A faculty candidate for the Health Disparities/Health Equity position is an Executive Director of a local nonprofit organization and an adjunct professor at Muhlenberg College.  The faculty candidate holds a joint MSW from North Carolina A&T and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a postgraduate certificate in Global Health, and a doctorate in Health Sciences from Nova Southeastern University.  Moreover, the faculty candidate possesses a strategic perspective in nonprofit management through a certificate earned from Harvard Business School.

Research Talk: "Addressing Engagement Suppression in Black and Brown Racialized Communities"

Across the United States, the politics of power, voice, and funding continue to disparately impact the health and life outcomes of most of the Black and Brown residents.  At the root of the disparities can often be found a conscious and unconscious cross-sector collaboration of historically White institutions to silence, exclude, and suppress the voices and engagement of communities of color in leadership, decision-making, and community and economic development.  This conceptual article is based on the work of Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley (PNLV), introduces the Radical Welcome and Engagement Restoration Model (RWERM), a community practice framework that challenges structural and/or oppressive conditions and forces that suppress minority engagement.  This article provides a complete description of the RWERM, highlights its theoretical assumptions, and explains how it can be implemented across the country.  The potential impact of the program in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is discussed.