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Moral Courage Virtual Symposium

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Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics

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Virtual Symposium on "Moral Courage" on FEB 26, 2026 1-4:00PM EST, organized by Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics, with our amazing speakers:

Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP
Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
Dept. of Social & Behavioral Sciences, and UCSF Bioethics
"Abolition in Time of Crisis: the Moral Courage of Imagination"

Nicolle K. Strand, JD, MBE, MPH
Director and Associate Professor, Center for Health Justice and Bioethics, Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University
"A Path Towards Health Justice: The Role of Bioethics in Times of Crisis"

Josh Fessel, MD, PhD, ATSF
Independent Consultant/ Former Chief Medical Officer NCATS/NIH
"We are Each Invited to Struggle: Moral Distress, Taking Action, and What We Can Do"

Jonathan Shaffer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont
"Community Organizing: The Pragmatics of Assembling Shared Moral Courage"

Registration link:
https://einsteinmed.zoom.us/meeting/register/GxHds-ARTUqZhk3RbXW0bA

Event start time: 01:00 pm

Event end time: 04:00 pm

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