Featured Events

Hosts: Deborah Stroman, PhD – Department of Health Behavior/EQUITY UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health – Inclusive Excellence Registration required. Speakers: Joseph N. Cooper, PhD, University of Massachusetts – Boston J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration Author, A Legacy of African American Resistance and Activism Through Sport (forthcoming) Joseph N.... Read more »

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirements. In this session, researchers and community advocates will provide insights into a digital and print campaign developed to increase awareness about COVID-19 in Black and brown communities. Not A Host (NAH) is a grassroots effort designed... Read more »

This event qualifies for four hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Standard Safe Zone is designed to introduce concepts, terminology and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Safe Zone trainees develop: A deeper awareness of personal ideas, stereotypes and assumptions... Read more »

This event qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. Environmental racism takes many forms, from higher rates of pollution and storm water issues in BIPOC communities to racist planning policies that lead to gentrification and displacement, and white supremacist investments in automotive-centric transportation systems.... Read more »

We invite you all to join us for a schoolwide discussion about the Inclusive Excellence Action Plan and the ongoing inclusive excellence work happening across Gillings. If you are not able to attend, we will do our best to still answer your questions. Our Inclusive Excellence Action Plan can be found online. Speakers: Jeffrey Simms,... Read more »

This event qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. 27TH NATIONAL HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH WEBCAST (NHERW) THIS IS U.S.: DISSENT, DENIAL AND THE HEALTH OF POPULATIONS Sept. 17, 2021 3-4:30 p.m. EDT Registration is open. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from national... Read more »

This event qualifies for eight hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The 43rd Annual Minority Health Conference: Revolutionary Healing and Rebuilding: Learning from Today, Transforming Tomorrow Registration is now open for this year’s virtual two-day Minority Health Conference — Revolutionary Healing and Rebuilding: Learning from Today, Transforming Tomorrow. This... Read more »

The Minority Health Conference, the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country, aims to raise awareness around minority health and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take action for change. The conference was founded and is led by students at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill. This year’s theme:... Read more »

Green Zone training is for faculty, staff and students who wish to learn more about the military-connected student experience. The goals are to train members of the Carolina community to know more about the issues and concerns military-connected students face and to identify individuals available to assist this population. Upon completion, participants will be able... Read more »