2021 Events
Schedule, Registration and Information
| Title | Description | Date | More Information |
| Celebrating Difference Through Art | How do we represent ourselves and our own unique identities? This hour will be spent with Katherine Reed, LPC, Manager of the Creative Arts Therapy Program and Art Therapist, to explore identity, both individually and collectively, using basic art supplies on paper. No art skills or talent necessary. | Monday, April 19, 11:00am-Noon, MST
| Art Kits will be provided to the first 100 participants – Kits will available on April 15th beginning at 9:00am in the hospital lobby. |
| Celebrating Difference Through Action | Have you been wondering how you can get involved in the Diversity Equity & Inclusion through the Department of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Colorado? If so, this session for you! Join us for a brown bag lunch session to learn about the different opportunities in our department and the hospital. | Tuesday, April 20, 12:00-1:00pm, MST | Zoom link > |
| Virtual Dinner with Docs (by invitation only) | As part of the 2021 Celebrating Difference Week, we are partnering with the Medical Career Collaborative (MC2) to host a special dinner with docs. This event will allow high school students from underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to meet and get to know a group of physicians who will share their career and education journeys. | Wednesday, April 21, 5:30pm-7:30pm, MST | |
| Health Careers Day | Students from 10 school districts across the Denver Metro area will be participating in this event. Students will be exposed to various careers in the health professions and STEM fields through didactic and interactive virtual sessions with University of Colorado faculty and CHCO team members. | Thursday, April 22, 9:00am-Noon, MST | |
| Pediatric Grand Rounds with Lolita McDavid, MD, MPA Advocacy 101: What It Is, and Why You are Important! | Dr. McDavid is a general pediatrics pediatrician at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland Ohio. She has over 42 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine. | Friday, April 23, 12:30-1:30pm, MST | Zoom link > |
Past Events
| Title | Date | More Information |
| Health Disparities | April 13, 2020 | |
| Unconscious Bias | April 14, 2020 | |
| Neurodiversity and Differently Abled | April 15, 2020 | ‘Good and bad’ are incomplete stories we tell ourselves |
| Black Men in Medicine | April 16, 2020 | |
| COVID-19, the Diversity and Inclusion Lens | April 17, 2020 | Choose Illusion Podcast: Your Lack of Diversity is Showing Now More Than Ever |