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Spring Convocation to Focus on Issues in Race and Medicine

Author and physician Damon Tweedy will present Meredith College’s Spring 2021 Convocation on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 7 p.m.

Register to attend the virtual convocation, which will be held on Zoom. After registering for the webinar, participants will receive a confirmation email that will include information on how to join the webinar.

Tweedy will share “A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine.” His New York Times bestselling book, Black Man in a White Coat, is a memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of Black Americans.

A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Tweedy is an associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and staff physician at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health System. In addition to his memoir, Tweedy has published articles about race and medicine in The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and The News & Observer.

The event is free and open to the public. A virtual reception will follow. Register in advance for the reception

For Meredith students, this convocation qualifies as an academic/cultural event in General Education.

Sponsored by the Meredith College Convocation Committee.

Melyssa Allen

News Director
316 Johnson Hall
(919) 760-8087
Fax: (919) 760-8330

allenme@meredith.edu