2024-2025 One Book One Campus Activities
This will be the eighth year of the One Book One Campus program organized by the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE). This program is designed to bring students and campus community members together across professions around shared and relevant healthcare-related issues.
We’re excited to announce this fall’s One Book One Campus selection, recommended by the IPE Student Representatives and the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE). This year the book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same. It highlights several themes relevant to health care - structural factors contributing to health inequity, the power of interprofessional teamwork, and the concept of One Health.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Keynote presentation by Jermaine Jackson - Grand Nephew of Henrietta Lacks (co-sponsored by the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, the Strauss Health Sciences Library, the CU School of Dental Medicine, the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, and the Colorado School of Public Health.
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IPE Open Campus Menu
IPE Movie or Book Discussion "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Organization hosting: CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education & Strauss Health Sciences Library
Description: Don't have time to read the book, check out the movie featuring Oprah Winfrey!! – there is still a lot to talk about! We invite you to join us for PIZZA and a discussion of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Noon-1:00 pm (Lunch Provided for in-person dates)
March 27, 2025 - Location: Strauss Library Tower Room (3rd Floor)
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Community Circle
Organization hosting: Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
Description: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Our goal is to foster understanding across different perspectives while examining the broader implications of the Lacks family's story...
In-Person Location: Fulginiti Pavilion Art Gallery
Virtual Zoom: April 11: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/93298570469
Feb 26 "Legacy and Justice" [In person]
Art talk. “Surface Under the Microscope” Series on HeLa paintings: Examining how historical inequities continue to shape present-day experiences.
Mar 25 "Family Stories and Medical History” [In person]
Looking at how health information, genetic heritage, and family narratives intersect with community wellbeing and identity. When did you first become aware of your family's medical history? How did this knowledge affect you? What stories about health and healing have been passed down in your family? How has your community's relationship with healthcare systems evolved across generations?"
Apr 11 “A HeLa Story” [Virtual]
A reflection on Jermaine Jackson’s presentation, “A HeLa Story: Henrietta Lacks the Mother of Modern and Future Medicine” What moment or story from Jermaine Jackson's talk resonated most deeply with you? How did hearing the Lacks family story directly from a family member shift your understanding of the HeLa legacy? What connections did you notice between the Lacks family's experience and stories from your own family or community?"
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A HeLa Story: Henrietta Lacks the mother of modern and future medicine
One Book One Campus Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jermaine Jackson - Grand-Nephew of Henrietta Lacks
Organization hosting: CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities
April 10, 2025 - 12:00-1:00p
Location: Nighthorse Campbell Native Health (M24-110) Shore Family Forum (Zoom option available)
Description: Jermaine Jackson, is the curator and founder of the only experiential exhibit, "The Henrietta Lacks Traveling Museum" that highlights the life and breakthrough medical contributions of his late great aunt, Henrietta Lacks, known as "The Mother of Modern and Future Medicine". In 1951, Mrs. Lacks died of cervical cancer. Prior to her death, an intentional act of unethical medical practices led to her cells being harvested without her knowledge or consent. After her death, her stolen cells surprisingly stayed alive, making them the first discovery of a human immortal cell line. Her cells, the HeLa Cells, became the foundation of the advancement of medical research.
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