Forum for Justice in Health Policy

Overview

As our signature forum series, the Health & Medicine Forum for Justice in Health Policy examines issues of public health, health systems reform, and ensuring basic human rights and basic needs are met to advance health equity. The forum discussions regularly convene members of the general public including health advocates, organizers, researchers, providers, academics, and students to discuss complex health policy and practice issues.

 Successful health reform requires a strong focus on the health of the public, and this series remains a go-to conversation for cross-sector health reform and social justice conversation. Frequently, the series involves discussions that cut across Health & Medicine project areas, such as public health and trauma-informed systems or workforce and long-term care.

Forum archive

To watch past forums, please visit the Forum section on our Resource Library page. 

• Primary Care Challenges and Solutions (May 12, 2023)
• Where are the workers to support us as we age? (June 8 and June 22, 2022)
• How COVID-19 Has Affected Our Health Care and Public Health Systems (March 14, 2022)
• State and Local Perspectives on Lessons from COVID-19 (September 22, 2021)
• A National Perspective on Lessons from COVID-19 (August 26, 2021)
• An International Perspective on Lessons from COVID-19 (July 29, 2021)
• #DenyThePermit: Public Health, Democracy, & Environmental Racism (April 7, 2021)
• Press Conference—Public Health Leaders Demand Mayor and CDPH Commissioner Deny the Permit to General Iron (March 9, 2021)
• Housing Equity and Just Cause for Evictions (February 25, 2021)
• Fighting For Our Lives: Developing a Public Health Agenda During COVID-19 (August 20, 2020)
• Fighting For Our Lives: Public Health Historical Context for COVID-19 (August 13, 2020)
• Overdose Prevention Sites: A Proven, Life-Saving Tool to Combat the Overdose Crisis (December 12, 2019)
• Health Reform Impacts, Challenges, and the Future (October 31, 2019)
• Creating A Health Equity Agenda for Chicago’s Elections (December 12, 2018)
• Housing Justice for Health Equity (August 27, 2018)
• Learning and Advocacy for Behavioral Health–Primary Care Integration (June 25, 2018)
• We Can’t Gentrify Our Way to Health Equity (December 8, 2017)
• Innovative Strategies for Integrated Care (November 21, 2017)
• Police Violence as Public Health Data (March 17, 2017)
• Investing in Chicago’s Schools (December 15, 2016)
• Giving and Receiving Care in an Unequal World (October 7, 2016)
• Caregiving: The Politics, Ethics, and Realities of Long-Term Care (June 23, 2016)
• Ensuring the Health of People Who Are Noncitizens (April 14, 2016)
• Reforming Illinois’ Public Health Data Systems (March 4, 2016)
• Creating a New Vision for Illinois’ Budget (January 15, 2016)
• Locked out of Opportunity: Diversifying the Health Workforce (October 20, 2015)
• Improving Health by Reaching Patients in the Home (August 28, 2015)
• Austerity’s Impact on Health and reform (May 11, 2015)
• Advancing Health Workforce Reform (April 10, 2015)
• Can Reform Move Us Toward Health Equity? (February 10, 2015)
• Redefining Priorities for Health Reform in a Time of Transition (January 8, 2015)
• People with Developmental Disabilities and Managed Care (October 30, 2014)
• Challenges to the Healthcare Safety Net in a Reforming Healthcare Environment (July 16, 2014)