Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha speaks at U-M School of Public Health — Transcript

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1. 0:05Leed is a story of environmental
2. 0:06Injustice maybe people call it
3. 0:09environmental racism so it
4. 0:10disproportionately impacts low-income
5. 0:12minority children um Flint already had a
6. 0:15higher rate Le poisoning Detroit does uh
7. 0:17and around the nation it impacts these
8. 0:19low-income vulnerable children because
9. 0:21of lack of control over where they live
10. 0:22so usually poor housing stock exposed to
11. 0:24lead paint and also because of
12. 0:26pre-existing poor nutrition but my role
13. 0:28as a pediatrician is also to be an
14. 0:30advocate it's part of my job description
15. 0:32it's what I train as The Residency
16. 0:34director which is my real job that's how
17. 0:35we train our residents to be Advocates
18. 0:38um because children can't vote they
19. 0:40can't tell you I need better gun control
20. 0:43they can't tell you these things so it
21. 0:44is your job to do this I I'm gladly
22. 0:47working with this governor and I don't
23. 0:49care about apologies whatever happened
24. 0:51happen but I have to work with this
25. 0:53governor and I probably have to work
26. 0:55with the next five governors on this
27. 0:57issue when you consider the consequences
28. 0:59of lead so I will do whatever it takes
29. 1:02you know to get these kids the resources
30. 1:04they need if you have a voice and you're
31. 1:07working with a population that has no
32. 1:09voice use your
33. 1:11voice especially for such an underserved
34. 1:15population that has been neglected for
35. 1:17decades that is my professional
36. 1:19responsibility that is why I work in
37. 1:21Flint that I choose to be there in that
38. 1:25capacity um so go out into these
39. 1:28communities because they need you um
40. 1:31they need your expertise they need what
41. 1:33you learn here um to to be the voice
42. 1:36when this just lack a political and
43. 1:44capital