Lunch And Learn With Dr. Berry

So let's talk about levering the power of public health... How important are civic engagement and politics in elevating the power and practice of public health? It’s still sad how it took us a pandemic for people to recognize that we really should be thinking about the importance of public health. That COVID-19 pandemic—that is what happens when we don’t have a great structure, especially on a national level. We should be taking action hand-in-hand, for as today’s guest said, public health is ingrained in all that we do in life. Unfortunately, here we are, forgetting its importance as soon as things got “well” with us. But we don’t want that to go on, that’s why I invited Leela Ramachandran. She is a Research Associate for the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts and an Elected School Committee Member at Acton Boxborough Regional School District. Through experiences in research and projects, she realized her passion for dismantling systems of oppression, centering historically marginalized populat