All Posts: racial equity
20 Articles
- Special Stories
SPARK Committee Looking for New Members to Advance Racial Equity
(September 24, 2021) — If you’re interested in working together with colleagues to increase understanding of pervasive racial inequities and advance racial equity in the GUMC…
September 24, 2021
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Georgetown School of Medicine Class of 2025 Most Diverse in School’s History
(August 7, 2021) — It happens every year — about 200 students take their first step in the arduous journey to becoming a physician and joining the revered health professions.…
August 8, 2021
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Empowered to Serve: First Cohort of BRIC Coaches Reflect on Personal, Professional Growth
(July 16, 2021) — The Bias Reduction and Improvement Coaching (BRIC) program launched in September 2019 with 27 members of the Georgetown/MedStar community prepared to…
July 16, 2021
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- Special Stories
GUMC Community Meeting Focuses on Racial Justice, ‘Our Highest Priority’
(February 26, 2021) — Students, staff, faculty and Georgetown University leadership gathered virtually for the first GUMC Community Meeting of 2021 that carried a singular:…
February 27, 2021
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New Racial Justice Institute Co-Director Combines Psychology and Public Health to Advance Health Equity
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February 22, 2021
- GUMC Stories
‘Black Doctors Matter’ at SNMA’s Melanin in Medicine
(February 20, 2021) — At Melanin in Medicine, an annual event organized by the Georgetown University Student National Medical Association (SNMA), “Black Doctors Matter:…
February 20, 2021
- GUMC Stories
Celebrating the First GU African American Nursing School Graduates During Black History Month 2021
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February 3, 2021
- GUMC Stories
Georgetown Faculty, Students Testify in Support of Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis in DC
Update: On December 1, 2020 the DC Council voted in favor of a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. (November 8, 2020) — Members of the Georgetown University…
November 8, 2020
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Medical Students Join in the Fight for Racial and Health Equity
(September 1, 2020) — Georgetown medical students joined thousands of people from around the country who gathered around the Lincoln Memorial on August 28 to participate in the…
September 1, 2020
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Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee
(July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the…
July 19, 2020