{"id":107828,"date":"2024-02-13T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=107828"},"modified":"2024-02-13T09:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T15:22:43","slug":"black-history-month-events-continue-at-med-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/02\/13\/black-history-month-events-continue-at-med-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month events continue at med center"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

February marks Black History Month, and tevents to celebrate and educate the campus community about African American culture continue this week and throughout the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today:<\/strong> A Black History Month trivia challenge<\/a> has been published in UNMC Today and Nebraska Medicine NOW. The challenge will award prizes, donated by the UNMC Office of Inclusion and the African American Black Alliance employee resource group. Ten people will be chosen at random from among those who answer all the questions correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday:<\/strong> Join UNMC\u2019s Precious Davis, EdD, director, community collaborative academy, and Darryl Brown Jr., senior director of programs and advocacy at Black & Pink National, for an educational evening on HIV and AIDS awareness in the Black community. Registration is preferred<\/a>, but walk-ins are welcome. The 6 p.m. discussion will take place at the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine Community Wellness Collaborative, 2120 N. 29th<\/sup> Street, Suite 200, in Omaha. Sponsored by the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine Community Wellness Collaborative, UNMC Office of Inclusion and the Nebraska AIDS Project<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 20<\/strong>: Join performance artist D. Kevin Williams as he depicts the life of William Parker Walker, founder of DeWitty, Nebraska \u2014 the largest and longest-lasting Black homestead colony in Nebraska, located in Cherry County. The noon presentation is available in person at the Sorrell Center, Room 1005, or via Zoom<\/a>. Lunch will be provided to the first 30 in-person attendees. Sponsored by the African American Black Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 27<\/strong>: In this panel session, Jasmine Marcelin, MD, associate professor, UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, will take participants on a brief journey of the evolution of Black hairstyles and complicated relationship to \u201cprofessionalism\u201d in the workplace. She will explore natural hair discrimination and the impact of legislation to reduce this discrimination for Black people at work. After attending this session, participants will have a better understanding of the diversity of \u201cprofessional\u201d natural hair and how to support their Black colleagues who may be experiencing the effects of discrimination because of their hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panelists include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n