A promotional flyer for a disability health equity event features guest speaker Anna Phearman, scheduled for Tuesday, September 30 at 4:00 PM in the Multicultural Center. Anna is smiling and wearing glasses and a pink dress.
McCarthy Events

It Starts With You: Advancing Disability Health Equity in Challenging Times

September 30, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Multicultural Center, CSB

co-curricular event: Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.

CSB Multicultural Center

Speaker: Anna Phearman, MPH

Sponsored by the McCarthy Center and the Gender Studies program

Description: The disability community is one of the nation’s largest minority groups, with 1 in 4 US adults experiencing some disability. As a whole, people with disabilities experience significant health disparities, with these disparities being even greater for disabled women and disabled people of color. Recent federal efforts to improve disability health equity have produced mixed results, but progress is still being made through the actions of individual healthcare professionals and everyday people.

A promotional flyer for a disability health equity event features guest speaker Anna Phearman, scheduled for Tuesday, September 30 at 4:00 PM in the Multicultural Center. Anna is smiling and wearing glasses and a pink dress.