The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University is holding a special event to mark the MLK Day of Activism and Service on Monday, January 16, 2023, from 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. at Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
The school will host a MLK Day celebration and discussion with Linda Villarosa, New York Times best-selling author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation.
Linda Villarosa is also a New York Times Magazine journalist and has worked to shed light on the insidious race-based inequalities plaguing our medical and public health systems. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, which was named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2022, lays bare the healthcare disparities between Black and white Americans, and calls out the huge toll racism takes on people of color and the costs this has for us as a Nation. In her pieces for The Times, Villarosa has focused on the consistent poorer health outcomes for Black Americans over their white and Latinx counterparts, including higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, higher rates of mortality for COVID and HIV/AIDS, and the shocking difference in life expectancy in predominantly Black vs. white Chicago neighborhoods.
As a contributor to The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Villarosa traced the race-based physiological myths that have endured since slavery and continue to plague medicine today.
A former executive editor of Essence Magazine, Villarosa is a member of the Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA) Hall of Fame, and has been recognized with numerous awards from organizations, including the American Medical Writers’ Association, the New York Association of Black Journalists, the National Women’s Political Caucus, and many others.
Villarosa is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. She teaches journalism, English and Black Studies at the City College of New York. You can view Villarosa’s full bio here: https://www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/linda-villarosa/
