Consent and COVID: What You Need to Know

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. February 23: Tanya Bass, MS, MED., CHES, CSE and Leslie Massicotte, Practicum Student – “Consent and... Read more »

Defining Racial Justice in the 21st Century: Competing Perspectives and Shared Goals

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the wake of a summer of protests against police brutality, the midst of an ongoing pandemic, and the aftermath of a contentious election, the UNC Program for Public Discourse and Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies... Read more »

ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle Racism

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirements. The Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, co-hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the Jordan Institute for Families and the UNC School of Social Work's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is a series of virtual events... Read more »

Advancing Health Equity in North Carolina

This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. How do we improve health outcomes and increase access to care for the people of North Carolina and beyond? Join Anita Brown-Graham, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member and host of PBS North Carolina's ncIMPACT public affairs... Read more »

Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on College Access

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 »

Racism, Chronic Disease and the Social Determinants of Health

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. March 2: Dr. Wanda Boone - "Racism, Chronic Disease and the Social Determinants of Health" Registration... Read more »

Discrimination, Context and Health Panel

This lecture qualifies for 75 mins of credit toward the Gilling School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. FPG’s Carolina Consortium on Human Development is honored to host... Read more »

Have It Your Way: Contraceptives 101

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. March 23: Tanya Bass, MS, MED., CHES, CSE and Leslie Massicotte, Practicum Student – “Have It... Read more »

Equity and Childhood Resilience

This lecture qualifies for 1.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. In this seminar, Dr. Lauren A. Smith will discuss... Read more »

GATHER Film Screening & Panel Discussion

This event qualifies for 2.5 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Join the Gillings Alumni Association on March 24 for a 5 p.m. screening of GATHER - an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities... Read more »

Centering Race in Data Science

This lecture qualifies for 75 minutes of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Creating a race + equity task force in Data... Read more »

“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 »

Vaccination Program Then & Now: One of the Great Achievements in US: 1900-1999

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. March 30: Kayla Hammond and Brianna A. Ford – “Vaccination Program Then & Now: One of... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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.

Gillings Inclusive Excellence Trainings and Debrief Discussions

Gillings Inclusive Excellence Recorded Sessions will be posted daily. Students will also register for one virtual synchronous discussion session to attend on Friday, Aug. 13. Recorded Sessions: Monday, August 9, 2021 – Thursday, August 12, 2021 *One session released each day on event page* Debrief Sessions for First-Year/New Students of Gillings: August 11: 5:00 -... 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 TAs are welcome to attend! Attend online.

Event Series Gillings Black Student Support Pod

Gillings Black Student Support Pod

The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.  This support pod is ONLY for students who identify as Black in the Gillings School of Global Public Health.  The purpose of this support pod is to create opportunities for students to... Read more »

Planting Indigenous Seeds and Pulling Colonized Weeds in Indian Country: The Politics of Racial Cleansing and Erasing History

This event qualifies for 1.5 credit hours toward the Gillings School's annual inclusive excellence training requirements for faculty and staff. In order to plant seeds, one must first pull weeds. But what exactly does that mean in terms of decolonization? Virtually join the University of Oklahoma on September 22, as Dr. Cornel Pewewardy (Kiowa-Camanche), Vice... Read more »

Event Series Gillings Black Student Support Pod

Gillings Black Student Support Pod

The Gillings Black Student Support Pod was created to support the success of current, matriculated black students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.  This support pod is ONLY for students who identify as Black in the Gillings School of Global Public Health.  The purpose of this support pod is to create opportunities for students to... Read more »

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Workplace Virtual Workshop Series

Each workshop qualifies for 2 hours of credit toward the annual Gillings School inclusive excellence training requirement for faculty and staff. Are you a student or organizational leader interested in learning from seasoned DEI "Champions" to advance DEI in your organization, community or workplace? Register now for this workshop series! Join a 4-part virtual workshop... Read more »