Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture

Other Funding
LCOM

Program Overview

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture was created in 2014 as a way to inspire our community to engage in campus dialogue, community engagement and civic education around topics of race and racism and their relationship to the vast health disparities we see in our society. Each year, nationally known speakers including scholars and thought leaders whose leadership, scholarship, perspective and viewpoints enhance our understanding and appreciation for inclusive excellence.m in medicine. The quote from Dr. King that guides the lecture, ‘Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.’ These words, spoken by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966, during a speech to the Medical Committee for Human Rights still ring true today. In celebrating the life and work of Dr. King, we can also reflect on how his commitment to ending injustice can also apply to the work of eliminating health disparities within populations around the world.

Program Benefits

Program Contact

Tiffany Delaney, Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Meddiversity@med.uvm.edu

Location

Main Campus
89 Beaumont Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
GIVEN COMPLEX

89 Beaumont Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, USA

Type Of Program

Audience

Collegiate
Faculty
Graduate
Other
Post-Bac
Postdoc
Staff

Campus Unit

LCOM

Discipline(s)

Medicine

History

Established

01/01/2014

Individuals Served

1,001-2,000

Research, Roles & Responsibilities

Research Components

Cultural competency training (workshop, certificate, course)
Program sponsored (in-house) professional development sessions/ training/coursework

Identity & Inclusion

Cultural humility and medical professionalism development.

Diversity Groups (Social Identity)

Disabilities
First-Generation
Foreign Born (E.G. Undocumented Immigrants; Non-Citizen Of The US)
Gender
Military/Veteran Status
Political Ideology
Race-Ethnicity

Race/Ethnic Minority Group

African American/Black
American Indian and Alaska Natives
Asian American
Cuban Americans
Hispanic
Multi-Racial| 2 or more
Native Hawaiians
Pacific Islander

Inclusionary Practices/Activities

N/A

Voice

Mentoring Components

Mentoring Is Not Used In Our Program

Empowering Activities

Institutional Alliances

Expectation

Average annual attendance at each lecture for each year is 80-175 attendees.

Evaluation Methods

attendance
Program survey

Key Performance Indicators

Number of attendees

Additional Information

Similar

Policy on Mission Aligned Policy on Recruitment, Retention, and Outreach Activities
- Medicine
- Faculty
- Graduate

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