{"id":3755,"date":"2024-02-21T09:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2024-02-21T09:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:57:15","slug":"abgs-at-bull-city-in-black-hbcu-showcase-and-community-resource-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/2024\/02\/abgs-at-bull-city-in-black-hbcu-showcase-and-community-resource-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"ABGS at Bull City in Black: HBCU Showcase and Community Resource Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Age-Based Genomic Screening Team was glad to have the chance to table among so many amazing community organizations and HBCUs at this event on Feb 17th! We had the chance to talk to a handful of the hundreds of attendees about the purpose of our project and out current goal of hearing from community members to understand the best way to create educational resources about genetics\/genetic screening. In addition, we appreciated all the input that we got on some of the activities we were doing, our comic book, and simple have the chance to talk to more people in the Triangle.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event please see the message below from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilyk.org\/hbcu\">the organizers,<\/a> the Emily K Center and 100 Black Men of Triangle East:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>BULL CITY IN BLACK: HBCU Showcase &amp; Community Resource Fair<\/strong> celebrates the history and enduring legacy of historically black colleges and universities from across the state and region. The Emily K Center will host representatives and student organizations from HBCUs and community organizations with a particular focus on mental health and wellness. Students and families from across Durham are invited to join us at the Center to learn more about HBCUs and admissions opportunities, and gain access to health and wellness services unique to the Bull City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Juhi Salunke and Laura Milko standing in front of the ABGS table with educational resources and poster about genetics \n\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/ABGS-outreach-picture-2024-02-17-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--1024x794.png\" alt=\"Erin Song, a woman in a brown sweater with purple scarf talking to two people about ABGS\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--1024x794.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--768x596.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--1536x1191.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--2048x1589.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Erin-Song-at-Bull-City-in-Black--600x465.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Age-Based Genomic Screening Team was glad to have the chance to table among so many amazing community organizations and HBCUs at this event on Feb 17th! We had the chance to talk to a handful of the hundreds of attendees about the purpose of our project and out current goal of hearing from community &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/2024\/02\/abgs-at-bull-city-in-black-hbcu-showcase-and-community-resource-fair\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ABGS at Bull City in Black: HBCU Showcase and Community Resource Fair\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95310,"featured_media":3712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Bull-City-in-Black-HBCU-Showcase-and-Community-Resource-Fair.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Bull-City-in-Black-HBCU-Showcase-and-Community-Resource-Fair-225x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Bull-City-in-Black-HBCU-Showcase-and-Community-Resource-Fair.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Bull-City-in-Black-HBCU-Showcase-and-Community-Resource-Fair.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2024\/02\/Bull-City-in-Black-HBCU-Showcase-and-Community-Resource-Fair-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"Flyer for the Event titles Bull City in Black, HBCU Showcase and Community Resources fair describing what to expect to find at this event including: HBCUs, Community resources, Food Trucks, D9 Sororities and Fraternities and Performances","category_details":[{"name":"Past Events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/category\/past-events\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/abgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}