Helen Epstein is a very powerful women who wants to advocate, educate, and promote public health awareness. In fact, Epsteins’ primary focus is on raising awareness about the AIDS and HIV epidemic, she spends a lot of her time trying to create social change in South Africa. In Epistens’ article it illustrates South Africas background as “Unemployment exceeds 70 percent and the crime rate is one of the highest in South Africa” (Epstein 113). The significance of this is to…
Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS, is a disease that is acquired because it is not an infection that is inherited. Helen Epstein is a very powerful individual when it comes to advocating, educating, and promoting public health awareness. Epstein doesn’t just have a familiar background with the United States, but also focuses and has experiences with other countries as well. Just like Hallward, Epstein wants to create a public health intervention. They both share stories and experiences they’ve encountered to…
Anne Hallward really focuses on How our silenced stories can change the world, specifically addressing the concept of shame and how shame creates isolation. The “silenced” things we don’t talk about create shame. Shame is the cause of all health and social issues, which is why Hallward challenges herself to better understand the whole concept of shame. Her claim was her passion, “How can I work with shame in a bigger way? How can I come up with a public…
Activist Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our quest for social justice. We sat in the Harold Alfond Forum for a little over an hour, actively listening to Davis speak and take part in our MLK day celebration. Right off the bat, Dr.Davis had already educated me on something I guess I just never really realized or fully understood. I had always thought of MLK day just as a day to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Simply remembering he…
Racial prejudice has been an on growing issue that society faces day in and day out. Fortunately, since the early 1900s racial prejudice has become less severe, as more serious issues such as transgender and gay marriage has become more of a focus. We owe the decrease of racial prejudice to our African American heroes who have risen up and spoken publicly to their beliefs, “all men are created equal”. A well-known radical African American educator by the name…
