(1) Self-Care Challenge: Stretch Break (Institute Wide)
(2) COVID-19 Questions Answered, One Call at a Time (Institute Wide)
(3) Faculty Lunch Bite: On a Desert Island with Your Students – Wednesday, April 15 (Faculty)
(4) Working Parent Support Group – Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
(5) HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) Nursing Conference 
 – Wednesday, April15 (Institute Wide)
(6) "Stories of Black Motherhood" Viewing and Discussion – Thursday, April 16 (Institute Wide)
(7) Virtual Bone Marrow Drive (Institute Wide)
(8) Student Emergency Fund Created (Institute Wide)
(9) “Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare” Webinar
– Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
(10) "Unmasked: A COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Series" – Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
(11) Act to Change Webinar – Friday, April 17 (Institute Wide)
(12) Free Bystander Intervention Trainings (Institute Wide)


(1) Self-Care Challenge: Stretch Break (Institute Wide)
From Kerry Kearns, Office of Student and Alumni Services and Amanda Tarbet, Office of the Provost

Bring out your inner yogi and take a stretch break. This can be done easily at your desk, your living room, or outside in the fresh air (making sure to still safely social distance, of course). Show us your moves on Instagram @IHPStudentLife, use #IHPSelfCare, or email Student Life.


(2) COVID-19 Questions Answered, One Call at a Time (Institute Wide)
From John Shaw, Office of Strategic Communications

Raquel Reynolds, an assistant professor of nursing, has fielded inquiries from patients, nurse practitioners, and physicians while working the Partners COVID-19 Nurse Triage Call Center. Read more about efforts by the IHP community during this crisis in the "Business as Unusual" series. If you have a story about how you or other people in the IHP community are reacting to the pandemic, please email John Shaw.


(3) Faculty Lunch Bite: On a Desert Island with Your Students – Wednesday, April 15 (Faculty)
Tony Sindelar, Office of the Provost

We will discuss a recent Chronicle of Higher Education piece titled "On a Desert Island with Your Students’: Professors Discuss the Weirdness of Teaching Remotely in a Pandemic" on Wednesday, April 15, Noon–1:00 p.m. via Zoom. Do the pre-reading in preparation and join the instructional designers and your faculty colleagues for an informal discussion of what the transition to virtual instruction looks like and how we are all navigating it.


(4) Working Parent Support Group – Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
From Kerry Kearns, Office of Student and Alumni Services and Jennifer Mackey, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Discuss the challenges of working, parenting, and virtual-schooling during this pandemic with other working parents on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. We will share ideas, tips, and concerns in an arena of support and compassion. If you would like to meet, but this time doesn't work for you, please contact Jenn Mackey. 


(5) HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) Nursing Conference 
 – Wednesday, April15 (Institute Wide)
From Inge Corless, School of Nursing

There is an HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) nursing conference on Wednesday, April 15, 8:00–9:00 a.m. EDT. This month's conference features Alex Hoyt, PhD, RN. He will be present “Applying lessons from HIV to COVID-19: Modeling the spread of infectious disease.” View the conference online if you can’t make it in person. For more details, please contact Delaney Taylor. Read a recent article about Hoyt’s model.


(6) "Stories of Black Motherhood" Viewing and Discussion – Thursday, April 16 (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, watch "Stories of Black Motherhood" (2018) with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Thursday, April 16 at 5:00 p.m. This 8-minute film explores how race, gender, and class shape the lives, health care, and motherhood experiences of three Black mothers in Boston. After the screening, the creators of the film, Ms. Fatima Dainkeh, MPH and Dr. Tariana Little will share a bit about themselves, the premise of the film, framework of reproductive justice, and storytelling. RSVP.


(7) Virtual Bone Marrow Drive (Institute Wide)
From JP Bonadonna, Student Government Association

The SGA Community Outreach Committee is partnering with Be the Match to host a Virtual Bone Marrow Drive. Although we are all adhering to stay-at-home practices, there are still ways to assist our community. While the chances of finding a bone marrow match are 77% for white Americans, these numbers are drastically reduced for racial minorities - 57% for American Indian and Alaska Native, 46% for Hispanic or Latinx, 41% for Asian or Pacific Islander, and 23% for Black or African American. Simply register online or text MGHIHP to 61474 and a kit will be sent to your home. Don't forget to spread the word to classmates, friends, and family.


(8) Student Emergency Fund Created (Institute Wide)
From Clare McCully, Office of Development

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted IHP students. Their part-time jobs, which assist them with their living (and sometimes tuition) expenses, have disappeared. The Office of Development, working in concert with the Office of Financial Aid, has established the IHP Student COVID-19 Emergency Fund to offer students quick assistance in this time of need. Administered through the Office of Financial Aid, the IHP will do what it can to support our students who find themselves without the necessary resources during this period of uncertainty until they can return to a more normal routine. Please donate.


(9) “Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare” Webinar
– Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The African American Policy Forum is hosting the webinar "Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare" on Wednesday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m. As we witness this unprecedented moment, some of us from home and some of us from the front lines, we want to take the opportunity to gather together and share a piece of what we’re each seeing and experiencing. Register.


(10) "Unmasked: A COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Series" – Wednesday, April 15 (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is holding "Unmasked: A COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Series" featuring Iyanla Vanzant, inspirational speaker and author, on Wednesday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. RSVP.


(11) Act to Change Webinar – Friday, April 17 (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Act to Change is hosting the webinar “COVID-19 Convos #2: Rising Above Bullying and Hate: on Friday, April 17, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Register.


(12) Free Bystander Intervention Trainings (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Hollaback! has partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) to host “Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment” throughout April and May. View details and register.
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