Registration is now open for the Public Health Students of African Descent's Annual Minority Health Equity Conference.

Title: Disrupt to Reconstruct: Mass Incarceration to Prison Abolition

Keynote: Our keynote address will be delivered by Ericka Huggins, a human rights activist, educator, former political prisoner & leader in the Black Panther Party.

Date/Time:

Friday, March 12, 2021 [1:00PM-5:00PM EST]
Saturday, March 13, 2021 [11:00AM- 1:45PM EST]

Join the Public Health Students of African Descent for the 34th annual Minority Health Equity Conference. While the prison abolition movement is not new, police violence during the summer of 2020 and the treatment of incarcerated people throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have brought abolitionist demands to the forefront of political thought and popular culture.

The theme for this year’s conference is Disrupt to Reconstruct: Mass Incarceration to Prison Abolition. Attendees will learn why prison abolition is necessary for achieving health equity, how incarceration exacerbates disability, and how to bring abolitionist practice to your public health work.

This conference is offered by the Public Health Students of African Descent (PHSAD) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health with support from the Region V Public Health Training Center and the Office for Student Engagement and Practice. For questions and further information please contact umsphphsad@gmail.com or visit the PHSAD Website.


We look forward to seeing you there!