https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3996670&GUID=5CD956A9-771C-456D-AC4A-4C5F1255421DLegistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=3996670&GUID=5CD956A9-771C-456D-AC4A-4C5F1255421D5CD956A9-771C-456D-AC4A-4C5F1255421D-2019-10-08-21-27-13Title: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 19-4285 PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DECLARING RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITIES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, Public Health Awareness raises awareness of the relationship between the health of individuals and the health of their communities; and WHEREAS, African Americans comprise 1.3 million of Cook County’s total population, the largest in any County, and Latin Americans comprise a comparable percentage of Cook County’s population; and WHEREAS, race is a social construction with no biological basis; and WHEREAS, studies link racism to negative health outcomes; and WHEREAS, areas falling under the public health category include healthy communities, violence prevention, rural health, technology, public health, climate change, and global health; and WHEREAS, the promotion of healthy communities directly relates to the health of individuals, and encourages expanding public health support networks to decrease racial disparities in health outcomes; and WHEREAS, communities of color aTue, 08 Oct 2019 21:27:13 GMT