Welcome to the latest installment of the Race Equity Project’s e-newsletter. We hope you found our last edition on Race, Poverty, and Education informative. In this installment, we address the disparities in access to quality health care for, and the impact of health care reform on impoverished communities of color.

In this e-newsletter, we present three articles.  The first is advocacy-focused, written by advocates at Legal Services of Northern California.  The next two articles are fact-sheets which break down the impact of the health care reform legislation on impoverished communities of color.  We hope that you will find these articles provocative and inspiring.

Racial Disparities in Specialty Mental Health Services Programs – Stacey Wittorff & Gillian Sonnad, Legal Services of Northern California

What Health Reform Will Do For Women And Families – Raising Women’s Voices

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Key Health Equity Provisions – Families USA

Do you have an idea for a future e-newsletter? Would you like to share the race-based work that you are doing with others interested in achieving race equity? Drop us an email. We would love to hear from you!

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