MEDiversity Week 2021
The mission of MEDiversity Week is to highlight the equity, diversity, and inclusion work within U Health; while addressing health care disparities and offering solutions for the training of our current and future providers.
The mission of MEDiversity Week is to highlight the equity, diversity, and inclusion work within U Health; while addressing health care disparities and offering solutions for the training of our current and future providers.
For the month of November, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, visit the displays on level 1 of the J. Willard Marriott Library (near the Cafe). This exhibition seeks to amplify Indigenous voices and highlight and celebrate the diverse and rich culture of Native American people.
Reframing the Conversation brings together experts from across campus and the community to spark important conversations around racism, othering, and safety.
Community Conversations are biweekly campus dialogues open to all students, faculty, staff, and community partners. An opportunity to build community, strengthen relationships, share thoughts and feelings, and learn from each other.
Community Read is a regular reading & discussion group hosted by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; Office of the Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; and partners across the University of Utah. For the November sessions, the series will explore Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord's “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing.”
Join Student Affairs and the Women's Resource Center for a discussion on how intersecting social identities relate to systems and structures of oppression and discrimination; particularly in relation to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.
Community Read is a regular reading & discussion group hosted by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; Office of the Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; and partners across the University of Utah. For the November sessions, the series will explore Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord's “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing.”
Please join Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner for her monthly dean’s book review. The book to be reviewed will be, The Night Watchman: A Novel by Louise Erdrich. This book was selected in celebration of November being Native American Heritage month.
Community Conversations are biweekly campus dialogues open to all students, faculty, staff, and community partners. An opportunity to build community, strengthen relationships, share thoughts and feelings, and learn from each other.
Join UEN, the AIRC, and the University of Utah College of Social Work for a film screening of "Tribal Justice" with a discussion following.
Friday Forums is a commitment to the state and region in elevating national conversations and showcasing models of disrupting complicit racism. Each session welcomes national thought leaders to lead discussions and provide opportunities for participants to share ideas on actionable items towards a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
Community Read is a regular reading & discussion group hosted by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; Office of the Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; and partners across the University of Utah. For the November sessions, the series will explore Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord's “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing.”