COSI (Conversations on Social Issues)

Homelessness in the US & Palestine

Description: While safe decent housing is a human right worldwide, both the U.S. and Palestine have significant problems with homelessness. The problem manifests differently in each location, however, with radically different reasons and responses.

Guest Facilitator: Dr. Amy Hagopian is professor emeritus in public health at the University of Washington. She conducts academic work on how the maldistribution of power and wealth undermines health. She taught a class on war and health for 9 years at UW, and led a team to measure war-related mortality in Iraq in 2011. She also taught a class on homelessness, with an emphasis on causes and consequences of living unsheltered. She serves as vice chair of the editorial board of the American Journal of Public Health and received the APHA’s Sidel-Levy award for Peace in 2018. She is incoming chair of APHA’s International Health Section, active in APHA’s Peace Caucus, and a leader in the Global Alliance on War, Conflict and Health.