Black History Month continues- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
Black History Month continues- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
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February 18, 2000
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BWH to double daycare slots
Town Meeting Questions
Rein is OB/GYN’s new vice chair
Black History Month continues
Partners names Materials Management Director
Pike Notes
The issues facing African Americans in the workplace was the subject of a talk delivered by keynote speaker Dr. Grace Carroll at the BWH Black History Month Program on February 10. Dr. Carroll, author of Environmental Stress and African Americans: The Other Side of the Moon (and pictured with two BWH employees), has more than 25 years experience in research, diversity, and training. She is nationally recognized for conducting research and training in these areas. Dr. Carroll’s theory, based on her research of the last 10 years,focuses on race as a stress factor and effective coping strategies. One of the highlights of her speech included an explanation of MEES, or mundane extreme environmental stress, a term she uses to explain the challenges and daily stresses that African Americans face in the workplace not only as a result of overt and covert racism, but due to the lack of diversity present in most organizations. She offered coping skills for individuals and organizations, which revolve around creating a dialogue to deflate the built-up stress that can arise in the workplace.