TALK OF GREENWOOD
Dr. Jerry Goodwin
Linda Villarosay , a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will discuss her book, “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation,” on March 6. Photo Provided
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author Linda Villarosa To Open Series, March 6
Greenwood Rising History Center is announcing its first Books for Thought program featuring Linda Villarosa, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, on March 6.
Villarosa is a leading advocate for health equity. Her acclaimed book, “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation,” reveals the deep impact of racism on public health.
In addition to being an author, Villarosa is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. In the magazine, she covers race, inequality, and health topics. Before this role, she edited health pages for The New York Times and health coverage for Science Times. She is the former executive editor of Essence magazine.
She has trained journalists to cover the HIV/AIDS epidemic at various international conferences.
Villarosa has a master’s degree in urban journalism/digital storytelling from the City University New York Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. She is a professor and Journalist in Residence at CUNY Journalism School and teaches journalism, medicine, and Black Studies at The City College of New York in Harlem.
The recipient of many honors and awards, she is a Journalism Fellow of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and a nonfiction mentor for the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging Writers Retreat.
The program will be held at the Tulsa Regional Chamber, 1 W. 3rd St., St. Francis Room, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The event is free to the public.
For more information, visit www.greenwoodrising.org.
