FPH Anti-Racism Event

The tragic death of George Floyd has sparked worldwide anger at ongoing racial injustices in countries across the world, including the UK. These inequalities have only been further highlighted by the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on people from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority groups. We must see this as a call to action, challenging our own unconscious biases, ensuring that we are not silent bystanders to racism and becoming actively anti-racist in our public health practice.

The Specialty Registrars and the Faculty are together organising a half day online event for all its members. We are delighted that our key-note speaker is Professor Kevin Fenton FFPH, Public Health England’s Regional Director for London and lead author of the review into the impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities. The event will also involve interactive workshops, allowing us to reflect upon and challenge our own practice.

We invite you to join us for a challenging event which aims to ensure that we as public health professionals embed anti-racism into the heart of our own practice.

Embedding Anti-Racism into Public Health Practice: Programme

09.00 - 09.15	Introduction Specialty Registrars Fatai Ogunlayi, West Midlands Beth Smouth, South West Welcome Professor Maggie Rae PrFPH FRSPH FRCP (Hon) FRSM President Faculty of Public Health
09.15-10.15	Keynote address Professor Kevin Fenton Public Health Regional Director for London, Public Health England
10.15-11.00	Workshops Intersectionality: Theory and practice Fatai Ogunlayi and Helen Erswell Unconscious Bias: Recognising it in ourselves, challenging it and moving forward Samia Latif, Assistant Academic Registrar, Faculty Public Health CoChair BAME Network, Public Health England Diversifying our workforce Laura Austin-Croft and Fran Bury Inclusive practices and empowered communities: How can public health effectively engage with community strengths and resources in addressing exclusion? Helen Johnston and Karim Mitha
11.00-11.15	Break
11.15-12.00	Workshops Intersectionality: Theory and practice Fatai Ogunlayi and Helen Erswell Unconscious Bias: Recognising it in ourselves, challenging it and moving forward Samia Latif, Assistant Academic Registrar, Faculty Public Health CoChair BAME Network, Public Health England Diversifying our workforce Laura Austin-Croft and Fran Bury Inclusive practices and empowered communities: How can public health effectively engage with community strengths and resources in addressing exclusion? Salman Waqar, Helen Johnston and Karim Mitha
12.00 – 12:45	Plenary session Dr Nisreen Alwan Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Southampton
12.45 - 13.15	Summary and close Summary of workshops Launch of new Special Interest Group Closing remarks Professor Maggie Rae PrFPH FRSPH FRCP (Hon) FRSM President Faculty of Public Health

To book a place on this event please email events@fph.org.uk .

Bookings will close at 08:00 on the day of the event.

FPH Anti-Racism Event

Embedding Anti-Racism into Public Health Practice: Programme

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