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BHM: How Traveling the World as a Pan Am Stewardess Prepared me for a Career in DEI

BHM: How Traveling the World as a Pan Am Stewardess Prepared me for a Career in DEI In-Person

Please join us for a special conversation with Dr. Sheila Nutt, one of the first Black Pan American World Airways flight attendants! Dr. Nutt is the former Director of Educational Outreach Programs in The Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School. She is currently collating and sharing the stories of her fellow Black Pan Am flight attendants, who call themselves the “Pan Am Blackbirds,” and develping a podcast of the same name. “It’s the opportunity to hear our stories, in our words.”

Come join us for this unique opportunity to hear her trailblazing story! 

Click here to read "Building A Spirit of Inclusion: Pan Am and The Cultural Revolution" by Mirembe B. Birigwa. 

Click here to read "Traveling the world as one of the first Black Pan Am flight attendants" by Francesca Street, CNN.

Click here to read or listen to "'The World Is Open To You': Former Flight Attendant Reflects On Helping Break Pan Am’s Color Barrier 50 Years Ago" by Lynn Jolicoeur and Lisa Mullins, WBUR.

Date:
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time:
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Countway Floor 1: Room 102
Campus Location:
Harvard Longwood Campus
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