{"id":3346,"date":"2016-04-04T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/hamerinstitute\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:54:18","slug":"the-state-of-health-and-healthcare-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/2016\/04\/04\/the-state-of-health-and-healthcare-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Health and Healthcare in Mississippi – POSTPONED"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Institute for Social Justice and Race Relations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Present<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The JSU Campus Reading Community Book Discussion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe State of Health and Healthcare in Mississippi\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring Dr. Mario J. Azevedo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Jackson State University Campus Reading Community was launched in Fall 2010 here at Jackson State University. Its vision is to inspire reading throughout the JSU campus and the surrounding community.\u00a0 Having discussed books such as Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community<\/em> by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, The Souls of Black Folk<\/em> by W.E.B. DuBois, Lynch Street<\/em> by Tim Spofford, Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr<\/em> by Michael V. Williams, James Meredith; Warrior and the America That Created Him<\/em>, by Meredith Coleman McGee, this Reading Community has been a way to stimulate the intellectual discourse on the campus and surrounding communities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please join us Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm<\/strong> in the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO exhibit room located at 1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In this session of the 2015-2016 academic year, The JSU Campus Reading Community will discuss his book, The State of Health and Healthcare in Mississippi <\/em>featuring\u00a0Dr. Mario J. Azevedo, Professor and Dean, The College of Liberal Arts, Jackson State University.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This multidisciplinary book provides the most accurate and most recent information on health and health care in the state of Mississippi. The editor and contributors explain why the state finds itself in precarious health conditions and reveal the prevailing circumstances as the state debates a path toward a comprehensive health care system for its citizens.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information or if you have any questions regarding the Series, please feel free to contact us at\u00a0601-979-1563<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0601-979-4348<\/a>\u00a0or email: COFO.Center@jsums.edu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please visit: www.jsums.edu\/HamerInstitute for more details.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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