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Voting as a Prescription for the Climate Health Crisis – online by Physicians for Social Responsibility/Sacramento
August 24, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
August 24 12:30-1:30 pm – Voting as a Prescription for the Climate Health Crisis: the AMA just widened our lane. Register for this online event at this link.
Learn from the experts about the AMA’s new resolutions on Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis and on Voting as a Social Determinant of Health. See how this expands our advocacy. Explore the role of non-partisan healthcare based civic engagement in solving the climate health crisis. Then take quick actions to empower your patients to vote for their health and a healthy environment using easy tools from Vot-ER.
Guest speakers include Ashley McClure MD, cofounder of Climate Health Now, and Jasmin A. Eatman, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate, Emory University School of Medicine – two AMA members who were instrumental in passing the new resolutions, as well as Lisa Patel MD, MESc, Deputy Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Expect to leave energized, with new tools for advocacy on climate, health and equity.
Harry
Harry Wang, MD
President, Physicians for Social Responsibility/Sacramento