HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER and the DISABILITY STUDIES PROGRAM in collaboration with th e CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT's "DAY OF DIALOGUE" presents
LINDA VILLAROSA
Journalist, Author and Educator
Race and Involuntary Sterilization in the United States: Remembering Relf v. Weinberger
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1-2:25 p.m.
Linda Villarosa commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Relf case, in which a federally-funded family planning clinic sterilized Black sisters, Mary Alice Relf (12) and Minnie Lee Relf (14), without their parents’ informed consent. The Southern Poverty Law Center and Senator Edward Kennedy took up their cause and exposed the abusive, often coerced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of poor Americans over several decades. Villarosa found and interviewed the Relf sisters for a cover story in the New York Times Magazine and for her book Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America.
Villarosa, a journalist in residence and professor at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York, CUNY, teaches journalism, medicine and Black Studies at the City College of New York and has contributed to The 1619 Project
Co-sponsored by Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College, School of Health Professions and Human Services, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, The Herbert Lawrence School of Communication, Master of Public Health Program, Women's Studies Program, Student Access Services, Center for Civic Engagement, Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, The Center for"Race," Culture and Social Justice, Africana Studies Program, and the Office of Equity and Inclusion.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture.
Admission is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP, visit events.hofstra.edu.
