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Mandel School's Mark Joseph explains race and racism as a public health crisis

Media | April 03, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Cleveland community reacts to first report on racism as a public health crisis

ideastream: Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, commented for a story on an extensive report by the Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition. “The report treats racism and its challenges as a technical issue that can be solved through the right tools, programs and policies, when in fact racism is both a technical and an adaptive issue,” he said.