No, I am not tenured. How will I account for yesterday and today and tomorrow? Will our board forgive me when I go up and let me stick around? Doesn’t matter. This is the job: to speak about important matters. And protecting our students is the only thing that matters right now.

Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’

kcrg.com/2024/04/25/iow…

Just had explosive interaction w/ Columbia University’s heightened security coming onto campus. They followed me to my office & then lied, saying I didn’t scan my ID for entry (I did) & I pushed an officer (I didn’t). An ugly scene followed. They did this to me, a tenured, full professor.

Morehouse College’s leadership is set to hold a call on Thursday — where faculty will get the chance to speak — to address concerns over having President Biden as the school’s commencement speaker next month. nbcnews.com/politics/joe-b…

The students at Columbia University who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in at their encampment for the 10th day Friday. to.pbs.org/44iUTAB

Gaza-based journalist Akram al-Satarri has just returned from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where Palestinians are still uncovering more bodies, many with evidence of torture or summary execution. 'The three different mass graves are containing around 700 bodies,' he says.

'Bridgerton' star Nicola Coughlan has been told 'you won't get work' for supporting Palestine.

'You do get told, ‘You won’t get work,’ ‘You won’t do this.’ But I also think, deep down, if you know that you’re coming from a place of ‘I don’t want any innocent people to suffer,’…

“They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.” Howard Zinn 1971

Thank you, Rose Aguilar of KALW’s Your Call, for having me on recently for a thorough and thoughtful conversation of my The New York Times best-seller LEGACY! 📚

Check out the links to resources on racism in medicine listed at the end!

🔗: kalw.org/show/your-call…

Morehouse students grill their President on having Biden @ graduation
'There's a possibility of a genocide happening & we're seeing our government continually sending more & more weapons.'
'We the students telling you we see it as 'that's being complicit!''

MPP Sarah Jama being asked to leave to legislature for wearing keffiyeh #onpoli

I'm honored to share my journey as a 'black first' in mainstream media. From the struggles of the #civilrights movement to breaking barriers, it's been a journey of courage and perseverance. #TrailblazerbyDBG | dorothybgilliam.com

Jesus.

Gassing protesting students is a disgusting and shameful overreaction.

🚨'[G]rowing attacks on DEI initiatives [portend] devastating consequences for existing efforts 2 diversify the healthcare workforce in service of an increasingly diverse nation & on existing racialized health inequities in the US.'

🙏🏾👏🏾Oni Blackstock, MD MHS & Jessica Isom MD MPH

So grateful for the opportunity to team up with Oni Blackstock, MD MHS and Jessica Isom MD MPH as part of this important call to action for healthcare orgs to step up with their antiracism efforts, not retreat ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽.