All are welcome to this community-buildin g gathering and discussion of critical questions on health and well-being\, illness and care for our diverse St Louis community.

On Saturday\, February 25\, 2023 the Medical Humanities P rogram and the Center for Race\, Ethnicity & Equity will co-host a Forum on Medicine\, Race\, and Ethnicity in St Louis\, Past to Future. The event is sponsored by the Office of the Provost as part of the  Here and Next strategic initiative\, and enjoys support from t he Center for the History of Medicine at Washington University Medical Scho ol\, the Institute for Public Health\, and the WashU & Slavery Project.

Along with a keynote address by Dr. Will Ross\, Associate Dean of Diversity at Washington University School of M edicine\, 22 speakers\, including scholars\, public health leaders\, artist s\, and citizens of St. Louis\, will take part in six moderated panels list ed below:

  • The History and Legacy of Pruitt-Igoe
  • The Hist ory and Legacy of Homer G. Phillips Hospital
  • Questions of Health an d Wellbeing in the St Louis Latin American Community
  • Bodies at Risk : Obstetrics\, Trauma\, and Disease
  • Questions  of Health and Wellbe ing in the St Louis East Asian Community
  • Activist and Reparative Ar t

This is a public-facing event and all members of the universi ty and broader St Louis community are welcome. It is free of charge and we will offer lunch to attendees. Register here.

Pictured: Student nurse's uniform worn by Pauline Brown Payne\, Homer G. Phillips Hospital\, 1940s (Source: Homer G. Phillips Hospital and School of Nursing\, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)\; Nurses in Traini ng at Homer G. Phillips Hospital\, ca. 1950 (Source: Missouri Historical So ciety).