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2025 Women’s History Month Events and Resources
March is Women's History Month and International Women's Day is March 8.
UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement (ODCE) has announced the UVA Health 2025 Women's History Month theme as Moving Forward Together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations, in collaboration with the National Women's History Alliance theme.
"We acknowledge and celebrate the collective strength and influence of women who have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship, and leadership. Through their efforts, they have served as an inspiration for all generations — both past and present throughout the years at UVA Health," says ODCE.
Supporting our unifying vision to be "the nation's leading public academic health system and a best place to work while transforming patient care, research, education, and engagement with the diverse communities we serve," UVA Health is offering this list below of events and resources:
Events
- Opening Celebration: Women Educating and Inspiring Generations | March 7, 12-1 p.m. | Pinn Hall G1/G2 | Registration Required | Join UVA Health ODCE for a luncheon featuring keynote speaker Nassima Tiouririne, MD, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director; Associate Director, Psychiatry Residency Program; Director, Center for Leading-Edge Addiction Research (CLEAR) Outpatient Psychiatry Services; and Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry and Office-Based Opioid Treatment.
- My Voice, My Story Featuring Toiya Sosa, ECDHE, NDCCDP, MLS, MBA | March 10, 12-1 p.m. | Registration Required to Receive Zoom Link | The Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Riverside Health System, Newport News, Virginia, shares her journey using storytelling, significant mileposts, new learnings, and recommended best practices and benchmarks. This series spotlights a leading expert — outside UVA Health — in healthcare, mental health, restorative justice, or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- UVA Health Storytellers Featuring Ashley Woodard, Ed.D. | March 17, 12-1 p.m. | Hybrid | Pinn 1005 on-site | Registration Required for On-site or to Receive Zoom Link | The Director of Diversity Programs and Strategic Partnerships, UVA School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion shares her academic and career journey via storytelling, significant mileposts, new learnings, and recommendations for positive individual, team, and institutional growth. This series spotlights a leading expert — inside UVA Health — in healthcare, mental health, restorative justice, or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- University Medical Center Historical Tour | Friday, March 21, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Meet in front of West Complex off University Avenue and Hospital Drive | Registration Required | Melody M. Pannell, DMin., MSW, M.Div., MACE, GC, Director, ODCE, leads this tour and discusses the history of race at UVA Health, 1901-1964 and beyond, particularly concerning policies that affected Black women throughout the community in Charlottesville. Sponsored by UVA Health ODCE.
