Welcome to the Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science!

We focus on one central mission- to increase visible diversity within the Graduate Studies programs at Oregon Health and Science University by recruiting, retaining, and most importantly, supporting graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and faculty members from underrepresented backgrounds. 

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​A snapshot of why active racial inclusion is important:

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June Newsletter

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Middle school students sent us a signed t-shirt after their OHSU visit! AVID/Evergreen Middle School Visit The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program aims to close the achievement gap among students from under-served communities. Learn more about the program here. AVDS members helped to organize lab tours for middle school students in this program. The students had a great time learning about different STEM careers and interacting with student scientists. The event was a great success so we may plan future student visits! Thank you to everyone who organized the event and volunteered! Special Thanks to: Itallia Pacentine (AVDS) Kate Stout (OHSU Brain Institute) Susan Shugerman (Assistant Vice Provost) Center for Diversity and Inclusion Gary Westbrook Participating Labs Tomorrow: OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Come celebrate OHSU community members who have been working to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus. Our group has been nominated for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Award, and Antoinette Foster has been nominated for the Outstanding Student Leadership Award! Event Flyer List of categories and nominees on o2 When: Tuesday June 12th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Where: OHSU Old Library Auditorium *livestream available on o2* Women in Science Happy Hour Come network over some sandwiches and a microbrew! What: WIS Happy Hour When: June 20th, 5:30 PM Where: Lucky Lab 915 SE Hawthorne Portland, OR / 97214 Call for Volunteers: Build Exito Summer Conference BUILD EXITO is seeking participants for their Mentoring and Undergraduate Research roundtable discussions on June 21st and June 22nd respectively at Portland State University. "We're seeking advanced students to join these roundtables--students in clinical, social, behavioral, biomedical, or bioengineering fields who were underrepresented undergraduate mentees or mentors, worked/interned/volunteered in research labs, or both. Many of our Scholars are low-income students of color. Many are the first in their families to go to college. That experience matters. Our goal is to begin to identify specific needs and effective ways people have met them, and to find volunteers who want to work on naming core competencies--things people need to know, and to do/not do--both for these students and for the research teams working with them.Please contact Aaron Link if you would like more information or are interested in attending any of the roundtables: alink@pdx.edu" What: Mentoring Roundtable When: June 21st, 3:15 - 5:15 PM Where: PSU Market Center Building Room 316 1600 SW 4th Avenue Portland, OR / 97201 What: Undergraduate Research Roundtable When: June 22nd, 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM Where: PSU Market Center Building Room 316 1600 SW 4th Avenue Portland, OR / 97201 AVDS Happy Hour! AVDS is taking over Vollum Happy Hour once a month! Our kick-off party is June 29th. Lets build some graduate student community! When: 5:00 PM last Friday of the month starting June 29th Where: The Synapse (2M) Vollum Institute We have donation page on our website now! If you want to support our cause, please consider donating! Any amount helps! a4vdis.weebly.com/donate.html The Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science AVDS Event Calendar update your preferences | unsubscribe from this list

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What I have learned from these experiences about surviving as an underrepresented minority in the sciences is that many such students do not take proactive steps to reach out, seek help, and get answers to concerns they have. They wait for someone to come to them. But they must learn how to reach out in order to survive. For institutions, creating a culture of inclusion and a space for these students to air their thoughts is a great help."

​​– Erich Jarvis, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center