February 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023

Black History Month at SPH and Around UMD

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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and recognizing their central role in U.S. history.

Check out the Black History Month events by SPH and around campus below. If you would like to request that your event be included here, please email the details to sph-comm@umd.edu.

Black History Month at SPH and Around UMD

Feb. 1 | 12:30 PM | Adele H. Stamp Student Union

The 1856 Project investigates the University of Maryland’s connection to the regional context of slavery. It is our local chapter of the Universities Studying Slavery, an international group of colleges and universities encouraging their campuses to think about their connections to slavery and the slave trade while addressing historical and contemporary issues surrounding race and inequality in higher education. The inaugural symposium will be held at the Stamp Student Union and is open to the public. Register Here.

Feb. 17 | 9:30 AM | Friedgen Lounge

Join us for Dr. Tara Blackshear’s Black History Month Lecture on February 17th as she dares you to examine the past and present to change the racial landscape of Kinesiology in the future. She will highlight the underpinnings of racism in Kinesiology and proffer recommendations to help Kinesiology achieve racial equity in research and practice.

Feb. 22 | 12:00 PM | Virtual

The Sisters in Public Health's mission is to create a safe space to empower, educate, and evolve the next generation of women in public health.

Come to hear from their leadership team about their organization, their opportunities to get involved, and about the annual scholarships they offer for both master and doctoral students.

Learn more about them on SIPH website, Instagram(@sistersinpublichealth), LinkedIn and Facebook

Feb. 23 | 7:00 PM | Virtual

Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, professor of health policy and management and director of the Center for Health Equity, will host a live discussion on his podcast, The Cutting Edge. Topics that will be covered are:

The history of racism and discrimination in medicine and public health.
Why people of color, Black people in particular, have legitimate reasons for their historic distrust of the medical care delivery system and in clinical research.
How populations suffering from health disparities should be priority to be treated.

Watch the podcast here.