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"InclusionIn BRGInsider Action" The"What'sWhat"inDiversityandInclusioninJune This newsletter highlights UT Southwestern’s five BRGs and brings them together on a platform to create a greater sense of community and belonging. We will provide up to date information, resources, and spotlights tailored to the BRG community. MeettheD&ITeam Fromlefttoright Travis Gill, J.D. Welcome! Assistant Vice President of This publication comes Institutional Equity & Access out of a desire to shine Marlette Ja ckson, PhD a light on diversity and Diversity & Inclusion inclusion at UT Manager Southwestern. We Keneshia Colwell want to display the Diversity & Inclusion range of groups, Specialist events, and successes within the BRG community. At UT UpcomingEvents Southwestern we celebrate diversity, cultivate inclusion, and advance equity.
See more on page 3! JUNETEENTH SupremeCourtDelivers MajorVictorytoLGBTQ Employees In a landmark case, Supreme Court rules LGBTQ workers are protected from job discrimination. Read more in the This past week we celebrated this New York Times here. historic holiday on June 19th! For more information on Register here! Juneteenth and its origins, click here. DiversitySpotlight Dr. Elizabeth Paulk UTSW Community Professor of Internal Medicine; honors George Floyd Palliative Care Fellowship UTSW students, employees, faculty, Program Director researchers and leaders knelt together in silence and solidarity Listen to the "Ask the Expert" on McDermott Plaza as part of a segment on health care issues national White Coats for Black Lives common within the LGBTQ event against racism and inequity. community here. Read more information here.
HealthcareRecognition RecentlyPublished 2020UTSW D&IResearch&Workshops Alzheimer’s and Brain Awards! Stanford Graduate School of Business has Awareness month Black EOE Journal shined a light on research concerning equity and inclusion during COVOD-19. Best of the Best Employers List World Sickle Cell Day (June 19th) Top LGBTQ+ Friendly National HIV Te sting Day Click here to read the article. companies (June 27th) Top Health care Understanding unconscious bias in the companies National Safety Month health professions and how to mitigate it. Click here. Hispanic Network
Magazine Best of the Best Employers List UTSWFunFacts Top LGBTQ+ Friendly Did you know that UT Southwestern companies has made a commitment to Top Health care companies workforce representatio n?
Professional Woman's 47% of management are Magazine compromised of people of color. Best of the Best Employer's List 66% of management are Top LGBTQ+ Friendly compromised of women. companies 4200+ faculty participants in PreviousMonth's Diversity workshops. Event/HolidayRecap U.S Veterans Magazine Best of the Best Employers List National Womens Health Week (May 10th-16th) Top Veteran- Friendly
National Asian American and Companies Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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DID YOU KNOW? First Pride Parade Dallas Pride On June 28, 1970, community Dallas’ first gay Pride parade was in members in New York City met at 1972, where a group of between 250 53 Christopher Street near the and 300 people marched through Stonewall and marched up 6th downtown, waving signs and Avenue to Central Park to recognize chanting gay rights slogans before a the one-year anniversary of the crowd that grew to about 3,000 was Stonewall riots. formed.
DallasPRIDEVirtualEvent Paintingwith PRIDEEvent Dallas Pride will not be gathering at Fair Park this year due to COVID-19, but is pleased to announce The Pride of Texas, a virtual celebration J uly 25-26. Comejoinuson
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ADVOCACY On Sunday, June 28 from 12:00 to 2:00 A Discussion About Navigating Relationships pm we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Within Our LGBTQ+ Community the first Pride March held in 1970, and though it will be a very different type of Join the Divisions of Diversity & Inclusion and Title IX for a virtual webinar as we highlight celebration, the tradition of marginalized voices and provide actionable commemorating the LGBTQIA+ steps for allies and communities in furtherance movement will continue. of a safe and inclusive space for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Date: June 28th, 2020
Date: Monday, June 29th 2020 Time: 12pm- 2pm Time: 12PM-1PM Location: ABC 7 NY Time: Location: Zoom Clheretolearn Click here to learn more information! Click here to learn more! Register Here with your UTSW credentials to more! receive the link!
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