Health Care Safe Zone covers concepts, terminology, and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. With a focus on health care, it also covers LGBTQ health disparities, health resources, and common health professional scenarios. This training is intended to address concerns particular to Health Care professionals, though it is open to all … Read more
Also known as Lailat Al Baraah, Barat, or popularly as Shab-e-Bara or Night of Forgiveness. An Islamic holiday during which practitioners of the faith seek forgiveness for sins. Muslims spend the night in special prayers. It is regarded as one of the most sacred nights on the Islamic calendar.
The 3-day Sikh festival honoring valor, skill, and defense preparedness.
In Western Christianity the principal feast of St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A celebration of the spring equinox commemorated by Pagans and Wiccans. It is observed as a time to mark the coming of spring and the fertility of the land.
Observed annually in the wake of the 1960 killing of 69 people at a demonstration against apartheid pass laws in South Africa. The United Nations proclaimed the day in 1966 and called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.
The New Year for the Baha’i faith, celebrated on the vernal equinox, marking the end of the Baha’i fast. It is one of the nine Bahá’í holy days on which work is suspended.
The land we now know as North Carolina has one of the largest Indigenous populations in the United States, and many tribal nations call this land home. Indigenous peoples are the original stewards of the landscapes and waterways of this place, and they continue to take this role seriously today. Although Indigenous peoples are still … Read more
This workshop addresses structural racism in the United States. The workshop explores the history of race as a social construct and the effects of racism on our education and health care systems. It also engages participants in a discussion of how to combat structural racism within the School of Medicine.
Dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.