Boston Young Healthcare Professionals (BYHP) creates opportunities for young healthcare professionals to reach outside of their respective silos and gain exposure to the larger healthcare landscape by connecting with healthcare professionals in various fields. Additionally, as part of the organization’s efforts to improve social determinants of health in the community, BYHP joins forces with various volunteer organizations throughout the year. Please keep an eye on our calendar to see our upcoming BYHP and HealthIMPACT events.

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  • Tue
    26
    Jan
    2021

    Homelessness Webinar and Children's Book readlAlouds

    5:30 pmOnline

    On Tuesday, January 26th from 5-6:30pm ET join please join BYHP members for an interactive webinar to learn about topics of homelessness in Greater Boston hosted by Heading Home, Boston's leading provider of emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing for low-income families and individuals. The discussion will focus on the impacts of COVID on Heading Home families and specifically, on children in shelter.

    Following the Webinar, Volunteers can support Heading Home families by creating recorded Read-Alouds of their favorite children’s books to keep bright minds engaged and entertained. In addition to stories recorded in English, storybook recordings in Spanish, Haitian-Creole, and French Patois are encouraged and welcomed. Directions will be provided to volunteers (including digital tools, uploading/file preference, information on each book, etc.).

  • Thu
    25
    Feb
    2021

    BYHP Quarterly Book Club

    6:30 pmOnline

    We will be reading Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness by Pete Earley.

    Earley details his family's story and offers a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail.

    To get on the book club mailing list or offer a suggestion for our next book, please e-mail fjervis@byhp.org.

    *Note: You must be a BYHP member to join.