Mentors Needed: Bright Young Minds (BYM) Conference @ SMU's Oakland Conference - April 16th (see flyer attached)
The BYM Conference is hosted by Alameda County Behavioral Health Workforce Development and FACES for the Future (cofounded by Prof. Tomas Magana). They are looking for a few mentors who will have a small-group conversation with high school students about their interests, career pathways, training, as well as the opportunities and challenges with behavioral/mental health work, for one hour between 10am and 1:45pm.
If interested in serving as a mentor, please contact: Chad Seamon, cseamon@phi.org
Black Women's Health Forum: From Root Causes to Solutions - April 18th
Provide health education/blood pressure checks and learn more about strategies and policies that center Black women's health and wellness!
Sign up here on the 4/18 tab
SMU’s Oakland Unified High School Field Trip- April 19th
Learn more and sign up here
SMU’s Soledad High School Field Trip- April 22nd
Learn more and sign up here
Oakland Unified High School - Rudsdale's Career and Technical Education Day - April 26th, 9:30a - 12:30p
Looking for bilingual English/Spanish volunteers. The first 90 min is career exposure (especially welcome folks who previously had an entry level healthcare job), and the second 90 min is career preparation including resume review and interviewing students. Please email: emily.frank@ousd.org and cc: ehi@samuelmerritt.edu
Lunch & Learn: Oakland High School School’s Cross Cultural Medicine Panel & Book Signing
(5/14, 12-1pm @ SMU’s Oakland Campus and on Zoom)
SMU’s Community Reads will host a panel, interactive discussion, and book signing with Oakland High’s Public Health Academy students about their health knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and advice for emerging health professionals. Anthology themes include mental health, maternal health, life and death, herbs and teas, and physical practices.
Sign up to attend the event @ Bechtel (12-1pm) – This link is only for those who want to attend in person; a Zoom link for virtual attendees will be sent out later.
Sign up to volunteer for a campus tour and roundtable discussion (10:30-11:30am) with the high school student visitors