Past Division and Affinity Group Sponsored Events:
These talks are for internal audiences only. If you are a member of the Division (student, faculty, or staff), click on any past talk listed below. The passwords for these events can be found on the EDI Resources folder at pthub.usc.edu (https://pthub.usc.edu/resources/11).
DARIC Speaker Series: Spring 2025
Dr. Didi Matthews, USC BKN Vice Chair of EDI, moderator
Dr. Lisa Fukuzato, USC BKN Director of Community Engagement
Kamani Harris, Community Coalition Associate Director of Community Organizing
Brittany Taylor-Williams, Black Girl Health Collective Founder
Tasha Blanco, Black Girl Health Collective Head of Programming
Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD) Health & Cultural Safety: Why Health Professionals Need to Know and Understand More
Karla Bell, PT, DPT, PhD
Intentionally Centering Disability: Understanding Disability for Ourselves & Our Professional Work Place
Vilissa Thompson
APSAG Professional Speaker Series: Fall 2023
Howard Fung: APSAG Professional Speaker Series
Dr. Manning: A Vision for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at USC
Melissa Singh & Danielle Brown: Building Collaboration Through Trauma-Informed Approaches
Melissa Singh: EDD,LCSW, MS-HSA
Dru Bhattacharya: Advancing Health Equity in Policy and Practice. Showing up, Speaking up
Dru Bhattacharya: VP, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Dr. Daryl Smith: Diversity as an Imperative for Excellence: Building Capacity in a Pluralistic Society
Dr. Daryl Smith, Ph.D.
USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy hosted its third annual Diversity Story Slam in April 2022. The community shared stories concerning long-held perspectives and incidences that changed those views. See article here.