Events

The Urban Allied Health Academy promotes greater awareness and experience of cultural diversity through research, cross-disciplinary discussions, and community outreach.

Pulitzer Prize winner Leon Dash in 2008 speaking about his years documenting social conditions among the underclass in our nation’s cities

New students are encouraged to take advantage of the unique programs and events sponsored by the Academy listed below. Please see our monthly calendar of events (.pdf)

SEMINAR SERIES
Each semester, the Academy sponsors several seminars featuring scholars engaged in advocacy, the elimination of health disparities, and multicultural research.

How Homophobia & Heterosexism Hurts Everyone: Working Towards Being Inclusive - flyer (.pdf)
Monday March 30
12-1 pm
AHSB, 1919 W. Taylor Street
Room 313, 3rd Floor
Liz Thompson, MA
Interim Director, UIC Gender & Sexuality Center
Co-Sponsored by the Occupational Therapy Department

FILM SERIES
Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and In Wealth - flyer (.pdf)
Wednesday, March 11
12-1pm
AHSB, 1919 W. Taylor Street
Room 313, 3rd Floor
Co-Sponsored by the Urban Health Program

What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Follow four individuals from different walks of life to see how their position in society - shaped by social policies and public priorities - affects their health.

This episode is the first in a series being shown by the Urban Health Program. The next two episodes, "When the Bough Breaks," and "Becoming American," will be shown on March 18th in the Event Center of James Stukel Tower from 3-5 p.m.

We’ll have popcorn and cookies! Admission is free.

To ask questions or make access requests, contact Mara Levin:
Phone: (312) 355-5295; e-mail mlevin7@uic.edu.

BOOK GROUPS
Students, staff and faculty across the college are invited to participate in unique discussions of one topical book each semester. Recent titles include Luis Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway and Class Matters, a series of essays from the New York Times.