rights and benefits counseling

Key players in the health fair and early days of the clinic in Petros, Tenn.

Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Origin Stories, Pre-Existing Conditions, Stories / By

Caryl Carpenter, Rick Davidson, and Irwin Venick meet with Kate and J.W. Bradley to discuss the Petros health fair and community clinic. They list several of the early players involved with both, including Wanda and Gary Lang, Bob Hartmann, John Gaventa, Perry Steele, Cathy Stanley, Pat Kalmans, Bill Dow, and Bill Greenberg, a reporter for …

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Appealing to community leaders, the health fair model, and rights and benefits counseling in West TN

Cultural Encounters, Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Power and Politics in Health Care, Racial Disparities, Stories / By

Sharon Roberson describes the student-led approach to community organizing in West Tennessee, such as appealing to established community leaders (namely, ministers from local churches). She also details the health fair model and rights and benefits counseling, both of which were central to their activist work in the region.   Full footage of Sharon Roberson’s 2018 …

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