BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Diversity, Equity & Inclusion//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://diversity.med.wustl.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201030T0102Z-1604019743.102-EO-7607-1@172.23.128.18 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T124255Z CREATED:20201029T202618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201109T190311Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201117T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201117T130000 SUMMARY: Henrietta Lacks Centennial CELLebration: Honoring Her Life and Leg acy DESCRIPTION: All 2020 Diversity Week events will be virtual. You will recei ve a link to this event after you register. Honoring Herstory The Lacks Fam ily has launched a year-long HELA100: Henrietta Lacks Centennial CELLebrat ion to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks. Born in rural Roanoke\, Virginia\, on August 1\, 1920\, Henrietta Lacks was […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
All 2020 Diversity Week events will be virtual. Yo u will receive a link to this event after you register.
Honor ing Herstory
The Lacks Family has launched a year-long HELA100: Henrietta Lacks Centennial CELLe bration to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henrietta Lacks.
Born in rural Roanoke\, Virginia\, on August 1\, 1920\, Henrietta La cks was an African American woman\, wife and mother of five. She also becam e the "Mother of Modern Medicine\," changing the world with her immortal He La cells. Henrietta's HeLa cells\, taken without her or her family's knowle dge or consent\, would become responsible for some of the greatest scientif ic advancements of the last century and continue to benefit all of humanity .
This event will kick-off WUSM's participation in HELA100! We will w ill view part of the 1997 documentary film The Way of All Flesh\, hear from a panel of WashU experts\, and leave time for Q & A.
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