Notable Employment History:
-CDC, Deputy Associate Director for Science, Office of Health Equity, Mar 2022-present
-CDC, Emergency Response Activations, Dec 2014-present
-CDC, Team Lead/Lead Behavioral Scientist, June 2015-Mar2022
-CDC, Behavioral Scientist, Oct 2013-May 2015
-CDC, Evaluation Fellow, Oct 2012-Oct 2013
-Mercer University, Adjunct Professor, July 2014-Dec 2022
-Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies, Executive Director, Nov 1999-Aug 2005
-IWES, Program Director, Sexual and Reproductive Health& Rights. Jan 1999-Oct 1999
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Back when there was resounding agreement that only 2 genders exist, Euna August was laying the groundwork for the identity alphabet that exists today.
Before she was Deputy Associate Director for Science at CDC’s Office of Health and Equity, she spent over 6 years at the Institute for Women and Ethnic Studies in New Orleans, LA. Part of that time was Program Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, but the majority of the time she spent running the organization.
Some of the offerings at IWES include: Gender-affirming care training for staff to better understand the needs of cis- and transgender Black women living with HIV; In Clued, which is a sexual and reproductive health program that “centers the unique needs and experiences of LGBTQIA+ youth;” and, perhaps the scariest of all, their CrAFT curriculum for Louisiana schools, which “features a Human Rights-infused, Gender-Transformative, Trauma-informed approach to sex education.”
Someone who believes in such radical ideals, especially dealing with our youth, should have no place as a Deputy Director of “Science” in our federal government.
As co-lead of the Health Equity Intervention and Action Principles Team at the CDC, Euna August helped create “intervention and action principles” to “motivate and inform actions to advance health equity.”
These principles include things such as embracing equity as foundational, embodying anti-racism and anti-oppression, and applying equitable evaluation approaches. Building on these “principles,” August’s team at the Office of Health Equity has created a variety of trainings for CDC employees.
In addition to that, Euna August is helping “create a multi-year road map that intentionally connects health equity, social and structural determinants of health, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging, and related considerations to guide CDC’s science, programs, practices, and policies and incorporate intersectionality, anti-racism, anti-oppression, and global perspectives.” August believes the CDC should be guided by DEI and not science.
