“We Gotta Do Better”: Adolescents’ Beliefs, Feelings, and Actions Towards Racism

This lecture qualifies for 75 minutes of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. On Monday, March 29, Dr. Josefina Bañales joins the Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present “We Gotta Do Better”: Adolescents’ Beliefs, Feelings, and Actions Towards Racism as part of their Spring 2021 series... Read more »

Centering Race in Health Equity Research and Leadership

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Wed, April 7 from 1-2 p.m. ET Daphne C. Watkins, PhD University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor and Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan Director, Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center for... Read more »

2021 Deil S. Wright Lecture: Preparing People of Color for 21st Century Jobs: Unfulfilled Promises and Lost Opportunities

This lecture qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The MPA Alumni Association created this lecture series in 2002 to honor Professor Deil Wright for his 34 years of teaching MPA students. Each year, a distinguished professional from the field of public administration... Read more »

Identity-Based Trauma: Understanding What’s Ailing, So It Can Be Healed

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, in partnership with the Center for Faculty Excellence and Student Affairs, will host “Culture of Care: Racial Trauma, Healing and Community Resilience,” a three-event series that provides... Read more »

Caring for Myself is Not Self-Indulgence: Navigating Vicarious Trauma and Potential Burnout

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, in partnership with the Center for Faculty Excellence and Student Affairs, will host “Culture of Care: Racial Trauma, Healing and Community Resilience,” a three-event series that provides... Read more »

The State of Black America

This event qualifies for two hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. African Americans make up 13.4 percent of the U.S.... Read more »

The Dr. William ‘Bill’ Jenkins Health Equity Lecture

This event qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. The Dr. William (Bill) Jenkins Health Equity Lecture honors Bill Jenkins PhD, MPH, MS (1945 – 2019) and recognizes his outstanding legacy of innovative public health action, dedication to the elimination of health disparities,... Read more »

Juneteenth Celebration

Carrboro Town Commons 301 W. Main St., Carrboro

Save the date! The Carolina Black Caucus will be hosting a Juneteenth Celebration on June 19 from 3-6 p.m. at the Carrboro Town Commons. Registration required.

How Inequality Kills: Equity as a Health System Imperative

This event qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. How Inequality Kills: Equity as a Health System Imperative Health Equity Seminar Series with Dr. David Ansell (Rush University) Registration required. Speaker: Dr. David A. Ansell, MD, MPH Michael E. Kelly Presidential Professor of... Read more »

Microaggressions Training for Gillings TAs

This training, held on Zoom, will offer information, resources, and small-group discussions/activities to help TAs address microaggressions and co-create inclusive classroom environments with their students. All current and incoming Gillings... Read more »