In the latest Fairness First “Health Equity Voices” podcast, Deborah Harris told host Alexandra Samarron Longorio that a friend had given her a pendant engraved with, “For such a time as this.”
That inscription aptly defines… Read more
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Fairness First podcast hosts deliver first ‘Health Equity Chitchat’
The founders and co-hosts of the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Fairness First podcast, Carmenlita Chief and Alexandra Samarron Longorio, are venturing into a new podcast format called “Health Equity Chitchat.”
In the span of about 30 minutes, the co-hosts discuss and unpack a critical scholarly publication produced by people identifying as queer or women of color, while also highlighting how the scholarship and knowledge can be applied to academic… Read more
Latest Fairness First episode explores advancing health equity in Arizona
What are the root causes of health inequity and how do they affect the social determinants of health?
According to the recently released 2020 Regional Health Equity Survey Report (RHES), a key component to the root causes of health equity lies in the paths that create the problem — the unequal… Read more
February 2021 newsletter
Learn more about the Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles project in our February 2021 newsletter:
Student Spotlight: Alexandra Samarron Longorio
When Alexandra Samarron Longorio was in her early 20s, as a former undocumented student, she saw that attending college in the United States was an almost impossible task for undocumented students.
A first generation college student of a single mother, Samarron was determined to thrive and, along with other undocumented students, to find higher education opportunities for everyone regardless of immigration status.
The task was not easy. Each year, 98,000… Read more
Fairness First podcast explores institutional injustice and how organizations discuss and act upon health inequity
How comfortable do you think senior management at your organization feels in talking about discrimination, race and racism?
This is one of the questions included in the Regional Health Equity Survey (RHES) that sparked a discussion on the most recent episode of Fairness First, the podcast produced by NAU’s… Read more