The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network StoryBank
Sean Nonnenmacher
My research is a digital ethnography being completed with the national nonprofit GLSEN, whose mission is to achieve racial justice, gender justice, and disability justice for all K-12 students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) students. I am developing an organizational oral history archive that consists of personal narratives told by individuals connected to GLSEN’s work. The archive is a digital repository for my own analysis and new communications projects for the organization.
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Building a Restorative School-Family Community
Judith Williams-Wright, Eleanor Anderson
The authors are working collaboratively as part of a larger Research-Practice Partnership initiative (Shifting Power) to investigate the relationships between families and school staff at a Pittsburgh-area high school. Using a restorative lens, the project is intended to build a strong foundation for preventing and repairing future harms.
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Bridging the Digital Divide on Health Information in Public Housing Communities
Tess Wilson
With the support of NNLM Middle Atlantic Region, All of Us funding and a partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh supported their residents at the intersection of digital literacy and health literacy. This project, “Connecting and Improving Digital Literacy & Health Literacy Outcomes in Public Housing,” was a collaborative effort that integrated National Library of Medicine and NIH health information resources into the housing authority’s existing programming.
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Giving a Boost: The Results of a Free, Student-Run, Volunteer-Based Medical School Application Advising Service
Jonathan Ho, Robert Dembrinksi
Some students utilize paid consulting services in navigating the medical school admissions process, but this further limits those applicants who are already disadvantaged by society. To promote greater equity amongst applicants, “Giving a Boost” volunteers mentor underprivileged students from Pitt and other nearby schools during their medical school applications process.
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The 3Rs: Reading, Racial Equity, and Relationships
Sharon Geibel
The Pittsburgh Study Early-School-Age Cohort (TPS 3Rs: Reading, Racial Equity, Relationships) is developing an ecosystem intervention to enhance K-3rd grade literacy, that centers Black children. This poster will describe the principles/processes followed to develop authentic community-university partnerships and reflect local history, voice, anti-racism and previous research.
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The Role of Student Pharmacists in Community Engagement
Catherine Rebitch, Winnona Meyer
This poster will showcase the role of student pharmacists within community engagement, while also describing current and future health and wellness programming in collaboration with Community Engagement Centers (CECs). The commitment to community engagement at the University of Pittsburgh results in mutual benefit: improving the health of local neighborhoods while offering valuable learning experiences for health discipline students.
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Virtual Adolescent Oral Health Education Program for the Homewood Community
Kendra Rowey
A two-session, virtual oral health education program has been developed with assistance from the Pitt Community Engagement Center in Homewood and the Pitt Center for Teaching and Learning. Oral health education on diet, hygiene, smoking and vaping was tailored to address the specific barriers to oral health experienced by Black adolescents.
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Developing the SHRS Wellness Pavilion: Supporting Communities through Health & Wellness
Umeka Ganjoo, Channing Moreland
The SHRS Wellness Pavilion is a studentled space at the University of Pittsburgh, Homewood Community Engagement Center. The Wellness Pavilion aims to provide free services/programs to improve, promote and maintain our guests’ health and wellness through the use of evidencebased practices, inter-professional collaborations, person-centered approaches to care and community partnerships.
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