This conference will bring together academics, health practitioners, students, and community members to discuss how the legacies of American slavery continue to affect the health of our communities and strategies we can use to overcome them.
Dr. Sharron Herron-Williams will deliver a plenary on the Centenary campus. Dr. Herron-Williams is a Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities scholar in residence and professor of political science at Southern University Shreveport.
Registration fees have been paid by a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges.
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Friday, November 11
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: Working with the Legacies of Slavery: A panel discussion with medical providers and mental health experts –Beverly Barnett, RN; Dr. Latoya Pierce, LPC; and Kristal Poland, LPC
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM: Emerging Voices
The Creation of the Atlantic World Medical Complex
Ani-ya Beasley, University of ArkansasDiversifying Anatomical Models – Yosajandy Bouslog, Isabella Brown, Jazmine Carroll, April Jones, Dr. Anna Leal and Dr. Peter Zunick, Centenary College
11 AM - 12 PM: Break for Veterans Day Convocation
12 PM - 1PM: Lunch
1 PM - 3 PM: Critical Consciousness Training
Dr. Shahzeem Bhayani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, LSUHSC-Shreveport
Saturday, November 12
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: The Cumulative Effects of Racial Trauma – Dr. Latoya Pierce LPC, Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Centenary College
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM: Racial Disparities in Medicine – Keynote address by Dr. Sharron Herron-Williams, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities scholar in residence and professor of political science at Southern University Shreveport
11 AM - 1 PM Break for lunch and Earle Labor (Emeritus professor of English at Centenary) funeral
1 PM - 3 PM: Local History Tour
3 PM - 4 PM: Reception - Hardette Harris of Us Up North will cater for the reception.
