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BOH RESOLUTION #2018-30 TO SIGN ON TO WISCONSIN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION DECLARATION THAT RACISM IS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
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Public Health-Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) is a member of the Dane County Health Council, a coalition of local health system and community partners working to address critical public and community health issues. Part of the work of the Health Council is addressing racism with the systems we represent within Dane County. The Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) adopted a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis on May 22, 2018. Each member of the Health Council is working within their organizations to support and sign on to this resolution.
This resolution is not only aligned with the work of the Health Council, but also the health and racial equity work of PHMDC. Signing on to this resolution will allow PHMDC to further focus our work, make a broader public statement about our commitment, and create more accountability for our work. Act on Equity, a collaboration of Ubuntu Research and Evaluation, LLC, Leaders Igniting Transformation, and Ninjas for Health, has created an online form to sign on to the declaration and to ask for specific commitments from organizations to move the work forward.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County, on behalf of Public Health-Madison and Dane County, agrees to sign on to the WPHA and Act on Equity Declaration that Racism is a Public Health Crisis (see Appendix A).
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County, on behalf of Public Health-Madison and Dane County, agrees that we will confront racism as a public health crisis by publicly asserting that racism is a public health crisis affecting our entire society.
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County, on behalf of Public Health-Madison and Dane County, agrees that we will confront racism as a ...
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