OUR WORK

The Ubuntu Center’s name is not an anemic commitment to unity without accountability and justice, but rather a radical act of solidarity rooted in our shared humanity, unapologetic truth-telling and a commitment to bold collective action that dismantles oppressive systems, disrupts narratives and dares to imagine and build the just and equitable world we all deserve.

Sharrelle Barber, SCD, MPH – DIRECTOR, The Ubuntu Center

FOCUS AREAS

  • Advance transdisciplinary, anti-racism population health research training and scholarship.
  • Bridge relationships to build critical consciousness and power for health equity and racial justice.
  • Expand collective action for population health aligned with the principles and practices of community organizing and social movements.
  • Strengthen capacity and sustainability to maximize our impact.
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April2022
Ubuntu Spring Teach-in Session 2A virtual co-learning space to bridge individuals with lived experience and academic researchers. Cohort members will come together to learn, share insight, and find ways to collaborate around the inequities created by racism and other systems of oppression. This month we will discuss state-sanctioned violence and the carceral state. Learn more and register HERE.
5:30p ETVirtual
24
March2022
Launch of The Ubuntu Center Teach-in SeriesA virtual co-learning space to bridge individuals with lived experience and academic researchers. Cohort members will come together to learn, share insight, and find ways to collaborate around the inequities created by racism and other systems of oppression. Learn more and register HERE.
5:30p ETVirtual

Press Releases

$9 Million Gift from Philanthropists Dana and David Dornsife to Establish Center on Racism and Health at Drexel

The new gift will allow the Dornsife School of Public Health to elevate research on racial inequality and health disparities.

Drexel Names New Center on Racism and Health, Center Director

Opening in Fall 2021 and housed in Dornsife, the Center will be led by inaugural director Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH, an assistant professor at Dornsife.

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