Addressing the barriers to health equity and ways that communities can work together to build momentum toward sustainable change. The Community Engagement Institute (CEI) Symposium is a multifaceted event focused on issues related to health equity and social justice. This year's keynote speaker and panel discussed the economic, social, and cultural right to a universal minimum standard of health to which all individuals are entitled. The CEI Symposium is a collaboration of the CCTS Partner Network, the Center for the Study of Community Health, the Forge AHEAD Center and the communities we serve.

Keynote Speaker: Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Director, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California (USC)
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Professor, Law and Preventive Medicine, Gould School of Law, USC

Panelists: LaKeisha Williams, PharmD, MSPH, Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, Research and Education, Clinical Associate Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana

Caroline Compretta, PhD, Co-Director, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR) Community Engaged Research Core, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center

JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama

And Featuring:  UAB Forge AHEAD Center Scholars