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Special announcement: Save the Grant Family Farm (Appeal)

Coming 2/26: “Building Community in the Age of Information: Fighting Health Inequality in the Modern World” The 31st Annual Minority Health Conference from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus. 12th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Robert E. Fullilove, EdD ("I was a community organizer for SNCC - which is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary - in Mississippi in 1964 and in '65 ... much of what I have done as a public health guy comes straight from that experience."). Dr. Fullilove's presentation is titled "Community Organizing and Community Building: Public Health Watchwords for the 21st Century"
Archived webcast : “Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the Intersection of Educational Inequities and Health Disparities” The 15th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health


Archived from June 3, 2008
Men’s Health Disparities: Implications for Research and intervention”
(Media advisory) (Archived webcast)

The 14th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference, presented by the UNC SPH Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and NC A & T State University Institute for Public Health features a panel with Drs. Claudia Baquet, Spero Manson, Abel Valenzuela, and Frank Wong, moderated by Stephanie Crayton. (more) (Broadcast by c-band satellite and Internet [webcast].)

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(Posted 3/19/2008, 4/6/2008)

Archived from February 29, 2008: “The Impact of Poverty, Culture, and Environment on Minority Health”

The 29th Annual Minority Health Conference, presented by the UNC SPH Minority Student Caucus, featured the 10th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture, “The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health in the United States: an Ecosocial Perspective”, by Nancy Krieger, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University. (Keynote lecture was broadcast by satellite and Internet [webcast].)

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29th Annual Minority Health Conference home page
(Posted 10/29/2007)

“I would like to have attended this event in person; however, budget constraints limit and restrict our travel. Thanks so much for providing this webcast. Dr. Krieger has written extensively on social inequities in health. Her work is illuminating and thought-provoking. There is profound clarity in her research to help guide efforts to understand and address social determinants of health. My work involves addressing health inequities and improving the health of Oklahoma’s diverse minority populations. The presentation in this webcast will inform my efforts.”

Archived from June 25, 2007: “Does racism make us sick?”

The 13th Annual Summer Public Health Videoconference on Minority Health took place Monday, June 25, 2007 at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. A panel of distinguished experts (Drs. Luisa N. Borrell, Gilbert Gee, Karina Walters, David Williams) was moderated by Stephanie Crayton. (More . . .)
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*View or download the archived webcast* (now available in both Real and Windows Media formats [WMF courtesy of Kaisernetwork.org])
Purchase a DVD
Participant comments
(Posted 3/30/2007, 5/15/2007, 6/26/2007, 4/6/2008)

Archived from February 23, 2007: “AIDS at 25: Emerging from the Matrix” (View the on-demand webcast)

The 28th Annual Minority Health Conference, led by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus, took place Friday, February 23, 2007 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, NC. The 9th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture was presented by David J. Malebranche, M.D., M.P.H. of Emory University School of Medicine and was broadcast via satellite and Internet (no charge to participate in this interactive broadcast). (More . . .) (Posted 9/14/2006)

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Save the Grant Family Farm

The Grant family have been active champions of the struggle for civil rights, including a successful class-action suit, as a result of which the U.S. Department of Agriculture admitted discrimination and agreed to a settlement. But as the case was working its way through the courts, the Grant family was forced into a consent agreement to pay $100,000 to the US government. $40,000 of that remains outstanding, and without help the Grant family farm could be lost. Please help replay them for their leadership by making a gift today. (Read more) (About Gary Grant) (Posted 5/10/2009)

“Achieving Diversity in the Field of Epidemiology: Progress Made, Challenges and Opportunities”

September 12, 2009, Washington, DC. American College of Epidemiology's Minority Affairs Committee Scientific Workshop. The mission of the Minority Affairs Committee is to increase minority representation in the epidemiology profession and to recommend actions that increase the likelihood of significant epidemiologic research on health issues important to racial/ethnic minority populations. This year's all-day workshop will consider issues related to achieving diversity in the field of epidemiology.. (Posted 6/12/2009)

External Funding Opportunities for Underrepresented Minorities and Diversity

The Graduate School hosted a workshop for external funding opportunities available to underrepresented minorities and diverse populations.
Handout materials distributed during the workshop and information about funding workshops conducted by the Grantsource Library: http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/graduate1.html
For information about the Graduate School Fellowship and Funding Workshops: http://gradschool.unc.edu/fellowships_and_funding/05workshops.html

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Featured Website: Southern Poverty Law Center

Founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, legal victories against white supremacists and tracking of hate groups. The Center and its co-founder, Morris Dees, have been the target of death threats, bomb plots, and a successful arson attack. Recently an FBI informant described a plot to assassinate Morris Dees by a man whose organization (Imperial Klans of America) is currently being sued by SPLC on behalf of a teenage boy who was viciously beaten by Klan members.

A Discovery Channel program (Monday, Oct. 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT) hosted by Ted Koppel examines an historic Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit that destroyed one of the nation's most violent Klan groups following the 1981 lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Ala. The program features interviews with SPLC co-founder Morris Dees and Alabama Congressman Artur Davis, who was an SPLC intern during the case. Dees is also featured on a National Geographic special on KKK: Inside American Terror, Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). (Posted 10/13/2008)

University of Pittsburgh establishes Minority Health Archive

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Minority Health (CMH) of the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) have joined to develop the Minority Health Archive (MHA) as an online repository for minority health documents. (Posted 1/7/06)

MinorityNews

This service of BlackRadioNetwork.com, MinorityNewsService.com, and MinorityNews.Net compiles news stories and live radio programming by and about U.S. minorities plus United Nations News reporting. (Posted 7/1/2009)

Videotapes from many of our broadcasts are now available from the Public Health Foundation (select “Minority Health”) (Posted 3/8/05)

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Last updated: 8/9,13/2009, 11/1,20/2009, 1/21,29/2010 by Vic Schoenbach: Archived from June 3, 2008
Men’s Health Disparities: Implications for Research and intervention”
(Media advisory) (Archived webcast); The 14th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference, presented by the UNC SPH Minority Health Project, UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and NC A & T State University Institute for Public Health features a panel with Drs. Claudia Baquet, Spero Manson, Abel Valenzuela, and Frank Wong, moderated by Stephanie Crayton. (more) (Broadcast by c-band satellite and Internet [webcast].)

Archived from February 29, 2008: “The Impact of Poverty, Culture, and Environment on Minority Health”: The 29th Annual Minority Health Conference, presented by the UNC SPH Minority Student Caucus, featured the 10th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture, “The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health in the United States: an Ecosocial Perspective”, by Nancy Krieger, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University. (Keynote lecture was broadcast by satellite and Internet [webcast].)

Conference links
Conference brochure (7 MB pdf)
View archived webcast
Keynote speaker, abstract, bibliography, full text
Comments from last year's broadcast participants
29th Annual Minority Health Conference home page
(Posted 10/29/2007)

Archived from June 25, 2007: “Does racism make us sick?”: The 13th Annual Summer Public Health Videoconference on Minority Health took place Monday, June 25, 2007 at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. A panel of distinguished experts (Drs. Luisa N. Borrell, Gilbert Gee, Karina Walters, David Williams) was moderated by Stephanie Crayton. (More . . .)
Videoconference links
Videoconference home page
*View or download the archived webcast* (now available in both Real and Windows Media formats [WMF courtesy of Kaisernetwork.org])
Purchase a DVD
Participant comments
(Posted 3/30/2007, 5/15/2007, 6/26/2007, 4/6/2008)

Archived from February 23, 2007: “AIDS at 25: Emerging from the Matrix” (View the on-demand webcast): The 28th Annual Minority Health Conference, led by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Minority Student Caucus, took place Friday, February 23, 2007 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, NC. The 9th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture was presented by David J. Malebranche, M.D., M.P.H. of Emory University School of Medicine and was broadcast via satellite and Internet (no charge to participate in this interactive broadcast). (More . . .) (Posted 9/14/2006)

More archived webcasts
Other announcements (More health disparities events)

Save the Grant Family Farm: The Grant family have been active champions of the struggle for civil rights, including a successful class-action suit, as a result of which the U.S. Department of Agriculture admitted discrimination and agreed to a settlement. But as the case was working its way through the courts, the Grant family was forced into a consent agreement to pay $100,000 to the US government. $40,000 of that remains outstanding, and without help the Grant family farm could be lost. Please help replay them for their leadership by making a gift today. (Read more) (About Gary Grant) (Posted 5/10/2009)

“Achieving Diversity in the Field of Epidemiology: Progress Made, Challenges and Opportunities”: September 12, 2009, Washington, DC. American College of Epidemiology's Minority Affairs Committee Scientific Workshop. The mission of the Minority Affairs Committee is to increase minority representation in the epidemiology profession and to recommend actions that increase the likelihood of significant epidemiologic research on health issues important to racial/ethnic minority populations. This year's all-day workshop will consider issues related to achieving diversity in the field of epidemiology.. (Posted 6/12/2009)

External Funding Opportunities for Underrepresented Minorities and Diversity: The Graduate School hosted a workshop for external funding opportunities available to underrepresented minorities and diverse populations.
Handout materials distributed during the workshop and information about funding workshops conducted by the Grantsource Library: http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/graduate1.html
For information about the Graduate School Fellowship and Funding Workshops: http://gradschool.unc.edu/fellowships_and_funding/05workshops.html