Marinel M. de Jesus, Esq. is the founder of the award-winning travel media site, Brown Gal Trekker, the mountain trekking social enterprise, Equity Global Treks, and the human rights non-profit organization, The Porter Voice Collective. In this talk, she will share her journey as a social entrepreneur with a mission to create equity and inclusion in the outdoor and travel industries and how her identity as an Asian American woman and immigrant intersects with her work in a manner that only advances her mission further. From this workshop, you’ll gain insight into the current status of... Read more about [LPCE Event] How to Leverage Your “Marginalized” Identities to Advance Your Mission as a Social Entrepreneur

In this panel, we are excited to have Andrew Fung, Richie Le, and Sandro Roco join us to share their first-hand experience as entrepreneurs utilizing various creative spaces to advocate for the Asian American community. Through this panel, we will discuss questions around the startup journey, the high points and low points of their entrepreneurship experience, lessons learned, identity, representation, and more. Come prepared with your questions, and we cannot wait for you to join us for this lively panel discussion! For registration and more info:... Read more about [LPCE Event] Asian American Entrepreneurship Panel

As we have witnessed in recent years, there has been a lot of confusion around the use of race and ethnicity in medicine and medical algorithms. We are focusing on how race and ethnicity informs and biases precision medicine* diagnostics and therapeutics. We are also addressing how machine learning has the potential to both accentuate and reduce existing bias in these precision medicine tasks. At this year’s conference, we will provide expert-led discussions of how identity is used in care and how to best advance precision medicine for all populations. As we have done over the past...

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"Please note that the event below is being postponed until fall in hopes of drawing a larger number of students."

 

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Read more about [POSTPONED] Job Searching and Navigating the Professional World for LGBTQ+ Graduates

The Culture and Community workshop aims to nurture a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive community among students and members of the Harvard community. In the interactive workshop, students will engage in a series of conversations to reflect on their social identities and privilege. Students will also participate in an activity focused on allyship as part of the workshop.

Speakers:

Karina Gonzalez Herrera, Associate Director of Diversity and Minority Affairs, Division of Medical Sciences and GSAS

Sheila Thomas...

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A book discussion and film screening with author Bettye Kearse, MD, PhD, and filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley.

See the flyer below, and click here to register.

 

Read more about The Other Madisons - A President's Black Family [Harvard DICP]

OCS is delighted to co-host ...

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On February 4 & 5, 2021, we look forward to e-host biologists, chemists, physicists, and computational scientists (among others) from traditionally underrepresented minority groups during our MSKView: A diversity recruitment event for MSK scientific laboratories. Selected attendees will have an opportunity to:

• learn about the cutting-edge science being conducted at MSK
• present their research and connect with peers
• meet MSK faculty in one-on-one meetings and roundtables
• hear from current trainees about how...

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ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: Marginalized Genders

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: Allies for people with marginalized identities

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: Asian / Asian American / South Asian / Middle Eastern

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

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ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: Indigenous / Native American

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: Black / African American

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

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