July Edition
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Time: 3:00PM – 4:30PM ET
Topic: What If Health Information Truly Understood You? AI in African Immigrant Communities
Guest Speaker: Ayo Olagoke, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
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On Wednesday, July 22 (3:00–4:30 PM ET). Artificial intelligence is quickly reshaping how health information is created, shared, and understood, but what happens when that information does not reflect the language, culture, values, or lived realities of African immigrant communities? This Alkebulan Circle will explore AI as a new frontier for precision health communication, examining how it can support more relevant, accessible, culturally responsive, and community-centered health information. Together, we will discuss the promises, risks, ethical questions, and community protections needed to ensure that AI helps health information truly “understand” the communities it aims to serve, with care and not assumptions.
Past Sessions
- June 2026 – Nutrition and Holistic Mental Well-Being Among African Immigrants in the United States
- May 2026 – Bridging Research and Practice to Close the Care Partner Wealth Gap
- April 2026 – Sankofa—Looking Back to Move Forward
- March 2026 – Data Disaggregation, Representation and Health Equity
- February – What African Immigrant Families Teach Us About Mental Health
- October – Centering Community in Maternal & Infant Health Research for African Immigrant Families
- September – Transnationalism and African Immigrant Health: Between Here and Home
- August – HIV Prevention in the Shadows of Migration
- July – Food Is Medicine – And Our Ancestors Knew It First
- June – Lessons from African Sexual and Gender Diverse Survival Immigrants: Atypical Multilevel Resilience
- May – Hidden Struggles: Dementia Among African Immigrant Elders
- April – Bridging Research & Practice: Faith, Culture, & Health for African Immigrants
- March – The Intersection of Workers’ Rights, Research, and Health: Ensuring Safe, Healthy Workplaces for African Immigrant Workers in the US
- February – The Role of Patient-Centered Research as an Advocacy Tool in Addressing the Adverse Impact of “Agenda47” on African Communities
- January – Engaging African Immigrants in Research