Dinner and Dialogue Series
February 20, 2020
5:30-8 p.m.
RSVP by emailing bos23@pitt.edu or calling 412-383-3701.
Please join in this free and open to the public dinner and dialogue series as a way to lift up the community voice alongside the academics presenting their research. We hope to create opportunities to co-create solutions and co-learn about the effects of racism on health and mental health. Specifically, we are hoping to discuss ways to address and reduce racial disparities.
Panelists:
As an Antiracist Integrative Raja Yoga Teacher, Felicia Savage Friedman is supporting ongoing antiracist organizing efforts in communities, organizations and institutions.
Noble Maseru, PhD, is a professor and director of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Center for Health Equity and associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Dean.
James P. Huguley, PhD, is interim director, Center on Race and Social Problems and assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work; his work focuses on school-based interventions that promote positive developmental outcomes for students of color, particularly in urban school settings.
Cheryl Hall-Russell, PhD, launched BW3 and excels as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant, speaker and facilitator. She specializes in cultural audits to prepare companies for the adoption of inclusionary and equitable practices.
Chaunda Cunningham, LSW, is the Healthy Start Pittsburgh team lead for the Moving beyond Depression program that services in-home therapy for pregnant and postpartum mothers who are suffering from depression.
Nicole Singletary is director of in-home services at Healthy Start Pittsburgh.
Ta’Lor Pinkston, MSW, speaks and facilitates workshops that help women + femme (including transgender women and nonbinary individuals) know their worth, cope with their mental health issues and commit to Healing over Everything. She is a Moving beyond Depression therapist at Healthy Start Pittsburgh.
Dawn Boggs, LPC, ICGC, CEAP is the Senior EAP Consultant at BNY Mellon. She works with employees, managers and the company as a whole, to provide a positive and healthy workplace. In addition to working in corporations, she has worked in the nonprofit, community college and private practice settings.
Resources
CRAB: The Community Research Advisory Board (CRAB) was established in 2001 to advise researchers on how best to engage underrepresented populations in research and to foster collaboration among those populations and researchers interested in addressing health disparity.
YogaRoots: Felicia Savage Friedman and YogaRoots On Location’s trained yoga teachers provide yoga-based techniques for people to manage the trauma and stress of their daily lives. smile@yogarootsonlocation.com
Healthy Start touches the entire community—galvanized in support of a vision where communities are devoid of health disparities and all babies have the opportunity to thrive. (412) 247-4009 | info@hsipgh.org
New Voices for Reproductive Justice: Promotes the complete health and well-being of Black women and girls in the Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Reproductive Justice is our innovative framework to engage Black women, femmes and girls in local, national and global movement-building for Human Rights, Racial and Gender Justice. (412) 450-0290 | info@newvoicespittsburgh.org
Pitt Center for Race and Social Problems: Conducts applied social science research on race, color, ethnicity and their influence on the quality of life for all people in the United States. https://crsp.pitt.edu/
The Pittsburgh Study: The Pittsburgh Study is a community-partnered study to find out what works to help children thrive. The study will follow children in Allegheny County from birth through high school. Pregnant women, parents, babies, toddlers, preschoolers and children in elementary, middle and high school can participate in the study. 412-692-8026 | mab472@pitt.edu
All of Us: The All of Us Research Program is asking one million people to come together to create the largest health database ever. Researchers can use this data to better understand disease. This may create a healthier future for generations to come. allofuspa@pitt.edu | 1-800-664-0480
Pitt+Me: Answer a few questions and search studies you might be interested in. Find studies to join or become part of our pool of future participants. We will email you about studies for which you may be eligible. Pittplusme.org | 1-866-438-8230
The dinner and dialogue series is sponsored by Pitt’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute in partnership with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and UPMC who collectively contribute monthly to the Take Charge of Your Health page in the New Pittsburgh Courier.
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