Past Sessions
- Spring 2023
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The 7th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series "Advancing the Dream: Why We Can't Wait"
In the book Why We Can't Wait (1963), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explained why he opposed the gradualist approach to achieving equity and civil rights. Dr. King said, "This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
Keynote Speakers
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
"Confronting U.S. History: We Must End RACISM to End Health Disparities"Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist, Racial Scholar, and Creator of the 1619 Project12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ESTZoom - VirtualWednesday, January 25th, 2023
"Confronting Structural Racism: Building the Courage for Change"Dr. Wendy Ellis, DrPH, MPH12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ESTRoss Hall 117 - In Person- Fall 2022
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Fall 2022 Anti-Racism Book Club: Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
The GW SMHS Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC) and Center for Faculty Excellence invite all SMHS faculty and staff to participate in a Book Club discussion series on Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
In Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Today’s medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.
- Spring 2022
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Spring 2022 Anti-Racism Book Club: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
The GW SMHS Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC) and Center for Faculty Excellence invite all SMHS faculty and staff to participate in a Book Club discussion series on Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
"Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America. "
The Book Club will consist of 3 sessions from February to April via Zoom
Tuesday, February 22nd at 12 PM or Wednesday, February 23rd at 5 PM Tuesday, March 22nd at 12 PM or Wednesday, March 23rd at 5 PM Tuesday, April 26th at 12 PM or Wednesday, April 27th at 5 PM.
What Decolonizing Our Classrooms Looks Like
Friday, March 25, 2022; Noon - 1 PM EST Virtual
Presenters: Charles Cobbs, Paloma Delgado-Setien, Nikhil Kalita, Dr.Maranda Ward, and Julia XavierDecolonize the classroom? We recognize that this angle might be jarring to some who might think of colonization as an antiquated process and therefore not understand the need to “decolonize”. However, it is important to examine the foundation and origins of our current institutional processes and customs before tackling how to reform them to result in a more diverse, just, and equitable learning environment. For example, we would examine the foundation of a house before adding upper floors. In the same way, we feel it is important to be inclusive, collective, and transparent about the factors that still influence our academic culture and can impede us from fully realizing our collective goal to build an anti-racist institution. This session will model We will model what decolonized teaching looks like by having current GW students (Charles Cobb, Paloma Delgado-Setien, Nikhil Kalita, Julia Xavier) co-facilitate this webinar along with a GW faculty member (Dr. Maranda Ward). Not only will we share current GW teaching resources but we will also align the need to decolonize the classroom with the justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) values of our institution.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the academic colonial legacies that threated JEDI institutional values; Define what it means to decolonize a classroom; Discuss hands-on examples of how to apply a decolonizing JEDI lens to the syllabus, course instruction, and learning assessments.
The 6th Annual GW SMHS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Three Event Series
"Advancing the Dream: We Cannot Walk Alone."
Tues., January 18th, Wed., January 26th, and Thurs., January 27th, 2022Celebration Event
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
Ross Hall Lobby
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST
Join us for grab and go King Week celebration cookies
*Tentative per university COVID-19 policies and procedures
Keynote Speakers
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
Dr. Michelle Morse (She/Her), Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness & Chief Medical Officer at the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Webex
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST
Dr. Michelle Morse serves as the Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness (CHECW) and inaugural Chief Medical Officer at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH). Dr. Morse is responsible for leading the agency’s work in bridging public health and health care to reduce health inequities, guiding CHECW’s place-based and cross-cutting health equity programs, and serving as a key liaison to clinicians and clinical leaders across New York City.Thursday, January 27th, 2022
George M. Johnson (They/Them), Author of "All Boys Aren't Blue" and "We Are Not Broken"
Webex
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST
George M Johnson is an Award-Winning Black Non-Binary Writer, Author, and Activist located in the NYC area. George has written for major outlets including Teen Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, NBC, The Root, Buzzfeed, Essence, Ebony, THEM,and The Grio. They have also served as Guest Editor for BET.com’s Pride month.They were awarded the 2019 Salute to Excellence Award by the NationalAssociation of Black Journalists for their article “When Racism Anchors your Health in Vice Magazine, and recently named to The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2020. They are the author of the Bestselling Young Adult Memoir "All Boys Aren’t Blue" discussing their adolescence growing up as a young Black Queer
boy in New Jersey through a series of powerful essays. The book will also be translated into French, Spanish, and Portuguese, with a UK distribution set for 2021. - Fall 2021
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September through December 2021
"Anti-Racism Book Club: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson"
The GW SMHS Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC) and Center for Faculty Excellence invite all SMHS faculty and staff to participate in a Book Club discussion series on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
This important book is required reading for all incoming Medical Students. It is an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. She points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions toward hope in our common humanity.
This book club will consist of 3 sessions, one each month, September through November, held virtually via Zoom. Participants are encouraged to attend all three sessions but are welcome to attend as available.
October 2021
What Exactly is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?
Wednesday, October 6, 10 AM EST
Virtual Hosted by GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
Program Schedule:
10-10:15am (ET) Welcome and Introductions10:15-11am (ET) Critical Race Theory: The Basics
featuring Dr. Ashley Stone, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education at Southern Methodist University
In this interactive workshop designed for those new to the concept of Critical Race Theory, Dr. Ashley Stone will describe its genesis and major principles. Participants will learn how CRT, as formulated and used in academia, differs from the controversial "CRT" that has been portrayed recently in the news.11am-12pm (ET) CRT for White People
featuring Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker, Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning at GW
Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker will describe her journey as a white person learning about and understanding Critical Race Theory. She will share insights on the relationship between CRT and whiteness, and will discuss the role of white people in advocating for CRT specifically -- and anti-racism in general.12pm-1pm (ET) Critical Race Theory: A Myth Busting Question and Answer Session
featuring Dr. Dwayne Kwaysee Wright, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives for GSEHD and Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration at GW Dr. Dwayne Wright will separate fact from fiction, addressing some of the current misinformation surrounding CRT. He will touch on its origins in law schools and how it is practiced across various academic disciplines. He will answer questions and take final comments from the community about CRT.
November 2021
Thursday, November 11, 10:30 AM - 12 PM EST
"Our Trees Still Bear Strange Fruit: Modern-Day Lynchings in the American Landscape."
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Facilitated by Attorney Jill Collen Jefferson
- Spring 2021
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January 2021
Thursday, January 28th, 12 PM - 1:30 PM
5th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture
Developing a Dangerous Unselfishness
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LJ Punch, MD, Trauma Surgeon Founder, The T STLAs a trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Dr. LJ Punch's work came to life in various undergraduate and graduate medical education courses focused on the experience of violence-related injury across the entire spectrum of illness and healing. Through community engagement in St. Louis, Dr. Punch carries this mission forward each day, bridging the gap between the resources inside healthcare and the voices of the people. This includes a campaign to bring the national “Stop the Bleed” campaign to members of the St. Louis community at risk for violence and serious injury and the creation of “The T”, an anti-violence community center that focuses on harm reduction as primary prevention of urban public health concerns including bullet injuries, substance use disorder and COVID-19. This lecture will provide the audience a thought-provoking talk on bullet-related injuries while re-imagining and advancing Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech to embrace the challenge of eliminating health disparities and transforming health care to enrich and improve the lives of those we serve.
(Target Population: All learners; Open to the entire GW community and the public)
February 2021
Wednesday, February 17th, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST
Bystander Training
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Moving Beyond Bystanding...to Disrupting Racism
Lanre O. Falusi, MD, FAAP, Medical Director of Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Clinical Research and Leadership; SMHS Emerging Scholars Fellow, Antiracism and Health EquitySession Objectives:
Identify how positions of power and privilege operate in taken for granted ways* (based on Dr. Beverly Tatum's work on "The Complexity of Identity"). List characteristics and challenges of being a bystander and disruptor in the face of racism. Defend how racism is disrupted through anti-racist practice as a form of racial justice.
(Target Population: Intermediate to Advanced Learners) Past Sessions 2020
Antonio A. Bush, Ph.D. Director of Research, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Unit; American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Assistant Professor; Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education; UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session Objectives:
Define critical race theory (CRT), provide an overview of its key tenets, and discuss its relevance within academic medicine. Discuss counter-storytelling from the CRT lens. Provide key functions for employing this approach as researchers and practitioners.
(Target Population: All Learners; Learners interested in moving from theory to practice)
April 2021
Tuesday, April 6th, 6 PM EST Lecture Series--University Sponsored Event Race in America Lecture Series --A Conversation with Abby Phillips
CNN Anchor and Political Correspondent
**University-Sponsored event by the GW Office of Diversity Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE)--a part of the GW Race in America Lecture Series.** Event is limited to members of the GW community. For more information about the Race in Lecture America Series, please visit http://go.gwu.edu/raceinamerica
Virtual
(Target population: All Learners)Wednesday, April 14th, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Research and Training
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"The Stories We Tell (And Those Untold): Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Counter-Storytelling in Research and Practice"
(Target Population: All learners; Learners interested in disrupting systems of oppression; This session fulfills the faculty annual report requirement)
Thursday, February 25th, 7:00PM
Movie Screening Discussion
Hosted by White Coats for Black Lives Student Group, The Rodham Institute, Children's National Hospital, and SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Black Men in White Coats (Running Time: 80minutes)
Less black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978 and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. With only 2% of American doctors being black men, this comes as no surprise. What if we had a medical workforce that actually reflected our patient population? This documentary dissects the systemic barriers preventing black men from becoming medical doctors and the consequences on society at large.
(Target Population: All Learners)
March 2021
Wednesday, March 3rd, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Advocacy Training
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Envisioning Equity: A CALL TO ACTION!
Mandi Chapman, PhD, MA, Hon-OPN-CG Associate Center Director, GW Cancer CenterSession Objectives:
Identify historical and religious contexts that root "-isms" into U.S. economic, medical and research systems. Identify strategies for advancing health through a health equity lens. Access tools to put your intentions into practice.
- Fall 2020
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September 2020
Tuesday, September 1st, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Webinar
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Understanding the Connection between Race and Social Determinants of Health
Cara Lichtenstein, MD, MPH
(Target population: Introductory Learners; All Learners)Tuesday, September 15th, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Lecture
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Medicine, Public Health, and Anti-Racism Activism: The Life and Career of Dr. Virginia M. Alexander (1899-1949)
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
(Target population: All Learners)Tuesday, September 15th, 6:00 PM EST
Lecture Series
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Race in America Lecture Series -"1619: Reflecting on the Legacy of Slavery in America"--A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones
**University-Sponsored event by the GW Office of Diversity Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE)--a part of the GW Race in America Lecture Series
Virtual
(Target population: All Learners)October 2020
Wednesday, October 7th, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST
Faculty Development Workshop
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“How to Talk About Race, Power, and Privilege in Classroom and Clinical Settings”
This interactive session will discuss how to create a safe and inclusive learning environment for vulnerable conversations while sharing strategies and tools for facilitating discussions about bias, including race/class/sexuality in case studies, and teaching beyond the “hidden” curriculum.
Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, MPH, PA-C, BS
Howard Straker, EdD, MPH, PA-C
Virtual
(Target population: Teaching, Research and Clinical Faculty)Thursday, October 29th, 1:00 PM -5:00 PM EST
Mullan Health Workforce Equity Summit
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“Structural Racism and Health Professions Education”
The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and Latinx communities illustrates the significance that structural factors, including those within health systems, have on health outcomes. A health workforce more representative of the U.S. population can help to reduce health disparities by increasing access to care and improving outcomes. Training and working alongside a diverse workforce improves the cultural competence of all providers and prepares them to respond to the needs of the entire population. The overall goal of this Summit is to identify barriers to increasing diversity in health professions and actions to address those barriers.
Virtual
(Target population: All Learners)November 2020
Wednesday, November 11th, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST
Implicit Bias Training
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"It’s Not You, It’s Me": Preventing Bias in Personal, Professional, and Patient-Related Interactions
There is overwhelming evidence that conscious and unconscious bias impacts academic medical teaching environments at multiple levels. This engaging audiovisual session will focus on exploring implicit and explicit bias while offering practical recommendations to mitigate their impacts in personal and professional interactions.Session Objectives:
Define culture, cultural competency/humility, structural competency, and critical consciousness and discuss how these are relevant within academic medicine environments. Review the relationships between cultural attitudes, bias, and stereotypes while examining how these impact personal and professional encounters. Recognize how bias could potentially contribute to health disparities and develop personal strategies to achieve cultural humility in human interactions while improving the perceived quality of care. Explore tools to perform self-reflection and ultimately combat bias.
Facilitator: Kenyon Railey, MD Assistant Chief Diversity Officer, School of Medicine Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Duke University Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program, Duke University
Virtual
(Target population: **Meets the faculty annual report goal for Implicit Bias Training**; All Learners)December 2020
Monday, December 7th, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
LGBTQ Health and Policy in the Biden Administration GW
Out for Health, Student Organization LGBTQ health and policy came under increased scrutiny during the Obama and Trump administrations. Both enacted important policies that changed much about LGBTQ health. In the context of the 2020 election and President-Elect Biden’s transition, this panel will discuss how LGBTQ health and policy at the national level may change over the next few years and beyond. We will also discuss advocacy efforts that are being made on behalf of LGBTQ patients. Click here for panelist bios. GW Out for Health, Student Organization
Virtual
(Target population: All Learners)