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April 30, 2020 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

This week we will focus on the history of pandemics in the United States, specifically in New Orleans, and their impact while they are raging and beyond. We will also focus on the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ+ individuals and communities. Special guests from Louisiana and around here will discuss Identity and Vulnerabilities in the time of COVID-19: 

Jen Scott, PhD, LMSW, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Louisiana State University 

Robin McDowell, PhD Candidate, African American Studies, Harvard University

Rashun Miles, MA,MSW, PhD Student, University of Mississippi 

Marc Arthur, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Work, University of Michigan 

Leon Golson, Director of Prevention Programs, UNIFIED

Khalid Hudson, Senior Organizer with Together Baton Rouge

Beth Shermman, Associate Clinical Faculty, Social Work, University of Michigan

Lady Carlson,  Lead Organizer at West Side Sponsoring Committee and Together Louisiana.    

Guests will contribute their perspective from  Louisiana in a conversation on how multiple personal identities make us more or less vulnerable to the virus and to its associated stigma and inequities. 

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past four weeks on social consequences of the pandemic. For the next few weeks, we will invite guests to speak on issues concerning New Jersey (Newark and Brazil) both hard hit by COVID-19. Please join us!