Odeh Center Program Archive
A video archive of programming hosted in the Odeh Center.
Reflections of Mother Earth: Teaching About Water & Life Heading link
00:00:00 – Welcome, opening remarks and Q&A with Dr Robert Barish
00:12:35 – Opening of Program and Introduction of Session I
00:16:29 – Water (Nibi):The Beginning of Life, presented by Maryellen Baker (Ojibwe)
01:10:27 – Introduction of Session II, Women and Water: Teaching, Singing and Healing
01:14:23 – Greg Hermann (Ojibwe)
01:40:18 – Ann Hermann (Mohawk)
01:51:16 – Bill Buchholtz (Algonquin/Metis)
02:14:31 – Stanley Oda
02:22:40 – Karen Donahoe (Ojibwe)
02:59:36 – Session III: Reflections of Mother Earth, all presenters
An Odeh Center Signature Community Event hosted on Earth Day 2024 (April 22) to bring awareness to the healing power of water. Native American elders spoke, taught and sang about the sacredness of water, including Maryellen Baker (Ojibwe) founder and director of Abiinooji Aki, Inc., a non-profit organization located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. The goal was to connect, learn and reflect how we can protect our water and help restore our communities. Feel free to leave feedback after watching.
Developing a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program in Chicago: An Example of Community-Based Participatory Research with Arab Americans Heading link
Presented by Sarah Abboud, PhD of the UIC College of Nursing on April 16, 2024.
The goal of this talk was to describe Dr. Abboud’s process of conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) with Arab Americans in Chicago, a historically and systematically marginalized and invisible population. She also discussed the strengths and challenges of CBPR, especially in the context of a stigmatized topic such as gender-based violence.
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The Haunted Curriculum in Health Professions Education Heading link
Presented by David Ansari, PhD of the University of Illinois College of Medicine on March 26, 2024.
This talk examined how health professions students develop clinical and therapeutic skills and expertise in contexts of injustice and how institutions play a role in the “haunted curriculum” by both challenging and reproducing specters of violence.
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Black Feminism, Racial Realism, and Organizing for Health: A Reading Circle Heading link
Presented by Tiffany N. Ford, PhD of the UIC School of Public Health, and MPH student Tynetta Hill-Muhammad on February 27, 2024.
The program engaged participants in a facilitated discussion about the shared themes and implications of these important works on the lives and health of people racialized as Black in the United States.
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Plants, People, and Culture: Women’s Health Research with BIPOC Women Heading link
Presented by Tristesse Burton, PhD of the UIC College of Pharmacy on October 4, 2023.
Dr. Burton talked about indigenous plants that have benefits and use in the treatment of women’s health issues.
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