Join us for the third annual BIPOC @ Specialized Youth Summit on April 26, 2025, from 9:30am to 4:00pm at Stuyvesant High School, located at 345 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10282.

Our third annual BIPOC Youth Summit is focused on Empowered Agents of Change.
As we work together to examine inequality, we encourage all to become empowered agents of change.

This event is open to all students. The purpose of this youth summit is to provide a safe space for NYC’s specialized high school BIPOC students (which includes Black, African American, Caribbean American, Latina/o/x, Native American, Indigenous, and People of Color) enrolled in grades 9-12 to discuss lived experiences, explore resources, and build a continued support network.

This event is free to attend, but you must register in advance. Those interested in attending must RSVP using this Eventbrite page, where you will also find the agenda for the day. The program will begin at 9:30 AM.

This event is brought to you by a special collaboration between the Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association, Rene Moulton, DEI Committee, Family Engagement Team, Parent Associations, MOSAIC Parent Outreach, Stuyvesant HS’s Principal Dr. Yu, Brooklyn Technical High School, The Bronx High School of Science, LaGuardia High School of the Arts, Stuyvesant High School, and our special guests Dr. Uché Blackstock and the Dance Theater of Harlem.

Uché Blackstock, MD ’95

As children in the 1980s, Uché Blackstock ’95 and her twin sister Oni Blackstock ’95 watched their mother lead an organization of Black women physicians: fiercely intelligent women in white coats who cured ills and saved lives. Destined to follow in her footsteps, Uché and her sister went on to become the first Black mother-daughter legacies from Harvard Medical School.

But as her career continued as an ER physician and a professor in academic medicine, Dr. Uché Blackstock became profoundly aware of what she hadn’t seen as a child: the dangerous systemic barriers that Black patients and physicians face. In LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine (Viking, January 23, 2024), Dr. Blackstock tells the incredible story of her career and reveals the deep inequities that still exist in American healthcare.

In a medical system where only 2% of physicians are Black women, Black Americans have far worse health outcomes than any other group in the country. LEGACY is a journey through the critical intersection of racism and healthcare, exposing a flawed system of practices and policies that jeopardize the well-being of entire communities. Following Dr. Blackstock’s odyssey from child to medical student to practicing physician, this captivating memoir not only explores the legacy of her mother and other pioneering Black physicians but also the long shadow of inequality in the United States healthcare system. With striking wisdom and inspiring leadership, LEGACY ultimately shows Dr. Blackstock’s path to realizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.

In 2019, Dr. Blackstock founded Advancing Health Equity, an organization that aims to dismantle racism in healthcare and close the gap in racial health equities. She has been recognized by Forbes Magazine, Essence Magazine, the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund, the American Medical Student Association, and numerous other institutions for her work as a thought leader and advocate on bias and racism in medicine. A medical contributor to MSNBC and NBC News, Dr. Blackstock’s commentary on the latest news in healthcare has been featured widely.

LEGACY is at once a searing indictment of our healthcare system, a generational family memoir, and a powerful call to action.

Yes! All are welcome to join us at 345 Chambers Street. Please do not allow a special need to keep you from attending Reunion. The new Stuyvesant High School building is fully accessible. We want everyone to enjoy their time visiting and to participate in as many Reunion activities as possible.

If you anticipate needing a special accommodation based on a medical condition or (dis)ability, please contact us at alumni@shsaa.org. We will do our very best to accommodate your request.