Melnick Museum to Host Traveling Banner Exhibit, Panel Discussion

The Melnick Medical Museum is hosting a traveling banner exhibit from the National Library of Medicine titled “For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform.” The exhibit panels are written in English and Spanish.

The traveling exhibition explores a history of health care reform, which has been a contentious political issue in the United States for more than a 100 years. Often, the public associates health care reform with presidents and national leaders, but communities, workers, activists, and healthcare professionals have made their voices heard in the debate about whether and how to make quality health care available to all. For All the People/Para todo el pueblo tells the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary citizens helped shape the changing American health care system.

The National Library of Medicine produced For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform/Para todo el pueblo: Un siglo de acción ciudadana en la reforma de la atención de la salud, guest curated by historian and educator Beatrix Hoffman, PhD (Northern Illinois University). This bilingual 12-banner exhibition is the counterpart to the English-only For All the People exhibition.

The exhibit will be on campus Sept. 25 through Nov. 4 and is free for the public to view.

The exhibit is displayed on the third floor of Maag Library and in the atrium of Cushwa Hall and will be available to view during the building’s operational hours.

The Melnick Museum will also host a panel discussion about health care & related to the exhibit for Hispanic Heritage Month.This panel discussion will bring together health professionals and a patient from our community to discuss their experiences in medical care and behavioral health.

The growing Hispanic population in Ohio experiences serious economic, cultural and systemic challenges related to health care.

The State of Ohio Latino Affairs Commission has studied this community and started new programs. Locally, several organizations are also trying to bridge the gap between community needs and the services available.

The conversation will be held 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Youngstown Historical Center for Industry and Labor.

For further questions, email clnespor@ysu.edu or call 330-941-3788.