The Black Scholar Series: Dr. Lisa Bowleg (Special Session)
If You Had Told Me Just Two Years Ago that I Would Become an Entrepreneur, I Would Have Called You Crazy
February 16, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Location
Virtual
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Download iCal FileAfter years of fielding requests to speak about intersectionality, write articles about intersectionality, or collaborate on intersectionality-related grant proposals, in July 2021, I formed a company named after my beloved grandmother (MRGD Consulting LLC), and launched the Intersectionality Training Institute (www.intersectionalitytraining.org). The Intersectionality Training Institute is an institute dedicated to training students, researchers, and practitioners how to apply intersectionality to health equity research, policy, and practice with fidelity to core tenets of intersectionality. This session will focus on the path that led to my becoming an entrepreneur after 24 relatively contented years as a professor. In the last two years, my professional life has morphed from the academy to the world of entrepreneurship in exciting ways that I could not have fathomed just a couple of years ago. In sharing this experience, I will talk about some of the important life lessons I’ve learned from this journey about:
- How obstacles in our way can become the way;
- The importance of trusting your gut;
- Not being afraid to fail;
- Being fearful and doing it anyway;
- Envisioning a world far beyond the one that you currently inhabit;
- The miracles of developing a ride or die team;
- The joys of being outside of your comfort zone; and
- Embracing the unconventional path
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Date posted
Dec 1, 2022
Date updated
Jan 24, 2023
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