Celebrating Black History Month

What

A series of exciting and inspiring events at Upstate and in the community to celebrate Black History Month.

Events are sponsored and supported by Upstate Medical University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty and Staff, Association for Diversity (FSAD), Medical Alumni Association, Student National Medical Association. (SNMA) and Office of the President.

Details

Download complete SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Photo Exhibit:
March of Dimes Salutes the African American Community

Monday, February 13 thru Thursday, February 16
12th floor gallery of the Golisano Children's Hospital, One Children's Circle, Syracuse, NY 13210 - get directions

The exhibit features a tribute to March of Dimes celebrity ambassadors from the 1940s to current day, including Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Jackie Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey and others. Also included are historical notes on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the organization’s early partnership with Tuskegee Institute, and the evolution of the mission of the March of Dimes.

Impact of Faith and Religion on Patients and Health Providers: A Diversity Lecture

Wednesday, February 15, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
2231 Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse

Speaker: Frank E. Young MD, PhD ‘56. This talk focuses on how to take a social history that includes a faith history and how to identify the faith lens through which a person views his or her disease. Also covers ways to bridge the cultural divide between and among health care providers and patients when there is a difference in faith and shows how the health care provider can understand if his or her faith is helping or inhibiting the outcome. Free and open to the public.

Heart and Soul: Women of Color in Medicine

Sarah Loguen Fraser Day
Friday, February 17, 5 p.m.
Medical Alumni Auditorium, 1st flr., Weiskotten Hall

Each panelist will share her journey into the fields of science and medicine. All will discuss the unique
variables that face women of color, specifically in the field of medicine; share how they have put their collegiate
science and pre-med backgrounds to use in their personal and professional lives and assist current
students in exploring the many options, challenges and rewards of their field. Free and open to public.

Saving Lives and Surviving Setbacks
Elizabeth Blackwell Day

Wednesday, February 22, Noon: presentation; 1 p.m.: reception
Medical Alumni Auditorium, 1st flr., Weiskotten Hall (presentation);
Setnor Atrium (reception)

Keynote address by Shermian P. Daniel MD: Graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Ambassador for Child Family Health Intl.; Crusader for the National
Multiple Sclerosis Soc.; President and CEO of the Wagner Wolf, LLC Publishing Co. Marsha Peart MS11 and
Maxine Owusu MSII will give opening and closing remarks.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Dinner Dance

Friday, February 24, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Rd., Syracuse

Michael Kwayke, MS II, President. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 general public.
For info and to purchase tickets call 464-5434

For More Information

Contact Upstate’s Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action at 464.5234, or the Student Affairs Office of Multicultural Affairs and CSTEP at 464.5433.