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September 2022
UCSF Virtual Anti-Racism Town Hall
Thursday, Sept. 22 - 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

This town hall will include general updates about the Anti-Racism Initiative with a focus on Pillar 1 – Creating a Healthy, Safe and Welcoming Climate. Internationally renowned scholar Tricia Rose, PhD, will join the panel and discuss why culture and climate in anti-racism matter and how they connect to UCSF's anti-racism and DEI work.

Kendra Hypolite, MSW, LSW, UCSF's new CARE Advocate for Racial Justice and Co-Director of the CARE Advocate Program, poses for a photo.
Kendra Hypolite, MSW, LSW: UCSF Inaugural CARE Advocate for Racial Justice
Tung T. Nguyen, MD, new Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism, poses for a photo.
Tung Nguyen, MD: Inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor — Inclusion, Diversity, Equity,and Anti-Racism
The cover of the UCSF Task Force On Equity & Anti-Racism in Research Report. It shows a drawing of UCSF members in their white coats taking part in a protest - "Racism is a public health crisis."
New Report : UCSF Task Force on Equity and Anti-Racism in Research
The report is the blueprint for the work of the AVC of Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) office.
Register : UCSF Health Equity & Anti-Racism Research Symposium
Oct. 13 & 14, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m
Formerly HDRS, this will be the 15th symposium and the first year under the new name. 
People attend a past UCSF HDRS event.
Portraits of the recipients of the UCSF Medals in 2022 and the Medal
Three co-founders of the Black Caucus who fought for racial justice, a nurse who led systemic change in senior health care, and a scientist awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for co-discovering receptors for temperature and touch have been awarded UCSF Medals.

Engage and Attend Events
Resources for Practicing Solidarity
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Resources for Celebrating Black Excellence
NPR's Code Switch looks at what therapy can accomplish — can it "mitigate the effects of racism"? The episode shares the stories of two Latinx people who tried to use therapy as a means to understand and combat anti-Blackness in their own lives.
The cover art of NPR's Code Switch: A person's face drawn in various colors, bold strokes, and abstract shapes. It includes the title "NPR" and "Code Switch" in the foreground.
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