COVID-19 Task Force on Racism & Equity
The COVID-19 Task Force on Racism & Equity was established on Monday, March 16, 2020, to explicitly focus on the documentation of and responses to issues pertaining to health and social inequities in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mission: To highlight the critical role that longstanding inequities (due to racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism, ability status, etc.) play in the impacts of the COVID-19 disease and in the responses to it. We recognize that these impacts influence the health and wellbeing of communities in local, national, and international contexts.
The Task Force is a partnership between the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Department of Urban Public Health. Membership comprises public health researchers & practitioners, healthcare providers, students, and community organizers.
Members
Bita Amani, PhD, MHS, Co-Chair
Chandra L. Ford, PhD, MLIS, MPH, Co-Chair (ex-officio)
James Huynh, MA, MPH, Administrative Coordinator
Consuela Abotsi-Kowu, MPH
Randall Akee, PhD
Nicolás E. Barcelo, MD
Eraka P. Bath, MD
Natalie Bradford, MPH, COVID Storytelling Project Part I Coordinator
Alé Cabral, MPH, COVID Storytelling Project Part II Coordinator
Paul Chandanabhumma, PhD, MPH
Anne Marie Collins, MA
Liset Contreras
Joseph Daniels, MD
Patanjali de la Rocha, MSW
Nina Harawa, PhD
Anna Hing, MPH
Hilary Johnson, MPH, Project RE[FOCUS] Coordinator
Camara Jones, MD, MPH
Keith Norris, MD, PhD
Sonya Shadravan, MD
Mienah Sharif, PhD, MPH
Kia Skrine Jeffers, PhD, RN, PHN
May Sudhinaraset, PhD
Valencia Walker, MD, MPH
