This event is part of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Commem oration Week. It is free and is open to everyone. The conference will be virtual this year due to COVID-19 distancing re strictions. Registration is not required. This event will be recorded and a vailable for later viewing.
Keynote speaker Professor Dorothy E. Roberts is a social justic e advocate and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is Geor ge A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology\, Raymond Pace & Sadi e Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights\, Professor of African a Studies\, and Director of the Program on Race\, Science and Society for A fricana Studies at University of Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Dr. R
oberts and this event on the Office of Diversity Programs website:
2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lec
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to at tend all Washington University School of Medicine sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this event\, please contact the Washington Universi ty School of Medicine Office of Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion in advance at 314-273-2809 or MedD EI@wustl.edu.
“Of all of the forms of inequality\, injustice in healthcare is the most s hocking and inhumane.”
-- Martin Luther King\, Jr.
This event is brought to you by the Office of Diver sity\, Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Diversity Programs with a spe cial thanks to the MLK Week committee members: Vicky Braun (WUSM IM- Gastro enterology)\, Joel Dalton (WUSM Diversity Programs\, Biology & Biomedical S cience) Rosie Jones (WUSM Diversity Programs\, Biology & Biomedical Science )\, Valerie Joyner (Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion)\, Dorian Pier ce (BJCMG Access Center\, WUSM Otolaryngology)\, Liz Riggs (WUSM Diversity Programs)\, Poli Rijos (WU Center for Community Health Partnership and Rese arch Institute for Public Health)\, Erin Stampp (Office of Diversity\, Equ ity & Inclusion)\, James Zerkel (WUSM Becker Medical Library)
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