Real Talk on Race

“Overall, our findings indicate that racism impacts brain health and contributes to the unfair burden of Alzheimer's disease in marginalized groups.”

- Jennifer Manly, Ph. D., professor of neuropsychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Guest Speaker: Angela Corrigan MSW is a Caregiver Advisor at Starting Point: Your Aging and Disability Resource Center at the Macon County Health Department.

Angela Corrigan will be presenting on race and research, reports of discrimination in healthcare, and the differences in caregiver experiences, in conjunction with Alzheimer’s and Dementia care. Followed by small group discussions, facilitated by members of RTOR.

**Please note that this session of RTOR will NOT be available on Zoom, due to the structure and the small group discussions after the the presentation.** Providing your email will allow for email reminders, periodic discussion topics, suggested readings, and future session Zoom links.

More on RTOR:

Real Talk on Race meets the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month. RTOR is open to all and hopes to help build meaningful conversations and connections in our community.

RTOR has moved to a hybrid in-person/Zoom format for their bi-monthly discussions. Please register below or email us at info@decaturlibrary.org to get a link to the meetings.

By the process of having meaningful conversations, we continue to learn what it means to see each other as human beings, which is necessary if we are to find permanent solutions to the injustices related to "race" and to gain insights that will help us to better understand and respond to situations related to "race" that we may encounter in our everyday lives.