ABOUT THE BOOK:
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or fans of Braiding Sweetgrass\, The Future We Choose\, and The Blue Zones
\, here is a
book about the effect our relationship to nature has on
our well-being and health. In Kinship Medicine Dr. Wendy Johnson makes the
case that wellness is rooted in interdependence. It&rsquo\;s a perspectiv
e she&rsquo\;s come to through 30 years working as a family physician and
public health expert\, supporting patients with HIV\, treating communities
in environmentally harmed areas\, and advocating for mothers suffering fr
om addiction. Through all of her work\, she&rsquo\;s seen how connection t
o the natural world and each other are
essential to our health\, and
we can&rsquo\;t be fully well when the environments and systems we&rsquo\;
re living with are sick and suffering.
The antidotes to many
of the causal factors of poor health&mdash\;loneliness\, industrial diets
\, systemic inequality\, fear of death\, profit-based healthcare&mdash\; a
re relational\, both with each other and with the living earth. Through ev
idence from public health\, sociology\, anthropology\, human ecology\, and
medicine\, Dr. Wendy Johnson offers readers a clear vision of what a new
society might look like\, and provides concrete examples and methods for c
aring for our collective health together.
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
Dr. Wendy Johnson is a family physician\, public hea
lth professor\, activist\, and writer who has spent her life advocating fo
r a world where everyone can live long lives in equitable communities. Her
career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique\,
over
seeing an urban public health department\, and\, most recently\, directing
a community clinic in Santa Fe\, New Mexico. She has a Master&rsquo\;s in
public health from Johns Hopkins and holds faculty appointments at the Un
iversity of Washington and the University of New Mexico. Dr. Johnson has b
een a vocal activist on many progressive issues both locally and globally
and is a two-time TEDx speaker.
ABOUT THE PRESENT ATION: The presentation will be a forty-five-minute moderated con versation followed by a brief audience question and answer.
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