AphroChic Covid-19 Summit: Baltimore Speaks Panel
2022
A discussion of the film, Baltimore Speaks: Black Communities, COVID-19 and the Cost of Not Doing Enough, and of the evolving situation in Baltimore. The panel features three women from the film: Chimére L. Smith, Long Covid Patient Consultant; Sandra Dobson, Coordinator of the Older Adults Group for the Value Baltimore Community Ambassador Health Program; and Lois Privor-Dumm, Sr. Advisor, Policy, Advocacy & Communications, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Moderated by the filmmakers, Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason of AphroChic, the panelists speak in greater detail about the experiences of the community and the efforts of the city, the continued impact of COVID-19 on the city of Baltimore and how the city continues to mobilize against it.
The Viral Underclass
The Viral Underclass
From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault lines of society. Having spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization, policing, and criminalization of HIV, Dr. Thrasher has come to understand a deeper truth at the heart of our society: that there are vast inequalities in who is able to survive viruses and that the ways in which viruses spread, kill, and take their toll are much more dependent on social structures than they are on biology alone. Told through the heart-rending stories of friends, activists, and teachers navigating the novel coronavirus, HIV, and other viruses, Dr. Thrasher brings the reader with him as he delves into the viral underclass and lays bare its inner workings.