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Professor Fran Quigley, ’87, will serve as moderator of a panel discussion on Medicare for All. The event will take place in an online format beginning at 7 p.m. on November 24. The forum is co-sponsored by Medicare for All Indiana and the Religious Socialism Committee of Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America.

The discussion, “Medicare for All: Multifaith Forum” will feature Father Charles Allen, an Episcopal priest and member of Religious Socialism Committee of Central Indiana DSA; Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Reverend David W. Greene, Sr., Purpose of Life Ministries (Second Baptist) and President, Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis; and Hebah Kassem, Muslim Medicare for All Activist and DSA member. Learn more and register here.

Professor Quigley is a clinical professor of law and teaches in the Health and Human Rights Clinic. Clinic students advocate for the rights of the poor, with a focus on individual and systemic barriers to accessing healthcare and the social determinants of health. He is the author of several academic journal articles on social justice and human rights, multiple mass media articles and columns, and four books, including most recently Prescription for the People: An Activist's Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All (Cornell University Press, 2017). Prior to his work at the law school, he served as the first Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Julia Carson and as the executive director of ACLU of Indiana.  He edits the newsletter Faith in Healthcare and contributes to and helps edit the publications of the Religious Socialism working group of the Democratic Socialists of America.