![]() ![]() ![]() JumpStart for juniors and seniors, and HPEP, the Health Professions Enrichment Program for 10th graders, got off to a great start last month with participation of more than 40 students between them.Our knowledgeable physicians, with experience in the following specialties will serve as experts on a panel to talk about their experiences and answer your questions: pediatrics, internal medicine, infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, and psychiatry. This community focused event, which will take place tomorrow, February 7, aims to highlight health equity and health outcomes for the Black family as a whole and also the key role that the Black physicians play in our community. In honor of Black History Month, VTCSOM welcomes you to the first Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging event of 2023 titled Black Family Health.31: International Transgender Day of Visibility.25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.20: Ostara, a celebration of the spring equinox.9: Asian-American Women’s and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day.7-8: Lailat al Bara’a/Lailat Al Baraah/Barat/Shab-e-Bara or Night of Forgiveness.2 (sunset) to March 20 (sunset): Nineteen-Day Fast (Bahá’í).March 22-April 21 (sundown to sundown): Ramadan.National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month.National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.Holidays and observances in the month of March:.Thank you to Drs. Olivia Asamoah, Anthony Baffoe-Bonie, Azziza Bankole, Kimberly Clay, Ayesha Kelly, Calandra Quarles, Oluyemisi Solomon, Brooke Watkins, and Sharon Williams for your time and your expertise. View the video recording along with transcript here. In honor of Black History Month, VTCSOM's Diversity Inclusion and Belonging event Black Family Health, brought together nine Black physician panelists to talk about daily challenges, myths, and hopes and dreams in the medical profession.21–22 (sundown to sundown): Eid al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan.April 21–May 2: The Festival of Ridvan (Bahá’í).17: Laylat al-Qadr, the holiest night of the year for Muslims.14: Vaisakhi (Baisakhi), the celebration of the founding of the Sikh community.14: The Day of Silence, protesting the silencing of LGBTQ+ students and their straight allies. ![]() 3: Mahavir Jayanti, celebrated by the Jains to commemorate the birth of Lord Mahavira.Holidays and observances in the month of April:.On April 11, the office of diversity, equity, and inclusion will host another Diversity Inclusion and Belonging event titled Ruining Dinner: Religion as the Silent Diversity.The McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund is awarded annually to early-stage organizations that have demonstrated significant momentum with innovative models of change. This year the Aequitas Health Honor Society has been recognized by the McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute announcing the society as a 2023 McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund recipient.VTCSOM will honor our student recipients during their graduation ceremony next year highlighting the work they have done with their collective project during their fourth year. Over the next year our student fellows will work together to develop and execute a common project that aims to advance health equity in our community.Post-Graduate Trainee and Faculty: Badr Ratnakaran.Students: LB Canary, Nneoma Edokobi, Brandon Ganjineh, and Alex Miner.Congratulations also to the Class of 2024 Aequitas Health Honor Society Fellows.Faculty: Vydia Permashwar and Tarin Schmidt-Dalton.Class of 2025: Chloe Lessard and Mosufa Zainab.Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-23 Dean’s Diversity Champions Award, which recognizes significant achievements of faculty and students toward developing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. ![]()
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