COVID and Racial Inequities Series: COVID, New Orleans, Louisiana, and LGBTQ+
University of Michigan School of Social Work.

This week we will focus on the history of pandemics in the United States, specifically in New Orleans, and their impact while they are raging and beyond. We will also focus on the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ+ individuals and communities. Special guests from Louisiana and around here will discuss Identity and Vulnerabilities in the time of COVID-19:

• Jen Scott, PhD, LMSW, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Louisiana State University

• Robin McDowell, PhD Candidate, African American Studies, Harvard University

• Rashun Miles, MA,MSW, PhD Student, University of Mississippi

• Marc Arthur, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Work, University of Michigan

• Leon Golson, Director of Prevention Programs, UNIFIED

• Khalid Hudson, Senior Organizer with Together Baton Rouge

• Beth Shermman, Associate Clinical Faculty, Social Work, University of Michigan

• Lady Carlson, Lead Organizer at West Side Sponsoring Committee and Together Louisiana.

Guests will contribute their perspective from Louisiana in a conversation on how multiple personal identities make us more or less vulnerable to the virus and to its associated stigma and inequities.

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past four weeks on social consequences of the pandemic. For the next few weeks, we will invite guests to speak on issues concerning New Jersey (Newark and Brazil) both hard hit by COVID-19. Please join us!

We look forward to having a robust discussion