Events at: Zoom (Virtual)

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Join our October Perspectives discussion as we learn more about the Latinx Community in the St. Louis region.  This session will touch on who is represented in the community, health care access and ways to practice allyship for your Latinx community.  All events are now hosted on Zoom.  After you register you will receive the […]

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Join our October Perspectives discussion as we learn more about the Latinx Community in the St. Louis region.  This session will touch on who is represented in the community, health care access and ways to practice allyship for your Latinx community.  All events are now hosted on Zoom.  After you register you will receive the […]

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A 3-part series that builds on each session will take place on Thursday mornings from 8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. on November 5, 12 and 19, 2020.  This event is for people who participated in the first series:  “Healing Ourselves:  Uncovering Implicit Bias Through Mindfulness”. More information and registration link coming soon. Individuals with disabilities […]

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These events are to provide a space for processing and understanding our emotions to better support ourselves, our needs and, perhaps, to move us to a space of self-compassion to start the healing process after the election (regardless of result or outcome). This space is meant to welcome all the emotions our community members are […]

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Hosted by the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education at Washington University Medical Campus Explore how clinicians can use anti-racist practices to counter bias and facilitate more equitable care. This workshop builds on the strategies to combat unconscious biases shared by this facilitation pair in February, 2020. (NOTE the February session is not a prerequisite […]

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A 3-part series that builds on each session will take place on Thursday mornings from 8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. on November 5, 12 and 19, 2020.  This event is for people who participated in the first series:  “Healing Ourselves:  Uncovering Implicit Bias Through Mindfulness”. More information and registration link coming soon. Individuals with disabilities […]

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These events are to provide a space for processing and understanding our emotions to better support ourselves, our needs and, perhaps, to move us to a space of self-compassion to start the healing process after the election (regardless of result or outcome). This space is meant to welcome all the emotions our community members are […]

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Hosted by the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education at Washington University Medical Campus Explore how clinicians can use anti-racist practices to counter bias and facilitate more equitable care. This workshop builds on the strategies to combat unconscious biases shared by this facilitation pair in February, 2020. (NOTE the February session is not a prerequisite […]

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All 2020 Diversity Week events will be virtual. You will receive a link to this event after you register. Honoring Herstory The Lacks Family has launched a year-long HELA100:  Henrietta Lacks Centennial CELLebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks. Born in rural Roanoke, Virginia, on August 1, 1920, Henrietta Lacks was […]

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A 3-part series that builds on each session will take place on Thursday mornings from 8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. on November 5, 12 and 19, 2020.  This event is for people who participated in the first series:  “Healing Ourselves:  Uncovering Implicit Bias Through Mindfulness”. More information and registration link coming soon. Individuals with disabilities […]

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Join Connections on Friday, December 4th from 12:00-1:00 pm CT as Dr. Gabriella McLoughlin speaks on the topics of food insecurity and food apartheid. Please access the zoom information through the following link. This session is open to all members of the Washington University in St. Louis community. Register and join on Zoom » Connections is […]

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ZOOM Join Connections on Friday, December 18th from 12:00-1:00 pm CT as we engage in a discussion about the topics of food insecurity and food apartheid.  Please access the zoom information through the following link. This session is open to all members of the Washington University in St. Louis community. Links: Zoom link:  https://wustl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqceqhqjwiGNfOmitayONuTVhmpBY3zDd4?utm_source=Connections&utm_campaign=c2d0a29784-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_04_12_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_da8c361726-c2d0a29784- Email Signup: http://eepurl.com/drlm4z

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Registration must be completed by logging into Learn at Work and selecting course number 00006181 and class ID number 0000052056.  Please register before January 12, 2021. Learning objective:  Awareness – The goal of this interactive training is to provide participants with a basic awareness of cultural diversity as well as how culture influences the workplace, […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 2.0, course number 00006221 and class ID number 000052058. Learning objective:  Unconscious Bias – Facilitators provide experiential activities that align with materials from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to demonstrate how unconscious bias is something that every individual […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Recording now available: Watch MLK Week videos » Keynote speaker Professor […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Recording now available: Watch MLK Week videos » Panel Discussion on […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Join the webinar » Celebrating Black Joy and Healing with Wellness Practices, […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Join the webinar » Celebrating Black Joy and Healing with Wellness Practices, […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Recording now available: Watch MLK Week videos » David Dwight IV, lead […]

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This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing restrictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. Recording now available: Watch MLK Week videos » MLK Week 2021 […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 1.0, course number 00006181 and class ID number 000052066. Learning Objective is Awareness – The goal of this interactive training is to provide participants with a basic awareness of cultural diversity as well as how culture influences the workplace, campus […]

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10 a.m.-4 p.m. Join the BJC Diverse Nurses Connection group for their fourth annual conference. This year’s theme is “Reunited: The Healing Journey Together – Virtually,” Internally and in the Communities We Serve. BJC nurses, direct patient care team members and all BJC team members who have an interest in learning about caring for BJC’s diverse […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 3.0, course number 00006222 and class ID number 000052148. Learning objective is Commitment – The goal of this training is to provide language to address discrimination without shaming others, but rather fostering inclusion.  We accomplish this goal through interactive media, positive, […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 4.0, course number 00006223 and class ID number 000052150. Learning objective: Action – Building on recently developed skill sets to speak up.  4.0 empowers participants to proactively combat bias and prejudicial statements/behaviors made on campus.  Participants will engage in activities […]

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Sponsored by BJC and Washington University School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fewer black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978. Only 2 percent of American doctors are black men, and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. Dale Okorodudu, MD, formed the Black Men in White […]

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University Libraries presents:  Faculty Book Talk: Sowande MustakeemProfessor Sowande’ Mustakeem (History) discusses her book Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage (University of Illinois Press, 2016), revealing for the first time how the institution of slavery took critical shape at sea. The book was recognized with a 2017 Wesley-Logan Prize (American […]

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Join Connections on Friday, February 19th from 12:00-1:00 pm CT as Dr. Quinn Tyminski, Instructor in Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry speaks to us about maintaining the mental health of graduate students and those in higher education. This event will be the lead into Wellness Week 2021 (February 22-26) focusing on creating awareness for mental wellness in graduate students. Wellness […]

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Join this event on Zoom » About Dr. Balzora Sophie M. Balzora MD, FACG, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her interests include inflammatory bowel diseases and enhancing physician engagement and the patient experience through objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs). […]

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Kevin Simon, MD, an adolescent psychiatrist, recently wrote an important article regarding the care and treatment of Black Boys in America. This event will begin with a presentation from Dr. Simon and include a panel discussion with experts from Washington University. This event is hosted by the School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with the […]

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For the Wellness Week closing event, Connections will host a virtual discussion on Friday, February 26th from 12:00-1:00 pm CT. This discussion will focus on Dr. Quinn Tyminski’s previous lecture as well as on student mental health in general including specific topics addressed throughout Wellness Week. Wellness Week is sponsored by a collaboration between Connections, SAC, and DBBS. […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 1.0, course number 00006181 and class ID number 000052154. Learning objective: Awareness – The goal of this interactive training is to provide participants with a basic awareness of cultural diversity as well as how culture influences the workplace, campus and […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 2.0, course number 00006221 and class ID number 000052161. Learning objective: Unconscious Bias – Facilitators provide experiential activities that align with materials from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to demonstrate how unconscious bias is something that every individual […]

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Watch event recordings: General Session and Q&A Q&A with Faculty Q&A with Program Directors and Program Coordinators The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and the Office of Graduate Medical Education at Washington University School of Medicine will sponsor a virtual appearance by William A. McDade, MD, PhD, Chief Diversity Office, Accreditation Council for Graduate […]

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This 3-part series is a collaboration between Human Resources and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and is open to all students, staff and faculty.  Participants will use mindfulness practices to uncover implicit biases within themselves to support their work toward positive change.  Our brain focuses on protecting us and can inhibit our ability […]

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Join DBBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Student and Alumni Affairs to discuss how the pandemic has disproportionally affected women and caregivers: -Gendered domestic responsibilities -Domestic and sexual violence -Loss of work and pay We will be discussing these realities through an intersectional lens that seeks to understand how race, class, gender, and other social […]

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This discussion will focus on specific examples of gender bias in work and learning environments.  We will discuss the impacts of these biases on women at both the individual and institutional level.  The session will conclude with strategies and tactics for practicing allyship and shifting cultural norms to value the perspectives and contributions of women. […]

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Focusing on LGBTQ Health Considerations The LGBTQ Health Care Conference is a two-day event designed for nurses, physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, students, trainees, community members and other allied health providers who seek to understand the unique health considerations and barriers to health care in the LGBTQ population. Attendees will learn how […]

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Hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In the last year anti-Asian hate incidents have gone up by 150% with 68% targeting Asian and Asian American Women.  From patients refusing to receive care from AAPI physicians to the recent mass shooting in Atlanta, GA where 6 Asian Women were among the 8 people […]

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This Women’s History Month event will feature a brief presentation and panel to provide an intersectional look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate impacts on women in the workforce. From their roles as caregivers to frontline workers, women’s career trajectory and overall well-being have been negatively impacted in ways we may not fully […]

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Join DBBS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Student and Alumni Affairs to discuss women’s power and autonomy through this pop-culture lens. We will also be discussing media representation of women. Please be prepared that we will be utilizing active learning strategies. We request participants have access to their microphones and cameras during the session. Additionally, […]

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This 3-part series is a collaboration between Human Resources and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and is open to all students, staff and faculty.  Participants will use mindfulness practices to uncover implicit biases within themselves to support their work toward positive change.  Our brain focuses on protecting us and can inhibit our ability […]

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Hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In the last year anti-Asian hate incidents have gone up by 150% with 68% targeting Asian and Asian American Women.  From patients refusing to receive care from AAPI physicians to the recent mass shooting in Atlanta, GA where 6 Asian Women were among the 8 people […]

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Registration must be completed by logging into LearnatWork and selecting HR – Diversity & Inclusion 2.0, course number 00006221 and class ID number 000052163. Learning objective: Unconscious Bias – Facilitators provide experiential activities that align with materials from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to demonstrate how unconscious bias is something that every individual […]

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Hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In the last year anti-Asian hate incidents have gone up by 150% with 68% targeting Asian and Asian American Women.  From patients refusing to receive care from AAPI physicians to the recent mass shooting in Atlanta, GA where 6 Asian Women were among the 8 people […]