The 3rd biennial symposium entitled “Race, Health and Justice” is scheduled for Friday April 15th from 9 AM – 5 PM at the Intellectual House. The symposium will feature keynote speaker George Yancy and presentations from several of UW’s finest scholars (including Oliver Rollins,Temi Odumoso, Amanda Swarr, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Mienah Sharif and Wendy Barrington).

The Symposium is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Program on Ethics, the School of Public Health, and the Benjamin Rabinowitz Endowment in Medical Ethics at UW. Click here to download the event flyer.

Schedule

8.45 AM Coffee and snacks
9.00 – 9.15 AM Welcome with Land and Labor Acknowledgement 
Welcome Video: University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce

9.15 – 10.45 AM Anti-Racism
“Racism and Reparations in Public Health Research, Practice, and Education”
Wendy Barrington (Nursing & School of Public Health; ARCH Center)
“Technoscientific Imaginaries of Anti-racism”
Oliver Rollins (American Ethnic Studies)

(Break: 10.45 – 11.00 AM)

11.00 – 12.30 PM Anti-Racism and Decolonization
“Towards Equity in Public Health: A Brief Overview of Anti-Racist Principles and Strategies”
Mienah Sharif (School of Public Health)
“Indigenous Health and Thrivance in the Face of Historical Trauma and Ongoing Oppression”
Michelle Johnson-Jennings (School of Public Health)

(Break: 12.30 – 1.30 PM Bring your own lunch or try food from the HUB)

1.30 – 3.00 PM Decolonization
“Unruly Images: A Few Words on Colonial Hauntings in the Everyday Ordinary”
Temi Odumosu (Information School)
“Colonial Fallacies and Scientific Racism in Intersex Medicine: African Activists’ Challenges to Violent Legacies”
Amanda Swarr (Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies)

(Break: 3.00 – 3.30 PM)

3.30 – 5.00 PM: Philosophy Colloquium and Keynote Speech 
“The Black Body and the Trauma of Whiteness”
George Yancy (Emory University)
Reception: 5.00 – 6.00 pm