The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Running Through the Semester
Classroom Cash Cab!
Essex Faculty! The Cash Cab will visit your class! Librarians Karen Quinn-Wisniewski and Debra Sambuco will lead your class in a 30-minute "quiz show" with questions about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. There will be cash prizes, and even a yellow "cab." To schedule a classroom cab visit, contact Karen Quinn-Wisniewski: kqwisniewski@ccbcmd.edu
PDF of Spring Calender of Events
February
"Why Must It Always Be The Blacks And The Poor in Baltimore Who Are Asked To Be Guinea Pigs?" (Parren Mitchell, JET Magazine 1976)
Thursday, Feb. 23, 11:10am-12:35pm
Dundalk K Building Student Lounge
Join a discussion on how medical practices were improperly targeted toward "Blacks and the Poor" in Baltimore City during the 70's. Refreshments will be served. Contact Patricia Quintero Hall pquinterohall@ccbcmd.edu
Poet Marilyn Nelson: Reading and Book Signing
Friday, Feb. 24, 11:15am-12:10pm reading; 12:10pm book signing and reception
Essex J137 and J100
Poet Marilyn Nelson, winner of the 2012 Frost Medal, will discuss and read from her book Fortune's Bones. The book relates the true story of a Connecticut slave named Fortune whose bones are used after his death for anatomy study by his master who was a doctor. The story is told entirely in sonnet form. Reception and book signing to follow in J 100. Contact Jadi Keambiroiro jkeambiroiro@ccbcmd.edu Flyer for more information.
The Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series—Johns Hopkins University
Monday, Feb. 27 and Mar. 12; seminars run 12:15-1:30pm
Meet at 11:00am at the Catonsville Library lower lobby by the cafe to travel by school van to Johns Hopkins.
Lunch will be provided, and the event is free, but each seminar is limited to 12 students.
Feb. 27 Dr. Zachary Berger - His interests include patient-provider communication in the hospital, agenda-setting during the outpatient visit, and patient-provider diagnostic concordance.
Mar. 12 Madison Powers - She is the author of Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy.
To register, contact Pat Rennie prennie@ccbcmd.edu
or 443-840-4972.
March
Researching The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Tuesday, Mar. 6, 11:10a-12:30p
Essex N220
During the summer of 2008, Essex English Department's Heather Harris was Rebecca Skloot's Baltimore-based research assistant. She combed through the George Gey archives at Johns Hopkins, the Tissue Culture Association (TCA) archives at UMBC, and the Baltimore City and County court systems, researching the lives of the Lacks family and other characters in the book. Join her for an informal discussion of researching this book and works of nonfiction in general. Refreshments will be served. Contact Heather Harris hharris@ccbcmd.edu
The Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series—Johns Hopkins University
Monday, Mar. 12; seminars run 12:15-1:30pm
Meet at 11:00am at the Catonsville Library lower lobby by the cafe to travel by school van to Johns Hopkins.
Lunch will be provided, and the event is free, but each seminar is limited to 12 students.
Feb. 27 Dr. Zachary Berger - His interests include patient-provider communication in the hospital, agenda-setting during the outpatient visit, and patient-provider diagnostic concordance.
Mar. 12 Madison Powers - She is the author of Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy.
To register, contact Pat Rennie prennie@ccbcmd.edu
or 443-840-4972.
A HeLa Showcase
Wednesday, March 7, 3:00-5:00pm
Essex B Building Upper Lobby
What is so special about HeLa cells? How are these cancer cells different from normal cells and other cancer cells? Why were these cells able to grow so well in culture when others did not? We will answer these questions by discussing research-based facts from the past and present. Refreshments will be served. Erica DiCara is working with a team of CCBC faculty on the HeLa Showcase. Several excellent and knowledgeable members of the CCBC science department are joining her to explore and explain the HeLa cell. Contact Erica DiCara edicara@ccbcmd.edu
Contact Andrew Rusnak: arusnak@ccbcmd.edu
Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD: The Unethical Life of Reparative Therapy: The History and Ethics of Attempts to "Cure" Homosexuality
Wednesday, Mar. 14, 12:20-1:15pm
Essex J137 and J100
Attempts to change sexual orientation have been as extreme as castration, drug and shock treatments, psychotherapy, and deceptive appeals to religious faith. In 2009 the American Psychological Association published a review finding no evidence to support these efforts, calling into question decades of medical and psychological services. The presenter, the Chair of the panel that reviewed the evidence, will discuss the ethical, social, and scientific issues underlying these unnecessary and potentially harmful treatments. Refreshments to follow. Contact Morgan Slusher mslusher@ccbcmd.edu
"Being Elmo"
Friday evening, March 16
Dundalk Theatre
The Dundalk campus will host Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, and show the documentary, "Being Elmo" in the Dundalk TheatreKevin Clash is also from Turner Station, the home of Henrietta Lacks. This event is a fundraiser.Tickets can be reserved at the CCBC Box Office: LBoeren@ccbcmd.edu or 443-840-1369. Tickets are $8.00, and all proceeds support the scholarship
Author Louis Diggs: African Americans in Baltimore County in the 20th Century: A History
Tuesday, Mar. 20, 11:30am-1:00pm
Catonsville Library Y123
Louis Diggs has been documenting the African American experience in Baltimore County for decades. Join us as he shares the stories and photographs of his Baltimore and the Baltimore that was home to Henrietta Lacks. Contact Elizabeth Godwin egodwin@ccbcmd.edu
What Federal Legislation Protects Workers That Didn't Exist During Henrietta Lacks's Lifetime?
Thursday, Mar. 22, 11:00am-12:45pm
The Catonsville Barn
CCBC's HR Club will offer a panel presentation and discussion with four corporate Human Resource professions representing different organizations. Topics to be addressed pertain to federal legislation designed to protect employees in the workforce, including health care reform. Refreshments will be served. Contact Nancy Zimmerman nzimmerman@ccbcmd.edu
A Response from Johns Hopkins
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 10:10-11:05am
Catonsville H308A
Author and Johns Hopkins Fellow Karen Kruse Thomas, Ph.D. will speak on the racial divide and segregation in medical care in 1940s and '50s-era Baltimore, including the activities of black medical civil rights activists at the time. Refreshments will be served. Contact David Hewitt dhewitt@ccbcmd.edu
April
Learn the Lindy Hop!
Monday, Apr. 16, 9:30am
Dance Studio 1 (DS1) in the Gymnasium
The Lindy Hop is associated with the swing dancing and jazz music of the early to mid 1900's. Come learn the steps Henrietta Lacks danced with her cousins in Turner Station! Contact Tommy Parlon tparlon@ccbcmd.edu
Rebecca Skloot and David "Sonny" Lacks
Monday, Apr. 23, 10:00am at Essex; 2:00pm at Catonsville
Essex Gymnasium; Catonsville Q Theatre
Join us for the keynote event of the semester: An address in the morning by author Rebecca Skloot and a Q&A in the afternoon with Rebecca Skloot and Henrietta Lacks's son, David ("Sonny"). This is a free event, but tickets are required.Contact the Box Office: 443.840.2787 or email Lisa Boeren lboeren@ccbcmd.edu to reserve tickets. For more information about the event, contact Heather Harris hharris@ccbcmd.edu
May
Being Elmo: Kevin Clash on Growing Up in Turner Station and Becoming the Voice of Elmo
Monday, May 14
The Dundalk Theater
Elmo is coming to CCBC Dundalk! Join Kevin Clash, the creator of Elmo, and his furry friend for the Dundalk movie premiere of "Being Elmo." Stay tuned for further details. Contact Michael Walsh rwalsh@ccbcmd.edu
