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Dr. Karabi Acharya & Edward Garcia for Multitudes
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Featured Book
Multitudes: the multiracial experience and how to forge a culture of absolute belonging
"Multiracial people are the fastest-growing population in the United States, yet they remain almost invisible in our institutions, narratives, and data. Until recently, Americans were categorized as Black or White, sometimes Asian or Hispanic, without other options or the choice to identify as more than one. Even while long-overdue conversations about race have deepened, the thirty-four million Americans who identify as Multiracial have been left on the sidelines: unseen, underrepresented, and facing an epidemic of isolation as a result. In Multitudes, Dr. Acharya-a Multiracial academic, public health leader, and lifelong activist for inclusion-blends groundbreaking research with personal stories, interviews, and vivid real-world examples to illuminate the Multiracial experience. The result is both mirror and manifesto: a stereotype-shattering, deeply human portrait of identity, resilience, and connection that argues that embracing our complexity-our multitudes-is not a barrier to wholeness but the path to it. Urgent, inspiring, and essential, Multitudes is a guide for anyone who identifies as Multiracial or antiracist-and for everyone seeking the confidence and community needed to build a healthier, more inclusive society"--
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Join us at Loyalty for a book discussion of Multitudes: The Multiracial Experience and How to Forge a Culture of Absolute Belonging.
Featured Author
Acharya, Karabi
Dr. Karabi Acharya is a leading global public health practitioner. She has lived and worked in more than twenty countries across Europe, Africa, and South Asia with organizations that include the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and USAID. She is currently senior director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, largest philanthropy in the United States devoted to health, where she leads the Global Ideas for US Solutions portfolio. Dr. Acharya lives in Pennsylvania.
In Conversation With
Edward Garcia
Edward Garcia (Eddie) is a health policy leader and social connection expert with more than 25 years of experience advancing healthcare and social services systems in the United States and globally. He is the Founder and Vice Chair of the Foundation for Social Connection and Co-Founder and Board Member of the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection, a global partnership spanning 35 countries in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the European Union and other multinational organizations. Throughout his career, Eddie has led multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on transforming health and social care systems, drawing on his experience serving in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress from 2006 to 2016. He currently serves as a Founder and CEO at fwd Health Partners, where he advises organizations on improving care delivery and outcomes for vulnerable populations. Eddie holds a Master of Health Science in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is based in Washington, DC & NYC.
About the Venue
Loyalty Bookstore
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