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“Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the Intersection of Educational Inequities and Health Disparities”
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June 9, 2009 broadcast from Tate-Turner-Kuralt auditorium in the UNC School of Social Work: the 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health, presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Health Project and UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (link). Featuring Reginald Weaver, Lillian Sparks, Dina Castro, Nicholas Freudenberg, and moderator Howard Lee. Live questions (telephone and email) from the national audience.[more] |
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Archived from February 27, 2009: “Our World, Our Community: Building Bridges for Health Equality”
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The 30th Annual Minority Health Conference, presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus (link) took place on February 27, 2009. The 11th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture was presented by Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D. (about) and broadcast that afternoon over c-band satellite and Internet (webcast), with live questions from the viewing audience.[more]
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Archived from June 3, 2008 “Men’s Health Disparities”
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The 14th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference, presented by the UNC SPH Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and NC A & T State University Institute for Public Health features a panel with four Drs. Claudia Baquet, Spero Manson, Abel Valenzuela, and Frank Wong, moderated by Stephanie Crayton. (more) (Broadcast by c-band satellite and Internet [webcast].)
(Posted 3/19/2008)
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“Race, Genetics and Health: A Community Dialogue”
- June 18, 2009 - 6:30pm, Social Science Research Institute @ Erwin Square Bay Mill A, 2024 West Main Street, Durham.
Sponsored by the Duke University Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Social Science Research Institute, and the Duke University Office of the Vice Provost.
(Posted 6/12/2009)
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“Achieving Diversity in the Field of Epidemiology: Progress Made,
Challenges and Opportunities”
- September 12, 2009, Washington, DC.
American College of Epidemiology's Minority Affairs Committee
Scientific Workshop. The mission of the Minority Affairs Committee is to increase minority representation in the epidemiology profession and to recommend actions that increase the likelihood of significant epidemiologic research on health issues important to racial/ethnic minority populations. This year's all-day workshop will consider issues related to achieving diversity in the field of epidemiology.
(Posted 5/17/2009)
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“SAAPHI Annual Scientific Symposium”
- November 7, 2009, Philadelphia, PA.
SAAPHI is currently seeking abstracts related to the 2009 annual symposium on "Water and Public Health", November 7-11, 2009. While abstracts reflecting new and innovative information for any area of public health that impacts African Americans will be reviewed, SAAPHI will be placing an emphasis on abstracts related to: Coverage for the Uninsured, Epidemiology of Racism and Health, Healthcare Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health.
(Posted 5/14/2009)
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“Rev. Joseph E. Lowery delivers keynote address for Duke University's Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration”
- January 18, 2009, 3:00pm, in Duke Chapel, Durham, NC..
(Posted 1/10/2009)
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“UNC 28th Annual MLK Birthday Celebration”
- January 18-23, 2009, UNC Chapel Hill.
A week of cooperatively planned events to commemorate the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Keynote Lecture by Dr. Maya Angelou on Wednesday, 6:00pm, Memorial Hall (free reserved seats; ticket required)
Presented by Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
(Posted 11/17/2008)
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“Co-Morbidity and Urban Poverty: How Families Navigate Health,
Time, and Space”
- Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:30-1:45pm, 1301 McGavarn Greenberg Hall, UNC Gillings School of Global
Public Health.
This first distinguished lecture in the Spring 2009 colloquia series will be given by Linda Burton, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University. Dr. Burton is one of six principal investigators of a multi-site, multi-method collaborative study of the impact of welfare reform on families and children (Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study). Dr. Burton also directs the ethnographic
component of the Three-City Study and serves as the principal investigator of an ethnographic study of rural poverty and child development (The Family Life Project).
Presented by the UNC Department of Health Behavior and
Health Education
(Posted 12/21/2008)
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“Black Women in the Academy: Strategies for Survival, Success, and Transformation”
- January 30-31, 2009, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
The first day of the symposium will include a panel presentation by notable scholars contextualizing the unique sets of challenges that African American women face in academic institutions. The second day of the symposium will include workshops and break-out sessions that will provide participants with tools and strategies to move through academia at all levels. These sessions will address issues such as the graduate school process, tenure and promotion, the role of senior faculty, and administrative positions. Plenary speakers will include:
Dr. Beverly Guy, Sheftal, Spelman College;
Dr. Yolanda Moses, University of California at Riverside;
Dr. Rhonda Sharpe, University of Vermont; and
Dr. Monica Corbitt Rivers, Winston Salem State University.
Presented by UNC Institute of African American Research
(Posted 12/21/2008)
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“Film screening: "Walls That Bleed"”
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC.
"Walls That Bleed" details three days in May 1969 when a student body walk-out at Dudley High School in Greensboro led to a confrontation with police and escalated into a clash between NC A&T students and some 650 National Guard soldiers. One student died in the crossfire between students and police. Reception 5:30 pm, film showing at 6:00 pm, panel discussion immediately following. Free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Cookie Newsom (newsom@email).
Sponsored by the UNC Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, the Diversity Education Team, the School of Social Work, the Black Faculty Staff Caucus, and the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
(Posted 1/30/2009)
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“Racial Identity Matters: The Role of Racial Discrimination in the Lives of African Americans”
- Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:30pm-1:45pm, Blue Cross, Blue Shield Auditorium (MHRC 0001), Public Health.
Dr. Robert Sellers is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and a Research Associate at the Institute for Social Research. His research works to develop a conceptual model of the processes through which African Americans attribute meaning to race in the way they define themselves.
The lecture is hosted by the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and co-sponsored by the UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes.
(Posted 11/17/2008, 2/4/2009)
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“A Minority Health Dilemma: 1985 - 2002”
- Friday, February 20, 2009, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Old Clinic Auditorium (Room 4408), UNC School of Medicine.
29th Zollicoffer-Merrimon Lecture.
Invited speaker: Sandra Harris-Hooker, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Development, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Harris-Hooker is also the Deputy Director for the Center for Excellence on Health Disparities and the Director of Minority Biomedical Research Support Program.
(Posted 11/17/2008, 2/4/2009)
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“Bringing Human Rights Home”
- February 21, 2009, UNC Chapel Hill School of Law.
Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity
(Posted 11/17/2008)
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“The Dance between Genomics and Diversity”
- February 25, 2009, Fox Auditorium, Carrington Hall, UNC School of Nursing.
The 2009 Ethnic Minority Visiting Scholar Lecture.
Bette K. Jacobs, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Dean and Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies. Dr. Jacobs has decades of experience supporting the well-being of American Indian and Alaskan Natives. She has served two terms as president of the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association, has been a board member for Pathways in Success, a group that fosters Indians into health professions, and is an active member of the Society for Advancement of Native Americans and Chicanos into Science (SACNAS). Dr. Jacobs is a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Sponsored by the School of Nursing at UNC - Chapel Hill.
(Posted 1/26/2009)
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“A Blueprint for Change”
- February 25-27, 2009, Washington, D.C.
3rd Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.
The 2009 Summit is a continuation of OMH efforts to develop a national strategy and to move toward common language, from health disparities to health equity. Results of the Summit will become part of the National Blueprint for Action, which will guide OMH and its public and private partners.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH)
(Posted 11/21/2008)
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“Minority Health in a Global Community: Midwestern Perspective on Health, Poverty, and the Environment”
- February 27, 2009, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Annual Minority Health in the Midwest Conference
Held in conjunction with the 30th Annual Minority Health Conference at UNC Chapel Hill.
Presented by Minority Students for the Advancement of Public Health, Illinois Public Health Research Fellowship Program, and Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
(Posted 11/17/2008)
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“Our World, Our Community: Building Bridges for Health Equality”
- February 27, 2009, William and Ida Friday Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
30th Annual Minority Health Conference.
The conference was launched in 1977 by minority students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health to bring more attention to minority health issues and concerns and to attract more minorities into public health. The Conference will present a full day of presentations and workshops on health disparities. The 11th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D. will be broadcast by satellite and Internet at 2:00pm EST.
Presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus, Minority Health Project, Dean's Office, and the North Carolina Institute for Public Health
(Posted 11/21/2008)
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“2nd Annual Taking Responsibility to Increase Access and Diversity (TRIAD)
Prospective Students Day”
- Saturday, February 28, 2009, 9:00am-3:00pm, 133 Rosenau Hall, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Are you interested in pursuing a career in public health? Would you like an opportunity to meet with current students and faculty to learn more about graduate and undergraduate opportunities at the UNC Chapel Hill?
Presented by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus with funding from the SPH Office of Student Affairs.
(Posted 2/18/2009)
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“Achieving Cultural Competence: Acquiring Requisite Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills for an Evidence-Based Revolution Bringing Equity in Health to All”
- March 6-7, 2009, Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York.
4th Annual Health Disparities Conference.
An opportunity for varied professionals to gain exposure to evidence-based approaches to reducing/eliminating health disparities and moving society toward equity in health for all, in addition to state-of-the-art practices being utilized by practitioners. Featuring keynote speakers: Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH, William Miller, Ph.D,
and Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D.
Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D., Conference Director
(Posted 2/21/2009)
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“14th Annual Latino Issues Forum: Where do we go from here?”
- March 13-14, 2009, Ramada Woodlawn and Conference Center, Charlotte, NC.
A statewide gathering of Latino advocates, service providers, grassroots organizations and youth interested in Latino issues in North Carolina.
Hosted by El Pueblo Inc.
(Posted 1/26/2009)
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“Queer Art/Queer Action (Politics of Possibility)”
- March 26-28, 2009, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC.
2009 GLBTQ Conference.
The UNCA GLBTQ conference is dedicated to the investigation of genders and sexualities. Keynote Speakers:
John Cameron Mitchell (screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Q & A session): Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Joan Larkin (poet, teacher, activist): Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Dean Spade (attorney, activist): Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
(Posted 12/21/2008)
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“Looking to the Future: Legal and Policy Options for Racially Integrated Education in the South and the Nation”
- April 2, 2009, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center.
Center for Civil Rights Conferences
A gathering advocates, scholars, organizers, litigators, researchers and students committed to integrated schools in the South and the nation. (Complete video available)
Presented by the Center for Civil Rights at UNC School of Law, the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, and the University of Georgia Education Policy and Evaluation Center.
(Posted 12/24/2008)
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“Commencement Address by Gary Grant”
- May 9, 2009, .
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
"Do not confuse public relations with public service. We live in the richest, most powerful country that has ever existed, a country that has built its wealth on consuming a vastly disproportionate share of the earth's resources, yet the poor in our country share something with people in countries whose resources we use: they do not have a right to good housing, safe jobs, healthy foods, or an unpolluted environment - in other words, they really do not have access to public health." - Gary R. Grant, Executive Director, Concerned Citizens of Tillery, NC
(Posted 5/24/2009)
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“Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the intersection of health disparities and educational disparities”
- June 9, 2009, UNC at Chapel Hill.
15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health
Presented by UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, the Minority Health Project, Counseling and Wellness Services (UNC Campus Health Services), and the NC A&T State University Institute of Public Health.
(Posted 12/24/2008)
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“4th Annual Healthy Marriage Research Conference”
- June 16-18, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC.
Presented by the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative
and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, The Jordan Institute for Families, and The Annie E. Casey Foundation
(Posted 12/29/2008)
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