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School of Public Health Awarded Facebook Grant to Create Film Aimed at Advancing Racial Justice

School of Public Health Awarded Facebook Grant to Create Film Aimed at Advancing Racial Justice

The School of Public Health at Georgia State University has been awarded a $75,000 grant from Facebook Reality Labs, the social media company’s augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) laboratories, to create a narrative film that will be an immersive and interactive online platform for combatting racial injustice. The School of Public Health is partnering with Georgia State’s Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) on the Facebook-funded project designed to increase viewers’ empathy and enhance their understanding of racism and structural inequality.

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Two Perimeter Students Named National Jack Kent Cooke Scholars

Two Perimeter Students Named National Jack Kent Cooke Scholars

Two Georgia State University Perimeter College students will receive one of the largest private scholarships in the country, the national Jack Kent Cooke (JKC) Foundation has announced. Awa Cisse and Gideon Melvin have been awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship to attend the four-year college or university of their choice. The scholarship, designed to help the nation’s top two-year college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year institutions, provides each recipient up to $40,000 per year for up to three years.

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DEI Weekly Digest - Week of March 8 - 12

DEI Weekly Digest - Week of March 8 - 12

Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:

International Women's Day 2021 Celebrations Around the World
Summit on Culture Keynote: The intersection of Contemporary Black Culture and Politics Through Hip Hop
Apologies Alone Won’t Solve Structural Racism: We Need a Reckoning with the Racist Roots of U.S. Medicine
A Timeline of the Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman
Covid-19 Exposed Need to Protect Older People’s Rights
Potato Head goes gender neutral. What is Gender Neutrality and How Can I be More Inclusive?

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The Business Case for Racial Equity - featuring Atlanta Metro Chamber President and CEO, Katie Kirkpatrick

The Business Case for Racial Equity - featuring Atlanta Metro Chamber President and CEO, Katie Kirkpatrick

Join the J. Mack Robinson College of Business on Tuesday, March 9 at 12:00 pm as they host The Business Case for Racial Equity, a discussion featuring Katie Kirkpatrick, President & CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. This program is supported by the J. Mack Robinson College of Business and will be moderated by Naima Judge, Managing Director and Market Investment Executive of Bank of America Private Bank. They will discuss how the Metro Atlanta Chamber is taking action to combat the racial wealth gap, the Racial Equity Action Plan, Katie's experience as a female leader in Atlanta, and how she broke glass ceilings in male-dominated sectors.

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Eight Perimeter Students Named Semifinalists for National Scholarship

Eight Perimeter Students Named Semifinalists for National Scholarship

Eight Georgia State University Perimeter College students have been named semifinalists for the national Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Perimeter College students represent all but one of the semifinalists chosen from Georgia. They are among 406 semifinalists selected from more than 1,500 applicants attending 398 community colleges in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

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DEI Weekly Digest - Week of March 1 - 5

DEI Weekly Digest - Week of March 1 - 5

Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:

Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and D.C. Power Broker, Dies at 85
Harry Potter’ Video Game to Allow Creation of Transgender Characters: Report
What to Watch: Women's History Month
Activist and Author Virgie Tovar Discusses Body Positivity, Diet Culture for Body Acceptance Week
Rep. Haaland’s Confirmation as Secretary of the Interior Would Be a Step Forward for Racial Justice

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DEI Weekly Digest - Week of February 22 - 26

DEI Weekly Digest - Week of February 22 - 26

Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:

New Anti-Racism Project Hopes to Push Soccer Past Gestures
VA Secretary Orders Review of Policies to Root out Barriers for LGBTQ Veterans
Free Google Classes for Women Entrepreneurs: All Dates Here
Gov. J.B. Pritzker Signs Sweeping Illinois Criminal Justice Overhaul, Which Will End Cash Bail Starting in 2023
Already hit hard by pandemic, Black and Hispanic Communities Suffer the Blows of an Unforgiving Winter Storm

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Anne L. Harper Annual Lecture - In the Room: Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency

Anne L. Harper Annual Lecture - In the Room: Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency

Join the Institute for Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies for their Anne L. Harper Annual Lecture - In the Room: Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency on Monday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m via Zoom. They will be joined with guest speaker Jennifer Christine Nash, Jean Fox O'Barr Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University.

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The Consulate General of Canada, in partnership with the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora, presents The Viola Desmond Lecture Series: "Writing Life Stories as Resistance"

The Consulate General of Canada, in partnership with the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora, presents The Viola Desmond Lecture Series: "Writing Life Stories as Resistance"

The Consulate General of Canada, in partnership with the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora, presents the 2021 Black History Month virtual event, The Viola Desmond Lecture Series: "Writing Life Stories as Resistance on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (EDT).