In “Pandemic Reflections,” the Emory University Course for fall 2022, convenor Jodie Guest led undergraduate, graduate and professional students on a journey to discover lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics.
Emory’s first chief diversity officer, Carol Henderson, has had full days since touching down in Atlanta for her first days of work heading the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) nearly two years ago.
Henderson, who also is vice provost for diversity and inclusion and adviser to the president, recalls getting right down to it. She remembers her first decision: Would she co-sponsor “For Peace I Rise”? It is a musical depicting the bond between C. T. Vivian and his wife, Octavia Geans Vivian. Their love story helped ground them in their civil rights work during a volatile period in the nation’s history.