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Free videoconference to focus on what health care reform means for minorities

Please join us for the 16th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health.When? Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 1:30-4:00 p.m. EDTWhere? Webcast and Tate-Turner-Kuralt building (School of Social Work) auditorium – see www.minority.unc.eduTopic: “What Will Health Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities?”Featuring:Mayra Alvarez, M.H.A., Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin (Illinois)Ralph Forquera, M.P.H., Executive Director, Seattle Indian Health Board and Clinical Assistant Professor with the School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences at the University of WashingtonTony L. Whitehead, Ph.D., M.S.Hyg., Professor of Medical Anthropology and founding Director, Cultural Systems Analysis Group (CuSAG), Department of Anthropology, University of MarylandModerator: Howard Lee, M.S.W., Executive Director, North Carolina Education CabinetThis interactive session will be broadcast with a live audience in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium at the UNC School of Social Work and can be viewed over the Internet (webcast). Questions will be taken from broadcast participants by email and toll-free telephone.For more information: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2010/To register a group viewing site: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2010/broadcast/To view on your personal computer: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2010/broadcast/To register for the studio audience at the TTK auditorium: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2010/studio/Answers to frequently asked questions: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2010/faq.cfmThis year’s Videoconference is presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and the UNC Institute of African American Research. Funding comes from the Dean’s Office of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, UNC American Indian Center, UNC Institute of African American Research, UNC Counseling and Wellness Services, and a growing list of cosponsors.