Perspectives for Inclusion

In September 2024, Deputy Dean and Chief Diversity Officer Darin Latimore, MD, announced the launch of a new lecture series, “Perspectives for Inclusion,” and encouraged the entire community to take part. The series is sponsored by the YSM Diversity Advisory Council and the YSM Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI).

The organizing committee invites leading experts to offer a broader field of vision and deeper understanding of the communities we belong to and serve. The aim of the series is to create insight, exploration, and reflection on the role each of us plays in creating an inclusive environment.

In order to continue the conversation after each lecture, ODEI creates facilitator guides to help groups of colleagues and peers to further consider the information shared by the speaker, and its real-world ramifications for clinical practice and research.

Find coverage of past events, below. Upcoming talks:

On Monday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m., join us for a lecture in celebration of Women's History Month by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.

Watch for updates about a talk in May 2025 from OiYan A. Poon, author of Asian American is Not a Color.

David Blight: “Yale and Slavery: A History”

In his talk on Sept. 24, 2024, Yale historian David Blight spoke about his book, Yale and Slavery: A History. He described his discussions with then-President Peter Salovey about launching the Yale and Slavery Research Project, the major historical events leading up to the university’s examination of its own past, the research process, and some of its striking discoveries. Read More

Panel: Confronting History, Rebuilding Trust

Following David Blight’s lecture on the findings of the Yale and Slavery history project, YSM convened a panel of faculty to discuss efforts to confront that history, restore, rebuild trust, and build authentic community -- including in caring for the New Haven community and in creating partnerships with HBCUs. Read More

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez: From ‘Imposter’ to Activist

In connection with Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, author Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez shared her experiences in higher education, from growing up in a Nicaraguan neighborhood in Miami, to becoming the first in her family to attend a four-year college, to attending graduate school at a predominantly white university. Read More