Resource Recommendations from Class

Session 1

• Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America by Linda Villarosa

• White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America by Margaret A. Hagerman

• Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

• Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine by Jim Downs 

Session 3

• Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society by Arline T. Geronimus 

• George Washington Built a House by Suzanne Slade

• Documentary: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (by Jeffrey Robinson)

• Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD

• Chandra L. Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS

Session 6

• Bennett, L., Garner, R., & Hagua, E. (Eds.) (2017) Neoliberal Chicago. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. 

• This Is What Happens When a City Shuts Down Mental Health Clinics 

• INSIDE THE MASSIVE JAIL THAT DOUBLES AS CHICAGO’S LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY

•  Cook County Health Behavioral Health Needs Assessment Survey 2023-2024

• Chicago’s model for providing mental health care is riddled with access barriers, a study shows 

• Achieving Mental Health Equity: Collaborative Care 

• https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/mental-health-first 

Session 7

• https://www.justcausechicago.org/ 

• http://www.chihousingjustice.org/ 

• Wainer and Zabel (2020) Homeownership and wealth accumulation for low-income households. 

Session 8

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Paulo Freire. (2012). 

• Katelyn Jetelina, MPH, PhD. Reimagining Public Health Communication In The 21st Century: A Vision For The Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7hH3jZgr9pM 

Session 9 - other resources from Dr. Brier

• https://interactive.wttw.com/timemachine/then-and-now/maps 

• https://www.npr.org/2019/01/05/682394160/american-anthem-dancing-in-the-street 

• https://oral.history.ufl.edu/research/tutorials/ 

• https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/rf55z988p 

Session 10

• https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-essential-workers-lives-matter-they-deserve-real-change-not-just-lip-service/