What: Public Health Leaders Demand Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady Deny the Permit to General Iron

TUESDAY, a panel of health professionals will be joined by a Southeast Side hunger striker to demand Mayor Lightfoot and the Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady to deny General Iron’s permit. Recently, over 500 public health and healthcare workers and more than 70 organizations have signed an open letter directed toward Mayor Lightfoot and Dr. Arwady urging them to follow the Healthy Chicago 2025 plan and meet their commitments to health equity in the city The panel will discuss health inequities caused by unjust differences in living conditions, caused by City decisions and policies, focused specifically on the General Iron permitting decision.

When: Tuesday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m. CST
Where: Zoom Webinar – Register here!

Speakers:

• Breanna Bertacchi, Recent hunger striker and member of United Neighbors for the 10th Ward
• Steven K. Rothschild, MD, Family Physician; Chair of the Board, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group; Member, Chicago Board of Health
• Chloe Gurin-Sands, MPH, Manager of Health Equity and Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council; Co-Chair, Partnership for a Healthy Chicago (Invited)
• Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, Past-President, American Public Health Association; Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County

Content Experts Panel:

• Susan Ávila, RN, MPH, Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County
• Susan Rogers, MD, President, Physicians for a National Health Program
• Joanna Tess, MPH, UIC School of Public Health Alumni Council
• Wesley Epplin, MPH, Director of Health Equity, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County
• Kelly Nichols, Advocacy and Outreach Associate, Respiratory Health Association (Invited)
• Jim Bloyd, MPH, Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County

Contact: Jim Bloyd, 708-955-4100, jimbloyd@gmail.com
Wesley Epplin, 217-979-2632, wepplin@hmprgstage.wpengine.com