{"id":6974,"date":"2022-03-01T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:43:37","slug":"former-u-s-surgeon-general-visits-mu-as-keynote-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/03\/01\/former-u-s-surgeon-general-visits-mu-as-keynote-for-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Former U.S. Surgeon General visits MU as keynote for Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/DrJeromeAdams-15-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DrJeromeAdams-15-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Dr. Jerome Adams and David Mitchell.\" class=\"wp-image-6975\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Jerome Adams (left) on-stage with discussion moderator David Mitchell, Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law and Co-Director of the Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship and Justice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Feb. 28 we welcomed former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, for a packed day of events with our Mizzou community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Adams met with students and faculty across campus, including at the School of Medicine, the School of Law and the Gaines\/Oldham Black Culture Center. He concluded with a public fireside chat in Stotler Lounge where he discussed his time as \u201cAmerica\u2019s doctor,\u201d why health iniquities are a social justice issue and answered questions submitted by attendees. Dr. Adams also received a commemorative MU plaque from the Division of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, the Department of Black Studies and the College of Arts and Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Adams\u2019 visit was the keynote event for Black History Month celebrations at Mizzou, which featured a full schedule of speakers, concerts and discussions around the theme of Black health and wellness. It takes each of us to welcome and learn from a variety of engaging speakers \u2014 and it\u2019s our collective mission to continue these important conversations throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to all who made our many Black History Month events such a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Feb. 28 we welcomed former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, for a packed day of events with our Mizzou community. Dr. Adams met with students and faculty across campus, including at the School of Medicine, the School of Law and the Gaines\/Oldham Black Culture Center. He concluded with a public fireside chat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}