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Confronting American Health Disparities Race, Class, and Maternal Mortality in the United States ♥ ✚
Confronting American Health Disparities Race, Class, and Maternal Mortality in the United States Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PST A Virtual Event REGISTER In this yearlong series, Confronting American Health Disparities, we amplify urgent health concerns related to women and LGBTQ communities. In the United States, health disparities track along nearly every…
Black Nonsense (Or, Black Radical Utterances in the Idiom of Madness ✚
Black Nonsense (Or, Black Radical Utterances in the Idiom of Madness Join us for our second event in our “Mental Health in a Time of Pandemic” series. Professor Bruce’s talk begins with a meditation on “mad” black captives in the novels and short stories of Richard Wright, Gayl Jones, and Ntozake Shange. While confined in…
Collaborative Public Health Research and Practice: A Less Complicated Solution to Mitigating Environmentally Driven Health Disparities ★✚
ZoomCollaborative Public Health Research and Practice: A Less Complicated Solution to Mitigating Environmentally Driven Health Disparities Friday, February 18, 2022 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Zoom with Beverly Xaviera Watkins, PhD Social epidemiologist and community-engaged research practitioner RSVP Beverly Xaviera Watkins, MA, PhD, is a social epidemiologist and community-engaged research practitioner with a 26-year track…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium: Fighting Cancer In the Black Community ♥✚
Emerald Bay A, UCI Student CenterBlack History Month 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Come join and celebrate Black History Month as we engage in conversations about Black Health and Wellness and activism in the 21st Century. Fighting Cancer In the Black Community Event Date: February 23, 2022 Location: Student Center Emerald Bay A Reception Time: 5:30pm-6:00pm Event Time:…
Making History: The Evolution of Cancer Health Equity through Transdisciplinary Science ★✚
ZoomMaking History: The Evolution of Cancer Health Equity through Transdisciplinary Science Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD February 25, 2022, 3:00 – 4:00 PM Join us for an inaugural Black History month lecture presented by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Hughes-Halbert serves as the Associate Director for Cancer Equity at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.…
The Healing Power of Dance, Featuring Dr. S. Ama Way, UCI Associate Professor of Dance ♥★✚
ZoomThe Healing Power of Dance Featuring Dr. S. Ama Way, UCI Associate Professor of Dance Join our schools for a free event that offers an opportunity for phronetic insight; in this instance, heal by doing; and the doing is Dance. The attention to breath with rhythmicity, sensory attunement and cognitive focus will bring you back…
The Maternal Negligence Trailer Screening ♥ ✚
Claire Trevor School of the Arts 4002 Mesa Road Irvine, CA 92617Spreading Awareness about Black Maternal and Infant Health Inequities About this event In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, C.A.A.R.E Productions presents Maternal Negligence, a beautifully written screenplay by junior journalism major, Autumn Martin, that creates awareness of the systemic and large-scale issues that Black women face in health settings due to implicit bias and…
PSAC Town Hall ♥ ✚
Doheny CD, UCI Student CenterPSAC Town Hall Tuesday, May 10, 2022 | 3 - 5 p.m. Student Center, Doheny ABCD UCI Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) is hosting a town hall to provide an update and gather input from community members regarding campus safety. Agenda: Public Safety Community Update Systemwide UC Community Safety Plan UCI Community Safety Survey Update…
Healing in the Face of Extremism ♥ ✚
ZoomHealing in the Face of Extremism The regularly scheduled Black Thriving module on Change the Culture through Personal, Professional, and Institutional Accountability is open as a forum for reflecting, healing and supporting one another amid the shootings experienced Saturday (May 14) and Sunday (May 15) while planning a way forward in fellowship. WHAT:: Healing in…
If They Build It They Will Come: Engaging African Americans in Research and Health Education ♥✚
ZoomDr. Karen D. Lincoln is a social worker and sociologist with expertise in societal and social determinants of health and well-being among Black Americans. As a social scientist, she focuses on the social, psychosocial, and public health factors related to mental health disparities. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of…