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Layers of Equity: Understanding Intersectional Impact

March 27, 2025: 5:30 - 7:30 PM 

Where: Shift Retail Lab, 1235 West Broad Street, Richmond VA 23220

Join the VCU Office of Health Initiatives and the VCU School of Social Work for a discussion on intersectionality and racial equity in public health, healthcare, and research.

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Unburying Voices: Community-Engaged Reparative Justice

April 12, 2025 from 10AM - 2:30PM at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture (428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220)

Join us for the Spring 2025 Health Humanities Lab Symposium, featuring the following speakers: 

  • Carmen Foster and Stephanie Smith, Family Representative Council, East Marshall Street Well Project, Richmond, VA
  • Jazmin Benton, Sacharja Cunningham, and Lex Wilson, Finding Ceremony, Philadelphia, PA
  • Jessica Harris and DeTeasa Gathers, The Descendants of Enslaved Communities at University of Virginia

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I’m really excited that the health system and the university are taking action and identifying tangible things we can do to make a difference.

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Mark Ryan
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations and Quality