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Friday, November 11

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Dr. Latoya Pierce LPC, Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Centenary College

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 Arkansas
  • Diversifying 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

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Dr. Sharron Herron-Williams, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities scholar in residence and professor of political science at Southern University Shreveport

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.

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