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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Culturally Competent Care—LGBT Patients Donnie Perkins Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion University Hospitals Shane Snowdon Director, Health and Aging Program Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign will detail its Healthcare Equality Index assessing whether healthcare facilities provide equitable care to LGBT patients, and University Hospitals will tell you how it developed successful outreach programs…
Black History Month Timeline 1619 Dutch ship brings 20 Africans to Jamestown, Va., the first enslaved Africans in the U.S. 1793 Eli Whitney’s new cotton gin increases demand for slaves 1793 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Act, making it a federal crime to assist a slave trying to escape 1808 Congress bans importation of slaves 1820…