Community College of Philadelphia to Host Enough Is Enough Session Addressing Health Care Disparities Impacting Women of Color 

Contact:
Barry Johnson 
Email: btjohnson@ccp.edu 

MEDIA ADVISORY 

The session commemorates Women’s History Month by examining new ideas and solutions around health care inequities among Black and brown women 

PHILADELPHIA – Community College of Philadelphia announced that it will host a Women’s History Month themed Enough Is Enough teach-in session at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24. Titled Women’s History Month: Health Care Disparities for Women of Color, the virtual forum will provide the College community and the general public the opportunity to learn from experts how to identify and address implicit bias and health care disparities that disproportionately impact women of color.  

The event will be moderated by Petrina McFarlane, RN, assistant professor of Nursing at the College, with welcome remarks provided by Dr. Donald Guy Generals, College president. Chidinma Nwakanma, MD, emergency medicine physician for Penn Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine, will serve as the featured speaker. 

Countless studies continue to show that women of color experience health disparity rates far higher than their white counterparts. These include high maternal mortality and infertility rates, a decreased representation in clinical trials, and less funding for health care conditions that disproportionately impact women of color, such as uterine fibroids and breast cancer. 

Past Enough Is Enough teach-in sessions have addressed topics such as criminal justice reform following the police-involved death of George Floyd and providing the College community with the facts as it relates to the COVID-19 vaccine.  

More information about the College’s Enough Is Enough teach-in series can be found online.  

WHAT: Enough Is Enough Teach-In Session, Women’s History Month: Health Care Disparities for Women of Color   

WHO:    Dr. Donald Guy Generals, president, Community College of Philadelphia; 

Petrina McFarlane MSN, RN, assistant professor of nursing, Community College of Philadelphia; and 

Chidinma Nwakanma, MD, emergency medicine physician, Penn Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine 

WHERE: Via Zoom
              Passcode: Enough 

WHEN: 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2021 

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