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‘U’ school creates
health podcast
School of Public
Health looks to
make research
more accessible
The University of Michigan
School
of
Public
Health
released a new podcast titled
“Population Healthy” to spread
their work to the general public.
Public Health doctoral student
Nina Masters said public health
work tends to only spread inside
a small echo chamber, so the
podcast acts as a medium for
sharing knowledge.
“I think that these kinds of
ideas have to be incorporated into
STEM fields, especially public
health, because the nature of it
is so much about impacting the
public and changing behavior
and raising awareness,” she said.
“It’s kind of weird that it’s not a
mandatory part of the program,
or at least something that people
are trying to do. I just, kind
of, hope that this can be part
of initiatives by the School of
Public Health and other schools
to try to just increase students’
ability to find other ways to
articulate their ideas.”
In the first season — which
will run weekly through the end
of August — will cover a range of
topics from the opioid epidemic
and gun safety, to aging and
childhood nutrition. Each 20 to
30-minute episode will feature
three or four professionals who
will showcase their different
perspectives and expertise.
With over 200 students, 530
faculty and staff and 16,000
alumni, the School of Public
Health studies topics ranging
from epidemiology and health
management, to biostatistics and
environmental health sciences.
More than 100
demand rights for
undocumented
immigrants
On Saturday, more than one
hundred
community
members
gathered
at
the
Washtenaw
County Administration Building
to urge Washtenaw County and
the Michigan legislature to allow
undocumented
individuals
to
obtain driver’s licenses. Carrying
signs and banging makeshift
drums,
participants
marched
through downtown Ann Arbor in
a demonstration led by the Ann
Arbor chapter of Movimiento
Cosecha, a national nonviolent
movement
fighting
for
the
protection
of
undocumented
immigrants’ rights.
Movimiento
Cosecha
Ann
Arbor wrote they are demanding
driver’s licenses for everyone as
driving without licenses causes
the
immigrant
community
uncertainty and fear. Filling the
streets with signs and banners
while
chanting
“¿Cuando?
!Ahora!” (When? Now!), Spanish
and non-Spanish speakers alike
walked in solidarity.
In 2008, a 2007 Attorney
General opinion was implemented,
denying
licences
to
all
undocumented people, including
lawful noncitizens. Prior to this
implementation, individuals only
needed to prove their identity
and Michigan residency when
applying for a driver’s license.
Movimiento Cosecha organizer
Sergio
Hurtado
explained
driver’s licenses are important
for undocumented immigrants to
be able to drive out and perform
the basic tasks such as running
errands, taking their kids to
school or going to work. Hurtado
said the march had two purposes:
to
demand
that
Wasthenaw
County pass a resolution in
support of immigrants and to
urge legislation be introduced in
the state legislature that would
give access to driver’s license to
undocumented immigrants.
“We wanted the community to
come out here and be united and
show our presence, and show that
in this political climate we are not
afraid,” Hurtado said.
The
demonstration
comes
during a period of heightened
interest in the immigration system,
with politicians touring facilities
at
the
border.
Immigration
reform is also a main issue in the
Democratic presidential primary,
and has been a major talking point
for President Trump.
Jose Alvarez, son of a member of
Movimiento Cosecha, explained
the impact of driver’s licenses
from a youth standpoint. He said
kids of undocumented immigrants
are afraid, and he hopes that every
time they go to the drug store, or
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Community members rally for undocumented individuals the right to obtain driver’s licenses at the
Washtenaw County Administration Building Saturday.
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