In June 2024, a group of experts in the field of criminal system health convened at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute to establish consensus around the central problems that produce or accentuate disparities in health equity for people subjected to criminalization and punishment. This Speaker Series, The Diagnosis of Incarceration, will build on that emerging consensus […]
Join If/When/How for a panel featuring attorneys working in reproductive justice! The panel aims to provide Boston area law students, as well as undergraduate and public health students from BU, with insights into careers in reproductive rights and justice. Panelists will share the following: Their career journey and current work in reproductive rights Discuss the […]
Can direct cash payments address poverty-associated disparities in health outcomes, unmet food and nutrition needs, and strengthen a sense of community autonomy and well-being? Join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation for a multidisciplinary panel discussion exploring direct cash assistance programs and their potential to address individual and systemic health and food issues. […]
Join the Alliance for Reproductive Justice (ARJ) to discuss the stakes of the November elections for reproductive justice. The two panels will focus on ballot measures seeking to enshrine a right to abortion into state constitutions and how judicial elections shape reproductive rights and access to reproductive healthcare. Lunch will be provided. Date: October 24, […]
Join AIDS United on October 7, 2024 at 2pm ET for an educational session on the real stakes of the 2024 election in our communities. Discussion will include the policy differences between the two candidates, the different realities that await us next year depending on who wins, what’s at stake for people living with HIV […]
The Food Law Society at Harvard Law School hosts its kick off event, Cambridge Restaurant Sampler, on Monday, September 23, at 12:15- 1:30 p.m. at WCC 5052. Get to know some of Cambridge’s greatest restaurants and meet other students interested in changing the food system! For more information contact Kristen McEnroe: kmcenroe@law.harvard.edu The event is […]
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School and the Food is Medicine Coalition are proud to release the new fieldwide resource, Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit.This resource seeks to assist state policymakers looking to explore, adopt, or implement opportunities for addressing nutrition and severe, complex or chronic illness […]
Join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Prep4All, Lambda Legal and the Center for HIV Law and Policy for a discussion and analysis of the 5th Circuit Decision and access to PrEP and Preventative Services. Date: Friday, June 28, 2024 Time: 3 p.m. EST/ 2 p.m. CST/ 1 p.m. MST/ 12 p.m. PST […]
Food loss and waste and food insecurity are parallel issues emerging as some of the greatest food system challenges today. While an estimated one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, more than 735 million people around the world are hungry and 11 percent are severely food insecure. Scaling food donation, which […]
The second annual Harvard Climate Action Week, hosted by the Climate Action Accelerator at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, will encompass five days of events on Harvard’s campus and online, from June 10-14, 2024 On June 11, join experts to discuss "How Cities are Leveraging the Food System to Advance Climate […]
