About the Teach-in Series

The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements & Population Health Equity at Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health unites diverse partners to generate and translate evidence, accelerate antiracism solutions, and transform the health of communities locally, nationally, and globally. The center addresses ways in which structural racism and inequities impact health. The meaning of the center's name, Ubuntu, “I am...because we are” truly embraces the essence of what we stand for. Working collectively, we will achieve a just future, free from systems of oppression, full of new possibilities through bold, collective action, and an equitable world in which all individuals and communities are healthy and thrive.

Fostering relationships between organizers, community groups, and researchers is foundational for achieving the Center’s goals. The long-term goal of these teach-ins is to create a co-learning space for scholars, organizers, activists, and community residents to build critical consciousness about entrenched inequities created by racism and other systems of oppression and find ways to collaborate on community-led and community-centered research and solutions.

We hope the spring teach-in series serves as a space for cohort members to:

1. 1. Begin to understand the harms caused by structural inequities & interconnections across structures

   2. Walk away with a new understanding of different people working to address structural problems—including building trust, new relationships, group connectedness, and cohesion.

   3. Amplify existing efforts to address structural harms, and commit to or engage in some of these activities outside of the teach-in sessions