Trust and Well-being with Ms. Olajumoke “Jummy” Banjo
On Wednesday, February 10th, from 1-1:50 p.m. in FXB G13 and online, please join us for the fourth installment in our Trust and Well-being Seminar Series, featuring Ms. Olajumoke “Jummy” Banjo.
All are welcome. Lunch provided.
Seminar Series Focus
This seminar series explores the role of trust in promoting psychological, physical, and social well-being. At a time of declining trust in institutions, political polarization, fear-based public discourse, and rapidly changing technologies that shape how people encounter information and one another, the series considers trust not only as an individual experience but also as a central feature of collective well-being. Through conversations with leading scholars and practitioners, we will examine how trust is defined and measured across diverse social and cultural contexts; how it functions across relationships, communities, institutions, and generations; and how it is built, maintained, broken, and repaired.
The series also explores how social, political, commercial, and cultural factors shape trust, with particular attention to health equity and the histories of exclusion, discrimination, disinvestment, and institutional harm that influence whether communities feel able to trust systems. Together, we will consider how trust and trustworthiness can promote safety, belonging, resilience, civic participation, health-promoting behaviors, and flourishing while helping to build more connected, equitable, and resilient communities and systems.
Speaker Biography
Olajumoke “Jummy” Banjo, JD, LLM, is the Senior Director of the Alliance for Social Trust at the Aspen Institute, where she leads a national initiative to strengthen social trust by convening leaders across sectors, fostering communities of practice, sharing resources, and elevating local efforts that are demonstrating effective approaches to building trust. Jummy has built a career at the intersection of education, law, public policy, and nonprofit leadership, helping institutions develop strategy, foster collaboration, and create lasting social impact.
Prior to joining Aspen, she served as Senior Director of the National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, where she led national policy and leadership initiatives advancing racial equity across criminal justice, education, health, and economic opportunity. Earlier in her career, Jummy served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Craig Iscoe of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She later joined Georgetown Law as the inaugural Racial Justice & Juvenile Defense Fellow, where she developed advocacy resources and trainings to help juvenile defenders address racial bias in the legal system.
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Olajumoke "Jummy" Banjo
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Simple Ways Reduce Your Digital Footprint (hybrid)
Join this digital cleanup session to learn about the environmental impact of storing data. Ask questions and learn how to communicate and store information more sustainably.
Use the remaining meeting time deleting old emails, unsubscribing from junk lists, blocking spammers, and clearing out redundant cloud storage from guidance from HSPH-IT.
RSVP to susan_bottino@harvard.edu. If attending virtually, request link to join in advance.
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Matt Ronn
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Midweek Mindfulness Reset
Reduce your stress, calm your nervous system, and reset.
Sit with a rotating group of some of the most influential instructors in the mindfulness space, including monastics from the Plum Village tradition. Each session offers a variety of mindfulness practices and insights to support your well-being. It’s the perfect reset to mark the middle of your week!
We will meet virtually via Zoom every Wednesday from 11:00 –11:30 a.m. ET (and you’re welcome to stay for an optional 15 additional minutes for sharing and community building). Open to all; no experience needed.
Please note that these sessions are for relaxation and general wellness only and are not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. By participating, you agree to take responsibility for your own physical and emotional well‑being, and to consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns.
Organizers
Midweek Mindfulness Reset
Reduce your stress, calm your nervous system, and reset.
Sit with a rotating group of some of the most influential instructors in the mindfulness space, including monastics from the Plum Village tradition. Each session offers a variety of mindfulness practices and insights to support your well-being. It’s the perfect reset to mark the middle of your week!
We will meet virtually via Zoom every Wednesday from 11:00 –11:30 a.m. ET (and you’re welcome to stay for an optional 15 additional minutes for sharing and community building). Open to all; no experience needed.
Please note that these sessions are for relaxation and general wellness only and are not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. By participating, you agree to take responsibility for your own physical and emotional well‑being, and to consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns.
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22nd Kolokotrones Symposium -Causal Inference in Cancer: Informing Decisions from Prevention to Survivorship
22nd Kolokotrones Symposium – a CAUSALab hybrid event
CAUSALab is thrilled to invite you to the 22nd Kolokotrones Symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, presented in collaboration with the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention.
Causal Inference in Cancer: Informing Decisions from Prevention to Survivorship will explore how causal inference can inform cancer research and decision-making across the continuum of cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship. The symposium will feature expert talks and conclude with a panel discussion addressing a central question: Where do we go from here?
The symposium is free and open to the public, with both in-person and online attendance options. Space is limited, so please register now to reserve your spot. A Zoom link will be distributed to virtual attendees during the week leading up to the event.
For more information about the Kolokotrones Symposium, visit causalab.org.
Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, and not for Harvard University.
Persons with disabilities who would like to request accommodations or have questions about physical access may contact causalab@hsph.harvard.edu in advance of the program.
Speakers and panelists to be announced.
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TBD
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Participatory Youth Engagement: Envisioning Healthier Futures in Johannesburg and Cambridge
How can public health practice begin with what young people know, need, and imagine?
DrPH students Matthew McCurdy and Sana Khan will share what they learned over the summer working alongside youth in determining healthy futures.
In Johannesburg, young people explored the conditions shaping their well-being and imagined preferred futures to inform BLKHLTH South Africa’s emerging youth strategy. In Cambridge, the Resilient Sisterhood Project shares community-based participatory findings on what youth need for healthy menstrual health experiences.
Join us to consider how youth expertise can shape public health priorities and practice.
This event is co-sponsored with the Community Engagement in Public Health Research and Practice concentration.
A light lunch will be provided. RSVP at this link.
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Matthew McCurdy
Sana Khan
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Healthy Conversations with Howard Koh
Koh will explore his career engaging in healthy conversations across political divides and share techniques to address critical issues in public health. Lunch will be provided.
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Howard Koh, MD
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Healthy Conversations with Ra’Shaun Nalls
Nalls with examine the realities of community engagement by offering a practical review of the application of the frameworks and techniques offered in Minson’s book, “How to Disagree Better.” Lunch will be provided.
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ARCH Doctoral Student Placement Report Back Session – Virtual
Join us for our final fall ARCH Doctoral Student Placement Report Back Session, featuring doctoral students who recently pursued community-based internships addressing structural racism and health. The ARCH program is led by Dr. Mary Bassett.
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Longwood Interfaith Dinner
Join the Presidential Initiative on Interfaith Engagement for a shared meal bringing together students from across Harvard’s schools to explore big questions about religion, spirituality, and ethics.
This year, our dinners are traveling across Harvard’s campuses. All dinners are open to all currently enrolled Harvard students, but we will be hosted each week by a different graduate community. Students from that school will lead elements of the dinner and contribute to planning. This week’s dinner will be hosted in Longwood!
Open to all current Harvard students from all religious, spiritual, and ethical traditions.
This event is hosted by the Presidential Initiative on Interfaith Engagement, in partnership with the Harvard Chan Office for Student Affairs, HSPH Office for Community and Belonging, HSDM Office of Student Affairs, Community & Campus Life, Office for Culture and Community Engagement at HMS, HMS Office of Student Affairs, HMS Office for Graduate Education, and the GSAS Office of Culture, Community, and Engagement.