GETTING SMART: DR. HELENE GAYLE ON OUR MOMENT IN TIME

Hear Dr. Helene Gayle, CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s leading community foundations, discuss how her public health training brought her to the Trust. She presents a three-part strategy for attacking the wealth gap in Chicago and discusses how this work has been amplified by COVID-19. Of our current moment in time, Helene says: “We need to lift up practices and policies that ensure safety, fairness, and justice for all of our people.” For 30 years Dr. Gayle was one of the world’s leading experts on infectious diseases leading global efforts at the CDC, then the Gates Foundation, and finally at Care International. Getting Smart helps education leaders identify and plan what to do next through advocacy, advisory, and learning design. Listen here.