Foerng, everybody. Thank you so much for coming. Im Chrissie Julian ob the executive director of big citys Health Coalition. I want to say a thank you to representative roy allards office for hosting us. While she captor be here today i want to thank her for being a champion of Public Health. I want to thank the American Academy of pediatrics for being such a great partner in planning the event. The big citys Health Coalition was founded in 2002 and is forum for leaders of americas largest metropolitan Health Departments to Exchange Strategies and jointly address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of their residents. We have nearly 30 we have 30 member jurisdictions whose Health Departments serve nearly 62 million, or one in five americans. And were lucky to have two member jurisdictions here today. You all have bioss in front of you. Im not taking you have too much time for me but i want to introduce the panel and then turn it over to them. So in the order which theyl
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At a time when we have dealt with a confused health system, high rates of suicide, homelessness, unemployment and lingering scars of more than a decade of war do our leaders seem more interested in feel good cheers than the serious 21 st century challenges. Its the inside story welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez and this is inside story. Service in this countrys armed forces moved from a mass experience to a rare one. The shift to an all volunteer military made uniform service a matter of personal desire rather than the nations broad based needs. Every president from Harry Trueman to George Hw Bush served in the military. A big percentage of men elected to the house and senate for decades had some form of military experience. Now only a tiny percentage join the military and are strangers to vast numbers of civilians. While a tiny does 100 of the fighting and dying in combat, the kinds of wars the country fought over meant multiple deployments in combat areas, reservists heading ove
St century challenges. Its the inside story welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez and this is inside story. Service in this countrys armed forces moved from a mass experience to a rare one. The shift to an all volunteer military made uniform service a matter of personal desire rather than the nations broad based needs. Every president from Harry Trueman to George Hw Bush served in the military. A big percentage of men elected to the house and senate for decades had some form of military experience. Now only a tiny percentage join the military and are strangers to vast numbers of civilians. While a tiny does 100 of the fighting and dying in combat, the kinds of wars the country fought over meant multiple deployments in combat areas, reservists heading over seas for multiple tours and injuries that would have killed people in earlier wars, amputations, newer neurological damage. It became commonplace to thank vets and in the place of your own service, no praise was too high. Veterans di
Good cheers than the serious 21 st century challenges. Its the inside story welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez and this is inside story. Service in this countrys armed forces moved from a mass experience to a rare one. The shift to an all volunteer military made uniform service a matter of personal desire rather than the nations broad based needs. Every president from Harry Trueman to George Hw Bush served in the military. A big percentage of men elected to the house and senate for decades had some form of military experience. Now only a tiny percentage join the military and are strangers to vast numbers of civilians. While a tiny does 100 of the fighting and dying in combat, the kinds of wars the country fought over meant multiple deployments in combat areas, reservists heading over seas for multiple tours and injuries that would have killed people in earlier wars, amputations, newer neurological damage. It became commonplace to thank vets and in the place of your high. Veterans d