BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10576-8740ce533be0bb29c62de5220aa871ca@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260606T214731Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T200000 SUMMARY:The Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture: A New Annual Signature Series on Glob al Black Communities and Mental Health DESCRIPTION:\nMarch 20 will mark the fifth anniversary of the death of O saze Osagie\, a former Penn State student shot by local police during a mental health event. While mental health challenges occur among Black or African American people at about the same or less frequency than their white counterparts\, racial disparities in health care and treatment\, a nd encounters with law enforcement\, affect the former far more severely . This state of affairs demands "people-first" policy solutions.\n\nIn h onor of Osagie’s memory\, and building on the accomplishments of Penn St ate's African Studies Global Virtual Forum\, the Africana Research Cente r and the College of the Liberal Arts are launching a “Global Black Comm unities and Mental Health” series aimed at elevating attention to issues of mental health among Black communities across the African diaspora\, fostering meaningful connections between scholarly research in the socia l and behavioral sciences and the humanities\, and advancing everyday ap plications of this research for families\, service providers\, advocates and allies working to improve the quality of life in Black communities.  \n\nThe highlight of this series will be the inaugural Osaze Osagie Mem orial Lecture\, taking place Tuesday\, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hint z Family Alumni Center at Penn State University Park. The lecture will f eature a conversation with Sybrina Fulton\, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin\, a Black youth whose 2012 death in Sanford\, F lorida\, helped spark the early #BlackLivesMatter movement. Savita Iyer- Ahrestani\, senior editor of the PennStater magazine\, will conduct this dialogue with Fulton. \n\nBoth the lecture and the reception that follo ws are free and open to the public\; however\, because of limited seatin g\, advance registration is required.\n\nPenn State co-sponsors for the lecture include the Paul Robeson Cultural Center\; Center for Social Cha nge and Belonging\; Division of Undergraduate Studies\; College of Arts and Architecture\; College of Agricultural Sciences\; Smeal College of B usiness\; Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications\; College of Ea rth and Mineral Sciences\; College of Education\; College of Engineering \; College of Health and Human Development\; College of Information Scie nces and Technology\; College of Medicine\; Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing\; Eberly College of Science\; Schreyer Honors College\; Penn State Dickinson Law and the Penn State Dickinson Law Antiracist Developm ent Institute\; Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs\; The Graduate School\; University Libraries\; the Office of the Vice Pro vost for Educational Equity\; and the Office of the Vice President for C ommonwealth Campuses.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/eve nt/gbcmh-ooml_032624/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

March 20 will m ark the fifth anniversary of the death of Osaze Osagie, a former Penn St ate student shot by local police during a mental health event. While men tal health challenges occur among Black or African American people at ab out the same or less frequency than their white counterparts, racial dis parities in health care and treatment, and encounters with law enforceme nt, affect the former far more severely. This state of affairs demands " people-first" policy solutions.

In honor of Osagie’s memory, and b uilding on the accomplishments of Penn State's African Studies Global Virtual Forum, the A fricana Research Center and the College of the Liberal Arts are launchin g a “Global Black Communities and Mental Health” series aimed at elevati ng attention to issues of mental health among Black communities across t he African diaspora, fostering meaningful connections between scholarly research in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities, and a dvancing everyday applications of this research for families, service pr oviders, advocates and allies working to improve the quality of life in Black communities. 

The highlight of this series will be the inaug ural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture, taking place Tuesda y, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hintz Family Alumni Center at Penn State University Park. The lecture will feature a conversation with Sybrina F ulton, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin, a Black you th whose 2012 death in Sanford, Florida, helped spark the early #BlackLi vesMatter movement. Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, senior editor of the Penn Stater magazine, will conduct this dialogue with Fulton. 

Bot h the lecture and the reception that follows are free and open to the pu blic; however, because of limited seating, advance registration is requir ed.

Penn State co-s ponsors for the lecture include the Paul Robeson Cultural Center; Center for Social Change and Belonging; Division of Undergraduate Studies; Col lege of Arts and Architecture; College of Agricultural Sciences; Smeal C ollege of Business; Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications; Coll ege of Earth and Mineral Sciences; College of Education; College of Engi neering; College of Health and Human Development; College of Information Sciences and Technology; College of Medicine; Ross and Carol Nese Colle ge of Nursing; Eberly College of Science; Schreyer Honors College; Penn State Dickinson Law and the Penn State Dickinson Law Antiracist Developm ent Institute; Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs; T he Graduate School; University Libraries; the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity; and the Office of the Vice President for Common wealth Campuses.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/gbc mh-ooml_032624/

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