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While completing her PhD, Dr. Gavilo-Lane directed a center targeting this vulnerable population.

Who are transient youth experiencing homelessness in New Orleans?

100

The U.S. has exited this 2016 international agreement on climate change twice due to a change in executive.

What is the Paris Agreement (2016) agreement on climate change?


The Agreement sets long-term goals to guide all nations to:

  • substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to hold global temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change
  • periodically assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of this agreement and its long-term goals
  • provide financing to developing countries to mitigate climate change, strengthen resilience and enhance abilities to adapt to climate impacts.
100

This political movement pits "the people" against "the elite" and "the establishment." It advocates for major the common people.

What is populism?

100

Your group must do a 30-second dance part for points!

100

Refers to attempts to influence legislation by attempting to affect the opinion of the public with respect to the legislation and encouraging the audience to take action with respect to the legislation.

What is grassroots lobbying?

200

Dr. Gavilo-Lane is on the board of this organization.

What is the National Healthcare for the Homeless?

200

A transition in leadership led to the reimplementation of this policy aimed at reducing the cost of insulin and other life-saving medication.

What is the Inflation Reduction Act (or price cap measure on insulin)?


On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, marking one of the largest investments in the American economy, energy security, and climate that Congress has made in the nation’s history.

200

This term refers to the power of state governments to regulate behavior and enforce order to promote health, safety, morals, and general welfare.

What are police powers?

200

This federal law expanded Medicaid, but the Supreme Court ruled under the Tenth Amendment that states could choose whether to participate.

What is the ACA Affordable Care Act?

200

The House committee controls government spending and taxation, earning its reputation as one of the most powerful committees.

What is the House Ways and Means Committee?

300

Your group must do a 30-second dance CHALLENGE with another group. I will vote on the winners!

300

Robert F. Kennedy, a former presidential candidate and founder of this non-profit organization, was nominated for HHS Secretary under President Trump.

What is the Children's Health Defense?

300

In a free market, prices are determined by this dynamic interaction between buyers and sellers?

What are supply and demand?

300

The Fifth Amendment guarantees this legal process, which ensures that no person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without legal proceedings.

What is due process of law?

300

This department, abbreviated HHS, oversees federal programs related to public health, social services, and healthcare, including the Preparedness and Response focusing on terrorism.

What is Department of Health and Human Services?
400

According to the Pew Research Center's Political Typology quiz, Dr. Gavilo-Lane is:

Progressive Left

Established Liberals

Democratic Mainstays

Outsider Left

Stressed Sideliners

Ambivalent Right

Populist Right

Committed Conservatives 

Faith and Flag Conservatives

What is "stressed sideliners"?


I don't typically advertise my politics. I am an independent. 

I only mention this because I will challenge all groups to get you to think.

400

The "racial reckoning" movement and racial identity politics were discussed where?

Articles: 

Yearby et al. (2020)

Michener & LeBron (2022)

Video:

Bryan Stevenson (2012)

400

This type of competition, often used in economics and game theory, involves one person's gain equaling another person's loss.

What is Zero-sum game theory?
400

This healthcare right allows individuals to make their own informed decisions about treatment, including the right to refuse medical care, protected under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.

What is the right to freedom of choice and freedom from government interference?

400
Your group must do a 30-second dance party for full-points!
500

Favorite classes Dr. Gavilo-Lane took as a public health student.

What are epidemiology, global health and HIV/AIDS, or evaluation?

500

This action, requiring a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate, can override a presidential veto and make a bill into law.

What is a veto override?


- How does legislation get passed?

- Important vetos.

500

Term refers to the political movements that advocate for the rights of specific groups of people?

What is identity politics?

500

The "Due Process Clause of this amendment ensures that no person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

What is the 14th Amendment?

Also 5th Amendment protects individual liberties... due process of law.

500

Your group must do a 30 second dance CHALLENGE with the other group, and I will vote on the winners.