Dear Colleagues,
We recently made the decision to rename our office from DEI to JEDI. The name change reflects our office’s framework and intent
to lead with Justice and Equity
. Inspired by the current national movements for Racial Justice, JEDI prompts us to reflect on our work and imagine our future with justice for all. We are excited to shift into a more consultative role and work with departments, offices, programs, and student organizations to provide additional supports for teaching and learning about oppression, especially Racism and Anti-Racism. We are currently in need of PPP facilitators for the fall and we are offering learning opportunities throughout July featured below.
If you have any questions about the programs below, please email: Kmartinez@mghihp.edu.
Sincerely,
JEDI Office
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
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Would you like to learn more about CRT? For the next five Tuesdays during 12pm-1pm EST, we will have guided discussions on pre-work assignments about the central tenets of CRT. We will e-mail all pre-work to those who register to attend.
You can view our curriculum here
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Many IHP community members have requested guidance and advice on how to have dialogues on Race and oppression. JEDI is hosting a 2 part series to introduce Brave Spaces and Intergroup Dialogue Theory and practice (IGD).
You are welcome to attend the 2 part series or request this workshop series for your department or student organization via google form.
Part I: Monday 7/6 12-1pm EST: Learn about Brave Spaces, IGD, and begin with a scenario regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. Pre-reading and a reflection will be assigned.
Part II: Monday 7/13 12pm-1pm EST: We will revisit the scenario in part one and work through other scenarios while applying IGD theory.
To request the series for your department, please do so via the google form linked above.
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The JEDI office proposes to develop and launch the IHP-Anti-Oppression Collaborative in Education. IHP-ACE would serve as an incubator for work, both with academic programs and research on excellence in pedagogy. While the JEDI office will focus on transformational diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the Institute as a whole, the IHP-ACE will focus on the curricular and co-curricular activities and offerings that impact the development of our students as just, equitable and anti-racist healthcare providers.
IHP-ACE provides two tiers of service:
1. General consultative support to academic programs on developing anti-oppressive curricula; and
2. Targeted support and resources for collaborative cross-departmental and cross-function projects that have potential to transform anti-oppressive education.
For the first tier of services, JEDI will have consultations with programs to facilitate a visioning and JEDI strategic planning process. Each department will be facilitated to develop a JEDI strategic plan that would guide the anti-oppression work of that unit. The IHP-ACE would support the work of the strategic plan in each department. Departments would make requests of JEDI for program support.
The fellowship is cohort-based and offers training and mentorship from JEDI staff to co-develop, pilot, and facilitate workshops and programs. JEDI Fellows work up to 15 hours a week for $15/hr on various projects and programs aligned with the MGH IHP mission.
If you're interested in applying for the JEDI Fellowship and joining the force, please apply via the hyperlink above and we will follow up with next steps.
The Deadline to apply via google form is 8/7/20.
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Fall PPP is scheduled for
Thursday, September 3, 2:00–3:30 p.m and we're in need of facilitators to help us lead conversations with incoming students.
We initially began conversations in March in the PPP Planning Committee about having more explicit conversations about racism as well as moving the course to a virtual format given the pandemic. A proposed curriculum for PPP was approved in April as we simultaneously developed training materials, facilitated the training, recruited facilitators, populated the D2L site with course content, including coordinating with speakers on videos and editing. D2L went live on May 18 and we successfully completed our first virtual PPP on June,1st less than 3 months after the initial conversations. The Summer PPP event had
309 total people on D2L: 247 students and self-enrollees and 62 facilitators! We have more student impact data available but we wanted to share a bit about students have shared:
"Just a huge thanks to everyone who made this event possible. I did not know this was missing from my life but now that I have all of this information, I feel empowered to make a change."
"I really appreciate this course being a part of orientation! And, I hope we continue to receive an education based on the topic of racism. As long as racism is around, we should be educating ourselves on it, and educating our family and peers! Thank you for your time!"
"Overall, this workshop has reinforced my desire to continue to educate myself about issues of power and privilege and learn (and in some cases, unlearn) how to bring these skills into my personal development so I can become a better clinician."
We are currently recruiting for Fall PPP facilitators and we are able to pay students $100 for their time. We have also made revisions to our training curriculum and materials given participants feedback.
To sign up to be a facilitator, please register.
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Join us for this conference bringing together interprofessional public health and healthcare professionals to explore the policy landscape around LGBTQ+ youth and healthcare, services for gender diverse individuals, and ways to enhance your own skills in providing gender-affirming care. Hear from advocates and leaders from MGH Institute of Health Professions, MGH Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ+ Youth, Fenway Institute, Boston GLASS, and more.
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Advancing Care For a Diverse Society
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