Statement from the Center for Health Equity on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Center for Health Equity developed the preliminary draft of this in 2017 and finalized in 2019 to demonstrate our commitment to promote health equity in our society, it is our responsibility to take a clear stand in our actions to address disparities faced by marginalized groups. We believe that all actors of our community have the power to promote equity.
As such, following are some of the actionable steps that the Center for Health Equity aims to continue to take in order to achieve such a goal. We look forward to an open dialogue with members of the campus community in achieving such steps:
- Implement an intentional recruitment strategy of diverse scholars to the Center who actively focus their research on social justice.
- Promote of scholarship that address the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, sexual/gender minority status, religion, disability, etc., thus highlighting the complex experiences of marginalized groups.
- Establish of a Center for Health Equity YouTube channel and newsletter to invite key leaders and advocates of inclusion.
- Support mentorship of underrepresented student scholars with research focused on health disparities and social justice.
- Actively involve community perspectives in the research questions asked and how they are approached.
- Widely disseminate our research to the community in order to generate ongoing dialogue and action.
- Seek funding support to promote above-mentioned initiatives.
- Establish and sustain an external advisory board to provide perspective and accountability of implicit biases in our actions and decisions.