#  About BSC 

 



## ***Background***

Emerging as a response to social justice issues occurring around the nation, Black HMS staff members created a community forum – A Time for Reflection and Dialog – first held on Juneteenth (June 19th) in 2020. Encouraged by the profound advocacy born out of the national response to racial inequity, BSC founders, a group of regular participants from the community forum, began to focus on addressing institutional challenges that Harvard staff face in the workplace. [Read more about our origin story](https://my.hms.harvard.edu/news/finding-strength-together) (HarvardKey login required).



 

##  Leadership Committee 

 



  [### Terésa J. Carter

 ](/teresa-carter)Office for Culture and Community Engagement – Harvard Medical School

BSC Founding Member

 

 

 

      ![Terésa J. Carter](/sites/g/files/omnuum4011/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/blackstaffcaucus/files/1607037550862.jpg?itok=DHva_jdY) 

 

 

 

   [### Robin Cheung

 ](/robin-cheung)Harvard Ombuds Office | Longwood

BSC Founding Member

 

 

 

      ![Robin Cheung](/sites/g/files/omnuum4011/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/blackstaffcaucus/files/cheung.jpg?itok=vPySV9hy) 

 

 

 

   [### Bristian Justice

 ](/people/bristian-justice)Financial Operations - T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

 

 

      ![Bristian Justice](/sites/g/files/omnuum4011/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/blackstaffcaucus/files/b.justice_photo.jpg?itok=fAfXAE_i) 

 

 

 

   [### Ahmed Mohammed

 ](/ahmed-mohammed)Human Resources – Harvard Medical School

BSC Founding Member

 

 

 

      ![Ahmed Mohammed](/sites/g/files/omnuum4011/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/blackstaffcaucus/files/1547234435270.jpg?itok=3UFY_G4I) 

 

 

 

   [### June Zammett

 ](/june-zammett)Office for Faculty Affairs – Harvard Medical School

BSC Founding Member

 

 

 

      ![June Zammett](/sites/g/files/omnuum4011/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/blackstaffcaucus/files/june.z_image.jpeg?itok=n8azhwNM)