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Power To Heal: Healthcare & Social Justice

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Join us for an afternoon of powerful conversation. Power To Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018) is an hour-long documentary examining the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that racially desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country, all in a matter of months in 1966. 

Screening followed by panel discussion. This event is free. Lunch will be provided. 

Sponsored by: Academic Advising & Support Office, College of Nursing & Health Sciences and Center for Women, Sexuality & Gender

Library Grand Reading Room
Rekha Rosha
rrosha@umassd.edu

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