The 2021 Voices Against Racism series looks back, featuring faculty accounts of racism—institutional and personal—and efforts in support of racial equity.
Voices Against Racism
Being “woke” is not enough to counter the oppressive weight of institutional racism—at the School and beyond.
I’ve been preparing all my life to mentor the next generation of public health students.
For Vice Dean Keshia Pollack Porter, Juneteenth is a time to make space for restorative rest of the mind and body.
Making room for more diverse academic leadership at Johns Hopkins will be transformational.
It will take leaders—and agitators—to rebuild policies, processes, and institutions born of racism.
The health threats facing Native communities call for culturally grounded solutions.
We must apply our knowledge to the health problems in front of us.
Vice Dean Keshia M. Pollack Porter grapples with the University’s newly discovered ties to slavery and envisions a path forward.