Bringing a Racial Equity Focus to Health Informatics: Workshop

This workshop qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Featuring: Adam Dodd and Barrie Hayes, UNC Health Sciences Library Dr. Amanda Seyerle, UNC School of Pharmacy Dr. Whitney Robinson, Gillings School of Global Public Health Participants will select and attend one breakout room... 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 »

Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on Deconstructing the Gender Binary

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the fall, Honors Carolina kicked off an ongoing examination of systems of inequality with a series of programs on structural racism. This semester, they will turn attention to related questions of bias and discrimination.... 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 »

The Impact and Perceptions of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Native American Communities in NC

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the NCCU Department of Public Health Education on Tuesdays a 10:40 a.m. to receive empowering health information. April 20: Dr. Tracie Locklear “The Impact and Perceptions of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Native... Read more »

Facilitating Productive Classroom Conversations on Racism, Race and Public Health

This one-hour event counts toward the Gillings School’s annual inclusive excellence training requirement. All are welcome to join the first-ever, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)-sponsored, electronic hallway conversation Facilitating Productive Classroom Conversations on Racism, Race, and Public Health with dynamic ASPPH faculty on Thursday, April 22 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET. Drawing on... Read more »

Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. On Monday, April 26, Dr. Enrique Neblett joins FPG's Carolina Consortium on Human Development to present "Racism and Health: A Developmental Health Perspective" as part of their Spring 2021 series on Culture & Developmental... 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. population but they represent approximately 23 percent of COVID-19 deaths. Black Americans are three times more likely to die from infection than whites. They are... Read more »

Care in the Midst of Chaos: Providing Reasonable Flexibility

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 »