The Office of Equity and Diversity (OED) is pleased to announce a collaboration with TCMC to sponsor a bus to the 32nd annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Rutgers University. Admission and transportation are free for all University members.

The theme for this year’s one-day conference is "Taking Good Care: A History of Health and Wellness in the Black Community." Featured speakers are former Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders who will present "Health Disparities in Black America" and Dr. William Owen  whowill follow with comments and lecture titled “My Genetic Code or my Zip Code: Which Is More Important?”

Afternoon speakers include:

• Dr. Sharla Fett, associate professor of History, Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., to present: "'You Just Had to Depend on Yourself’: Self-Reliance and the Healing Work of Enslaved Women on U.S. Antebellum Plantations"
• Dr. Dorothy Roberts, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Ill.,  to present: "Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race and Health"

This conference is of special interest to students and faculty in nursing, pre-med and health administration. The bus will leave from the area in front of St. Thomas Hall at 6:30 a.m. Reservations for this trip can be made by contacting OED at diversity@scranton.edu or call 570-941-6645. A $20 deposit is required at the time of reservation to be refunded upon boarding the bus for departure from Scranton. Any unclaimed deposits will be donated to the United Way campaign.

Click here to see a flyer for the lecture and trip.