1 0 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N C A M P U S DIVERSITY TOWN HALL Lehigh hosted the first of a series of town halls in April on its Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Strategic Plan and Progress Measures. Donald Outing, vice president for equity and community, told attendees that Lehigh aimed to create an environment “where all members of our community felt welcomed, valued and could experience a sense of belonging here.” Outing stressed that progress measures, which will help the university hold itself accountable, are just a “starting point,” as it will add and amend the measures as needed. RACHEL LEVINE VISIT U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine met with College of Health students in April for a presentation on the challenges and opportunities in public health. Grappling with the greatest public health crisis in more than a century, Levine addressed the pandemic’s toll, as well as gender and identity insecurity, public health initiatives and misinformation, soaring suicide rates and substance abuse, and the inequities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Red dresses hung from trees along Lehigh’s Fairchild-Martindale Library concourse in early May to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Sarah Mixsell ’24, Sarah Manthorp ’24, Jennifer Cocchiere ’24 and Natalia Montero ’22 worked with Lehigh’s Center for Gender Equity and the Institute for Indigenous Studies in a nod to artist/activist Jaime Black’s REDress Project, a public art installation created in response to the international issue. REDDRESSES, FORACAUSE C H R I S T A N E U C H R I S T A N E U C H R I S T A N E U
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