Building Community and Inclusion: A Conversation on Neurodiversity and Allyship
Wednesday, April 23 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
James B. Williams Medical Education Building, Room 130
Join the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Center for Holistic Student Success for an engaging lunchtime panel featuring neurodiverse faculty, staff, and learners. We'll learn the definitions and variability of neurodiversity, panelists' personal experiences in the university and healthcare system as well as effective ways we can all celebrate, ally with, and support neurodiverse members of our community.
This is the third session in our Building Community and Inclusion series. The panel will be held in person, and a light lunch will be provided. If you have any questions you’d like the panelists to address, please submit them here.
The following are just some highlights from the packed program. Click the button below to see the full schedule and to register for events.
Monday, May 19 | 10 - 11 a.m.
Lessons Learned as the Only Doctor
Join us for this keynote presentation presented by Dr. Karen Kinsell. During this session Dr. Kinsell will share tips on providing health care in non-traditional settings and providing full spectrum primary health care, including treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. She’ll also talk about how we all need to advocate for improvements for our patients and ourselves. Join us for an innovative and thoughtful discussion!
Monday, May 19 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
From Learners to Leaders: a Shared Journey of Growth and Impact
This session will be a panel discussion focused on a few of our learners who have stepped up and collaborated with their faculty and staff to create change in their respective spaces, how they have built trust along the way, and share ways that they were able to step up as learners in this space. We welcome all faculty, staff, and learners to join, so that we can learn news ways to support each other and be better advocates for our learners in the community.
Wednesday, May 21 | 9 - 10:30 a.m.
Building Trust through Our Stories: A Narrative Learning Experience
A session that focuses on the shared humanity between healthcare providers and patients, emphasizing how empathy, communication, and active listening promote healing.
Wednesday, May 21 | 11:30 - 1 p.m.
OEI Community Forum: Building a Thriving Community Inside and Out
Join the Office of Equity and Inclusion for our biannual community forum. This forum will focus on community engagement both within and outside of the School of Medicine. We’ll hear updates from OEI and SOM partners about community engagement initiatives and learn about ways to help these efforts thrive.
Wednesday, May 21 | 1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Blossoming Together: Embracing Differences and Shared Humanity
Grounded in Emory’s research-based compassion training program, the activities in this session are designed to make visible the strength and beauty of our many differences while embracing the many things we have in common. Can we reconcile these two realities, as when we admire a single bouquet of many unique flowers?
