Access to Basic Health Care in the United States –
Why Do Racial Inequalities Exist?

Renowned Physician Examines Double Standards
 During Trinity College Human Rights Lecture Series

What:                          The Trinity College Human Rights Lecture Series continues with “Access to Basic HealthCare in the United States: Why Do Racial Inequalities Exist?” a presentation by Dr. Jack Geiger, Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine, City University of New York Medical School.

When:                         Wednesday, March 5, at 5:00 p.m.

Where:                        Terrace Room B, Mather Hall, Trinity College campus

Background:               Geiger is past president of the Committee for Health in Southern Africa, a founding member and past president of Physicians for Human Rights, and a founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Most of Geiger’s professional career has been devoted to the problems of health, poverty and human rights. He initiated the community health center model in the U.S. and was a leader in the development of the national health center network of more than 800 urban, rural and migrant centers serving some nine million low-income patients.  Geiger was a founding member of one of the first chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality in 1943.