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Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH
Discover Monday Morning thoughts from Barbara K. Rimer, Dean of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health since 2005.
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month

During Pride Month, we recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals and reaffirm our solidarity in the ongoing struggle for equality and equity for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Okla., was burned by a white mob May 31-June 1, 1921.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Past and present collide one hundred years after Tulsa Race Massacre

There is too much important American history that we do not learn in school. My generation is not the only one that did not grow up learning about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (Tom Hanks agrees) or the 1898 Wilmington, NC, insurrection, both of which left thriving Black communities in shreds.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Advancing health equity for transgender people

Anti-transgender violence and legislation are urgent public health issues

Public Health

Guilty verdicts in Chauvin trial are a step in the right direction

While the Chauvin verdicts are not a panacea for problems caused by structural racism, they can be a beacon for change.

Public Health

Ending Black History Month at the beginning—in 1619

I ended the celebration of Black History Month with humility, realizing how much more I must learn — how much more most white people raised in the U.S., and educated, as I was, with a whitewashed history of our country, must learn.

COVID-19

We remember them

In a week in which U.S. deaths from COVID-19 reach and exceed 500,000, we mourn. We remember the individuals behind the numbers, and we recognize the disproportionate impact on communities of color.

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Black History Month: Time to advance racial equity

Black History Month provides opportunities to learn more so we can do more to advance equity and honor the struggles and achievements of Black Americans.

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Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Another semester begins—in a momentous time

We look forward to welcoming students, faculty and staff to spring semester 2021 on Tuesday, Jan. 19. To our Gillings students – we missed you. I hope you are more resolute than ever that public health is your chosen profession.

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Government

Attack on the U.S. Capitol

What happened this week at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., was unprecedented in its violence.

Global

Calls for justice in Nigeria

When the murder of George Floyd on Memorial Day ignited a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests in Minneapolis, across the U.S. and around the globe, young Nigerians connected the cause to police brutality in their own country, and held high the names of Alex Ogbu, Tina Ezekwe and others, alongside those of George Floyd and American victims.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Extraordinary times demand extraordinary solutions

The October 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine speaks to the extraordinary times we are living in and how medicine and public health are converging on a similar path.

Public Health

It is election year: Get involved, discuss, debate, listen and vote

Gillings is a big tent with room for many perspectives.

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What is anti-American?

We should resist attempts to censor education about the history and legacy of slavery and racism in the United States if we are to achieve the America that our laws aim to protect, that our values uphold, that people before us fought and died for, that we dream still is possible and that decency demands.

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Higher Ed

A hero dies too young

Chadwick Boseman exemplified courage and dedication to purpose more lasting than ourselves.

North Carolina

Campus decisions: who makes them, with what consequences and when to change them?

Decision making about whether to reopen a UNC System campus to residential students, especially students in dorms, is a complicated multi-layered process.

Public Health

Eleventh-hour policy targeting international students is unjust

This post is adapted from a July 9 letter to the Gillings School community that was endorsed by most members of the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Dean’s Council. The text here reflects substantial revisions to the letter text. The opinions are mine, and I take responsibility for any errors or omissions.

Global

America self-isolates

The administration has submitted its official notification of withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), effective July 6, 2021. Especially during a pandemic, this is an irresponsible decision.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

On July 4th, imagine an America that never has been, but must be

The dream is not yet dead; together we the people will realize our vision of a country where all are free.

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