Join The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance for a provocative discussion with the community on how sexuality impacts our access to healthcare, our health, and how thinking about the pursuit of pleasure and a healthy sex life as basic human rights might change the terrain of sexual health. The conversation will be lead by:

• Courtney Bell, former Director of Chicago Women’s Health Center and current Executive Director/CEO of Bottomless Closet (moderator)
  
• Cindy Ibarra, Young Women’s Empowerment Project
  
• LoganGrimes, Lesbian Community Cancer Project
  
• Serah Deysach, Early to Bed
  
• Kimberly Dean, Chicago Women’s AIDS Project
  

This event is part of Health as a Human Right: A Series of Community Conversations, co-organized by The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance on public health and access to healthcare. We will consider not only the challenges of an inadequate healthcare system, but also the way in which issues such as geography, demographic inequalities, food distribution, sexuality, adolescent access to healthcare, and the strains of war can and should inform our larger picture of public health.

Co-sponsors include: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Co-op Humboldt Park, Chicago Labor and Arts Fest, Chicago Women’s AIDS Project, AREA Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, The HotHouse, DuSable Museum, the Nathalie P. Voorhees Neighborhood Center, Physicians for a National Health Plan, Fredrick Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center, Campaign for Better Health Care, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and Access Living.

As part of Chicago Public Radio’s new program, Chicago Amplified, a recording of this event can be listened to or downloaded.