African American Faculty and Staff Association | UC Davis Health

California Black Health Network Sacramento County Networking Event

Wednesday, September 20, 4p.m. - 6p.m.
Betty Irene Moore Conference Rm 1000
2570 48th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

Join us for our first in-person CBHN networking event in Sacramento. Members and non-members are welcome. 
Light refreshments will be served.

Black Family Day 2023 - B(l)ack Together

Saturday, May 20, 12p.m. - 8p.m.
UC Davis Quad
Davis, CA 95616

The UC Davis Cross Cultural Center presents a celebration of the resilence, diversity, and openess of Black culture while striving towards a more just and liberated world.

AAFSA hosts: Coffee Conversations with Ceasor Dennis

Thursday, February 2, 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. at the UC Davis Health campus

Seating is limited to 25 reserved guests

This will be an opportunity to meet and take part in an informal conversation with the Senior Director of Institutional Culture, Climate & Community Engagement with coffee and light refreshments. You will be contacted with location of event if you are one of the first 25 to reserve.

The Big Hysto: A Black Womb Revolution

Thursday, February 9, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
UC Davis Health, Education Building
4610 X Street, Sacramento, CA 95817

The Big Hysto: A Black Womb Revolution speaks to the medical racism, sexism, homo/transphobia and xenophobia that Black womb holders/patients experience when seeking access to quality medical care. It centers fibroids, endometriosis, hysterectomies, ovarian cancer and cysts and calls out the racist evolution of the medical field built on the wombs and backs of Black bodies. 

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-hysto-tickets-482603539177 

Health Education And Leadership Series (H.E.A.L.):  The Use of Race in Medicine

Tuesday, February 14, 12p.m. - 1p.m.
Virtual Meeting (Zoom)

Dr. Elise Fannon is a 5th year General Surgery Resident and an active-duty Air Force Captain. She recently obtained her Master of Public Policy at Princeton University with a focus on Social and Political Determinants of Health. As the head of the Socially Responsible Surgery Research Institute, she runs a dry lab for social justice research with medical students, helped pioneer a new Cultural Complications M&M series, and created a novel rural surgery rotation. She serves on the American College of Surgeons RAS-DEI Task Force and as Programming Delegation lead for the American Journal of Surgery STARS committee. Her talk on The Use of Race in Medicine explores the intersection of genetics and the Political Determinants of Health to inform when we should and shouldn’t use Race in our policy and clinical decision making.

Register at https://ucdavishealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kd-qgqzosE9WLA2A36GFTaRTDVjPi1rlD

Black Excellence Panel: Beliving in your Journey

Thursday, February 23, 12p.m. - 1p.m.
Virtual Meeting (Zoom)

AAFSA has curated a wonderful panel of amazing black women who are connected to the Sacramento area and are doing extraordinary things in their lives. We will be joined by Salima Koroma an Emmy award winning documentarian, Dr. Dawnte’ Early the President and CEO of the Capital Region of United Way as well as a Sacramento Councilwoman, and finally Ms. Darla Givens an established Sacramento Meteorologist and former board member for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Please come join to hear about their stories and what motivated them to keep going, to get to where they are today!

Register at https://ucdavishealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkcuGsqj0tHdSP2FBx4OjL2uzeFSjiuLVh

AAFSA invites you to our Black History Month Game Night!

Friday, February 24, 4p.m. - 7p.m. at the Betty Irene Moore Conference Rm 1000

We will have BBQ catered by Daddy O’s Smokehouse and games including Dominoes, One Gotta Go, and Spades!

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/523245871487

UC Davis Book Project: "The Talk": Your Colleagues Speak

Monday, February 27, 4p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Virtual Meeting (Zoom)

This session explores Black parents' extra developmental task and skill they need to accomplish and impart to their children regarding encounters with law enforcement officers. A few of your UC Davis colleagues who have lived experiences with this task and skill development will share their expertise and perspectives. What do we say to their children? How do we say it? How do we teach it without frightening or disillusioning our children? Can you teach it without frightening and disillusioning your children? What does it cost Black parents and children? When will we not need to do this anymore?

Presented in partnership with the UC Davis Health African American Faculty and Staff Association as part of Principles of Community Week.

Register at https://ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcuGrrzwpH9V_qvtgGzSAwvZgkGIqKKNU

UC Davis Health AAFSA's 24th Annual Virtual Penny Drive

Support AAFSA in raising money to support children at Oak Park Preschool Head Start Program in Sacramento

All contributions are appreciated!  Donate via Venmo @AAFSA-HS or scan the QR code.  The fundraiser runs from November 14 through December 9, 2022.
For questions, email us at hs-aafsa@ucdavis.edu.

AAFSA Monthly Meeting - September 15, 2022
Guest Speaker - Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia:  Race and Research

Thursday, September 15, 12p.m. - 1p.m.
Zoom Link:  https://ucdavishealth.zoom.us/j/92739003001?pwd=Vk5ndFgvbStWamhuMm1WdDNHUDdBZz09

Reminder:  Please respond to the AAFSA 22-23 Feedback Survey before the meeting date

The Big Hysto: A Black Womb Revolution Tour

Saturday, August 13, 3:30p.m. - 6:30p.m. at the Guild Theater in Oak Park, Sacramento, CA

This event will include a post-screening discussion moderated by Sex PositiviTEA and local Sacramento clinicians and medical care advocates. If you missed the downtown Sacramento premiere, here is your chance to join in on the conversation and add to the legacy work that is being done.

Tickets are available here: www.muganzoentertainment.com

Juneteenth Recipe Contest

Share your recipe and family story tied to it. Each entry will get a raffle ticket.
The winner will get a $150 gift card to Fixin's Kitchen and their recipe will be displayed in the main cafeteria.

Send your submission to hs-aafsa@ucdavis.edu

Recognizing Juneteenth - Freedom Day

Juneteenth (short for "June Nineteenth") commemorates the day slavery ended in the United States and is considered the longest-running African-American holiday.

AAFSA hosts: Coffee Conversations with Renetta Garrison Tull, VC - DEI

Wednesday April 27, 10–11 a.m. at the UC Davis Health campus

Seating is limited to 15 reserved guests

This will be an opportunity to meet and take part in an informal conversation with VC Tull with coffee and light refreshments. You will be contacted with location of event if you are one of the first 15 to reserve.

AAFSA Book Drive for Oak Park Pre-Schools

April 4–15, 2022

Donations of inclusive and bilingual children’s books is appreciated.