will hear from a Latinx mom who is living the reality that these disparities create.\u00a0 They will also learn how individuals, families and organizations can make lasting changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The discussion is presented by\u00a0Diversity Action Team of Rock County, the YWCA of Rock County, Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties, the\u00a0Beloit NAACP Branch #3251 and UW-Madison, Division of Extension Rock County\u00a0and\u00a0Hedberg Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration is required.<\/strong>\u00a0Look for a Zoom link to be posted on the partners\u2019 social media pages. This is a virtual event and may be recorded.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Jeanne Carfora\u00a0608-756-1815\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jcarfora@sbcglobal.net\">jcarfora@sbcglobal.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video link for program: Audio link for program: https:\/\/wetransfer.com\/downloads\/6275beb5099dbcd50247436d1606093420200920201110\/c955d5239fa0a26687b3489cf6029e6a20200920201110\/679f50 Action Steps From Sept 17 Program Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet &nbsp; We partnered with the Diversity Action Team of Rock County for the September 17 program titled Working Together When COVID-19 and Racial Disparities Meet. 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