In celebration of API Heritage Month, join us for a virtual community screening of OUT OF STATE. Following the screening, there will be discussion with the film's Director and Producer, Ciara Lacy, moderated by Melisa Bautista, M.Ed (MRC) and Julie Saba, MD (BCMM). This event is open to the entire UCSF community and is co-hosted by the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM) and the UCSF Multicultural Resource Center (MRC). Those that register will be sent an email on May 6 with an early...

Join the Multicultural Resource Center and the Graduate Medical Education, School of Medicine in honoring Black History Month 2022 at UCSF, by committing to Take-A-Pledge by watching Black Men In White Coats film! The purpose of this action is to raise awareness around the disparities and systemic barriers preventing Black men on their journey to becoming physicians. 

Selected text and guiding questions The final session of our BCMM Antiracist Book Club will take place Thursday, December 9th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss portions of The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (chapters 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, Epilogue)

Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, October 14th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Killing Rage, Ending Racism by Bell Hooks. Here are the guiding questions:

Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, August 19th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Here are the guiding questions:

Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, June 3rd, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis. Here are the guiding questions:

Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, April 8th, from 4-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. Here are guiding questions:

Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

For this session, we will discuss "So you want to talk about race?" by Ijeoma Oluo.

This third anti-racism town hall will focus on faculty. More information is available on the UCSF Events Calendar.  Join via Zoom.

Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, December 10th, from 4-5pm. For this session, we will discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Here are some questions to consider as you read the book:

The Muriel Steele Society invites you to their inaugural HeForShe event at UCSF

The Diversity And Science Lecture (DASL) UCSD is hosting a fully virtual Inaugural Diversity and Science Symposium October 27th-29th.  This trainee-organized symposium features: 20 incredible speakers doing cutting edge research in everything from microbiology to chemical ecology to developmental patterning to science education 4 illuminating panel sessions on dismantling racist, misogynist, ableist, and homophobic structures in STEM fields,

This second anti-racism town hall will focus on staff. More details and zoom link at http://tiny.ucsf.edu/AB3wqR. Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

About this series The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of our antiracist book club series.

A community circle grounded in restorative justice practice is an approach to community building by creating a space for participants with varying values, experiences, and backgrounds to discuss topics in a safe space.  The goal of this community circle is to reflect and discuss how to embody your values as we build out the BCMM. This is one step the BCMM is taking to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. The event will be from 10-11:30am on September 25. If you are interested...

The REPAIR Project: A Strategic Initiative to Address Anti-Black Racism in Science, Medicine, and Healthcare. Presented by: Antoine Johnson, Aude Bouagnon, Bonnie Wong, Carlos Martinez, Ian Whitmarsh, Joey Lew, Kara Zamora, Nadia Gaber, Vincanne Adams, Aimee Medeiros More info and zoom link at https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/social_sciences_grand_rounds#.X2Uc2pNKjlw.

Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

Join J. Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD, vice chancellor of diversity and outreach at UCSF, and David J. Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC, for a candid conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic medicine, and the role of the AAMC in leading and serving the academic medicine community.  Participants will have an opportunity to pose questions in a moderated questions and answer session. Register at https://aamc.elevate.commpartners.com/p/200716.

Open to graduate students only

Restoring Justice Circles: Healing in Challenging Times

Repeats every Tuesday

Join us for an open discussion on race and how the BCMM can better advocate and be an ally for BIPOC. 

Write it Out: Moving Past Fear and Empowering Authenticity

Anti-Blackness and Its Link to White Racism, Privilege and Power presented by Dante King Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020  Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM Register Here. This event will be recorded. Description: 

Open to graduate students only 

Open to graduate students only