Upcoming Professional Development – February 2022
February 2022 Opportunities
DEI Session 1: DEI Watch Party
Date: February 7, 2022
Time: 12:00pm-12:45pm
Description: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Series- Mental Health Does Not Discriminate (Viewer Discretion Advised due to the language usage)**
Note: Please be prepared to discuss how you advanced DEI, either personally or professionally during the month of January 2022. Amy and I will share accordingly.
DEI Session 2: DEI session
Date: February 18, 2022
Time: 11:30am-12:15pm
Description:A History of Health Service to Black Communities
As Advance Community Health celebrates 50 years of service to the historically Black Southeast Raleigh community provides an opportunity to learn more about its connection to St. Agnes Hospital on the campus of Saint Augustine’s University. Scot McCray, Bree Newsome Bass and Dr. Derrick Sauls discuss the important role of Community Health Centers during the pandemic and ongoing challenges.
Note: Please be prepared to discuss how you advanced DEI, either personally or professionally during the month of January 2022. Amy and I will share accordingly.
DEI Session 3: Statewide DEI Video Watch Party
Date: February 28, 2022
Time: 12:00pm (45 minutes)
Description: Ten years later, Trayvon Martin’s death is still igniting a movement and demands for justice. CBS Reports speaks to Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, thought leaders and activists about Martin’s life, the acquittal of George Zimmerman and how the Black Lives Matter movement has evolved in the special “Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later.”
DEI Session 4: DEI Watch Party
Date: February 1, 2021
Time: 2:30pm-3:15pm
Description: DEAR White Parents – Check out our Encore presentation
Note: Please be prepared to discuss how you advanced DEI, either personally or professionally during the month of January 2022. Amy and I will share accordingly.
DEI Session 5: Film Club : Slavery and Suffering: History of Africa
Date: February 23, 2022
Time: 3:00pm (45 minutes)
Description: This session will touch on the basics for this Black History Month and sharing about the origins of slavery from the African Continent. This film documentary will share more details about “the where, how, why, and what questions” concerning slavery.
This film documentary also touches on points that have been made by our recent training consultants, the Racial Equity Institute.