

She is a national speaker on the topics of antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion. Butler is the immediate past president of the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Council of Sections chair-elect. Lakesha Butler, LLC, a consulting agency whose mission is to disrupt and dismantle inequities and injustices in healthcare and higher education. Butler is a clinical professor of pharmacy practice and the director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Pharmacy. The keynote lecture will be delivered by Lakesha Butler, Pharm.D. Registration is required for both the virtual and in-person events.

An in-person watch party will be held in the College of Pharmacy (1100 North University Building – Room 1552). The U-M College of Pharmacy and the MLK Health Sciences Committee invite you to attend the 2022 MLK Health Sciences Lecture, entitled: “This is America: Confronting Health Inequities … Writing Prescriptions for Change.”
