Topic: Life Interrupted by Covid-19 – Equity and Inclusion Interrupted
Date: June 5, 2020 11:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
FULL VIDEO – Life Interrupted by Covid-19 – Equity and Inclusion Interrupted
Suzanna de Baca, dsm magazine publisher and president of Business Publications Corp., asks Deidre DeJear with DMACC’s Financial Empowerment Center, “What advice do you have for people how are living in fear for their health, livelihoods, lives and children’s lives all at the same time?”
Suzanna de Baca, dsm magazine publisher and president of Business Publications Corp., asks Reyma McCoy McDeid, executive director of Central Iowa Center for Independent Living, “People with disabilities are being affected differently by the pandemic but are often overlooked. What do we need to know as employers, neighbors or community members to support them in this moment?”
Suzanna de Baca, dsm magazine publisher and president of Business Publications Corp., asks Sharaine Conner, L.M.S.W., I.A.D.C, a mental health and addictions therapist at Thriving Families and Counseling Services, “What advice do you have for people so deeply affected by the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests and violence that it affects how they function?”
Suzanna de Baca, dsm magazine publisher and president of Business Publications Corp., asks Matt McCoy, a member of the Polk County Board of Supervisors and longtime local politician, “There are many drivers of poverty and mental health issues that stem from them. Please discuss how issues like hunger, housing, wage inequity are interrelated and affect mental health.”
Suzanna de Baca, dsm magazine publisher and president of Business Publications Corp., asks Dr. Yogi Shah, chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs at Broadlawns, “We are seeing the stress of the pandemic manifest in many ways: anger, violence, depression. What are you experiencing in terms of changes in mental health, and how can we develop empathy for people with these reactions?”
