This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Commem oration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing re strictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and a vailable for later viewing.
Keynote speaker Professor Dorothy E. Roberts is a social justice advocate and law professor at the University of Pe nnsylvania. She is George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociolog y\, Raymond Pace & Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights \, Professor of Africana Studies\, and Director of the Program on Race\, Sc ience and Society for Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Dr. Roberts and this event on the Office of Diversity Pro
grams website:
2021 Martin Luther K
ing Jr. Celebration Lecture »
Individuals with disabiliti es are encouraged to attend all Washington University School of Medicine sp onsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reaso nable accommodation in order to participate in this event\, please contact the Washington University School of Medicine Office of Diversity\, Equity a nd Inclusion in advance at 314-273-2809 or MedDEI@wustl.edu.
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“Of all of the forms of inequality\, injustice in h ealthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.”
-- Martin Luthe r King\, Jr.
This event is brought to you by the Office of Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Divers ity Programs with a special thanks to the MLK Week committee members: Vicky Braun (WUSM IM- Gastroenterology)\, Joel Dalton (WUSM Diversity Programs\, Biology & Biomedical Science) Rosie Jones (WUSM Diversity Programs\, Biolo gy & Biomedical Science)\, Valerie Joyner (Office of Diversity\, Equity & I nclusion)\, Dorian Pierce (BJCMG Access Center\, WUSM Otolaryngology)\, Liz Riggs (WUSM Diversity Programs)\, Poli Rijos (WU Center for Community Heal th Partnership and Research Institute for Public Health)\, Erin Stampp (Of fice of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion)\, James Zerkel (WUSM Becker Medical Library)
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