8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: Working with the Legacies of Slavery: A panel discussion with medical providers and mental health experts –Beverly Barnett, RN; Dr. Latoya Pierce, LPC; and Kristal Poland, LPC
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM: Emerging Voices
11 AM - 12 PM: Break for Veterans Day Convocation
12 PM - 1PM: Lunch
1 PM - 3 PM: Critical Consciousness Training
, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, LSUHSC-Shreveport
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM: The Cumulative Effects of Racial Trauma – Dr. Latoya Pierce LPC, Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Centenary College
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM: Racial Disparities in Medicine – Keynote address by Dr. Sharron Herron-Williams, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities scholar in residence and professor of political science at Southern University Shreveport
11 AM - 1 PM Break for lunch and Earle Labor (Emeritus professor of English at Centenary) funeral
1 PM - 3 PM: Local History Tour
3 PM - 4 PM: Reception - will cater for the reception.