UAB Public Health Student Association

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Keep an eye out for our next service day and other events this fall!

Thank you to the for hosting an important panel discussion and networking event to honor International Day of Persons with Disabilities last Friday. Our PR Officer, Lindsay Bowe, participated remotely via Zoom 💻🙋🏻‍♀️ and joined a dedicated panel of stakeholders to discuss advocacy and visibility in the disability community:

Robin Gaines Lanzi, PhD, MPH, Professor, National Director of Community Engagement and Translational Sciences, NCHPAD, Community Engagement Director, CEDHARS, & GROWTH Lab Director

Dina Jones, Human Resources ADA Specialist for UAB AWARE (Assistance for Employees with Disabilities)

Tina Kempin Reuter, PhD, Associate Professor, Director for the UAB Institute of Human Rights, and Director of UAB Social Science & Justice Research;

Allison Solomon, Director of Disability Support Services (DSS) at UAB

Jereme Wilroy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Co-Director of UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System, and Director of Research at the Lakeshore Foundation

It was a great trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute today with PHSA. Looking forward to seeing you at more events like this in 2023!

Join PHSA on a field trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. We’ll learn about the history of civil rights here in Birmingham, and consider its impact on the health issues that our communities face today. Afterwards, Dr. Erwin will lead a discussion over lunch— it’s free for those who attend.

We have space for 20 students, so please sign up at the link in our stories/below asap. Hope to see you on Saturday 12/3!

https://forms.gle/o4Zj8trx91AARVbC9

We’re screening this AL documentary at our Coffee Hour on Thursday! If you’re interested in policy and its impact on the social determinants of health, this event is for you. After the film we’ll hear from Chloe Cooper, Executive Director of , about how she is tackling debt-based driving restrictions in her community. See you there!

‘Pulled Over/Pulled Under’ to be showcased at Sidewalk Film Festival "Pulled Over/Pulled Under," a 17-minute film directed by Anissa Latham and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Archibald, spotlights Alabama activist Callie Greer and her daughters, who were jailed for not paying traffic fines.

Join the Homecoming Committee on Monday and Wednesday to help decorate for the Blazer Games!! We’ll bring snacks and supplies, you bring your Blazer spirit and meet us in the SOPH student lobby at 6pm.
🎨🤸🏽‍♀️🐉

We’re so excited to host a Coffee Hour next week both in-person *and* virtually! First, we’ll watch a short documentary about the devastating effects of traffic-ticket-related incarceration in Alabama. During the second half, we’ll hear from the Kansas City Community Bail Fund Executive Director, Chloe Cooper, about launching a new program to help people facing the same issues in her community.

Hope to see you there!

The PHSA book club is reading “The Deep Places” this semester with Dr. Erwin and Dr. Michael. If you’re able to join our *virtual* discussion on 12/7 at 5pm CST, and would like a FREE copy of the book, we have a few left. Please fill out the sign up sheet linked below—first come first serve. 📖🤓🐉

https://forms.gle/u8mJrvKhucUQ2Jwe8

Executive Board Intent to Run Forms are Open!

One week from today! 🪡🧵