Book Event: The Collective Cure by Dr. Monica L. Wang

Women & Children First is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country, stocking more than 25,000 books with a focus on titles by and about women. Our selection reflects our mission, featuring children's books for all ages, the best of LGBTQIA+ fiction and non-fiction, resources for organizers, and more. Anything we don't have in stock we can usually get in a few days' time, even if it's a title outside our specialty. We also carry cards, magazines, blank books and journals, calendars, gift items like candles, and Pride merch!

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With clarity, urgency, and optimism, The Collective Cure bridges powerful storytelling with evidence-based solutions.

A personable, story-driven explanation of how the systems around us—where we live, work, learn, and connect—shape our health, and how each of us can help create healthier communities. A powerful blend of deeply human stories and rigorous research, The Collective Cure reveals how social and structural factors like income, occupation, race and ethnicity, neighborhood conditions, and social connections, profoundly shape our well-being. Dr. Monica Wang, an award-winning public health researcher, educator, and working mother who came of age as an Asian American bussing student, brings a personal lens to these complex issues and shares a hopeful, action-oriented vision for building healthier communities from the ground up. Through her own personal and professional journey and the lives of three extraordinary women across the U.S., readers are invited to see how health is shaped in everyday spaces:<ul><li>Marielis, a first-generation Latina student navigating financial insecurity in the Bronx</li><li>Dorothy, a semi-retired Black community organizer in rural Alabama</li><li>Rosa, an Indigenous clinical social worker preserving ancestral traditions in Texas With clarity, urgency, and optimism, The Collective Cure bridges powerful storytelling with evidence-based solutions. More than a diagnosis, this book is a call to reimagine what’s possible when we invest in people and places.</li></ul>Dr. Monica L. Wang is an award-winning public health researcher and educator. She is an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, an adjunct associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Executive Editor at Public Health Post.Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is wheelchair accessible. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you need a reserved seat, ASL interpretation, or have other access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com (2 weeks notice is required for interpretation).

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