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35th annual Women of Color at Penn award

The Women of Color at Penn held their 35th annual award ceremony with a virtual celebration hosted by the African American Resource Center. This year’s awards honored six women who have fostered and supported community.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly hospitals and key insurers plan novel effort with the city to improve health equity

Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about Accelerate Health Equity, a public health coalition aiming to improve racial equity in health care in Philadelphia.

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Bloomberg

Aggressive Civil Rights Office reinvents EPA discrimination work


Cary Coglianese of the Law School said the EPA’s ability to address civil rights depends on leadership’s commitment to implementing change. “A committed leader of an organization who makes it a priority to shift focus, and emphasizes that in every appearance they make, and really tries to drive that through the management, can probably matter more than whether you have a 12, 15, or 30- member office dedicated to civil rights,” he said.

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Philadelphia Business Journal

Penn Museum taps Tia Jackson-Truitt as its first chief diversity officer

Tia Jackson-Truitt has been selected as the Museum’s first chief diversity officer. She earned her master’s degree in social work from Penn in 2003.

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Self Magazine

The Period Project: Period poverty and the fight for menstrual equity

Allison Whelan of the Law School and Leonard Davis Institute co-authored an article about the social consequences of unequal access to menstrual products and education and what some states are doing to remedy the problem.

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The history, and future, of Black doctors at Penn

A recent article in Penn Medicine magazine highlights four Black graduates and physicians over 200 years, and the ongoing efforts today to build a more diverse and inclusive community.

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Philadelphia Tribune

Penn receives $125 million to train nurse practitioners to care for underserved communities

Alumnus Leonard A. Lauder donated $125 million to the School of Nursing to create a tuition-free program for nurse practitioners.

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CNBC

Black business leaders: How to build wealth and career success

Americus Reed of the Wharton School said future leaders need to be strategic when advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. “We have to understand how to put different perspectives into our decision-making—into our companies, our brands, our organizations. And those different perspectives, we have to cultivate and manage them appropriately so that we can create the type of organizations that can be successful.”

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