In honor of Black History Month, Neurosurgery and Neurology staff are invited to join a very special guest speaker at CAM on February 22:
Black History is American History
Center for Academic Medicine 401A Blue Gum Conference Room
Wednesday, February 22
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Mohammed Soriano-Bilal
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
University HR
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to this event through Paperless Post (you will receive an email invite) so we can plan accordingly. All staff are strongly encouraged to attend in person. Remote employees will be provided a Zoom link.
Speaker Bio:
Mohammed Soriano-Bilal is an accomplished Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant, educator, and a strategist. He has spent the last 20 years using DEI strategy to help campuses, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies like Twitter, Nokia, the Springfield Housing Authority, and the Progressive Corporation remove blockages that stand in the way of impact and growth. Currently Mohammed serves as Associate Dean and Director of the Office for Inclusion, Belonging and Intergroup Communication at Stanford University, where he oversees a team of skilled facilitator-scholars, teaches two courses on intergroup communication, consults on DEI issues, including recruitment, retention, and design innovation, and explores his scholarly passion for the confluence of equity, art, and innovation. He previously served as Executive Director of the African American Art and Culture Complex, one of San Francisco city’s six cultural centers. Mohammed is also known as the voice of reason on MTV’s Real World San Francisco. He is an acclaimed poet and an award-winning producer of both music and film. As a multi-disciplinarian artist, Mohammed has collaborated with Santana, Public Enemy, Ben Harper, De La Soul, Danny Glover and Mos Def. His music has been featured on NBC, the CW, and at the Sundance Film Festival. He wrote a weekly column for the San Francisco Bay Guardian .
This event is organized by Neurosurgery’s JEDI-B committee. Have any questions? Please contact the committee members.