The next AAPI webinar will be held on Thursday, October 14, 10:00–11:00 a.m. This webinar series is co-sponsored by Mass General Brigham Diversity, Equity &Inclusion and the JEDI Office. Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH, director of the MGH Disparities Solutions Center and administrative director of the Mongan Institute and Dr. Elisa Choi, MD, FACP, FIDSA, chair emeritus of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission and Massachusetts Governor of the American College of Physicians will discuss AAPI health disparities at Mass General and beyond. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Kaveri Roy, DNP, RN, CHPN, an assistant professor of nursing. Register.

Kaveri Roy, DNP, RN, an assistant professor of nursing, received the Nancy T. Watts Award for Excellence in Teaching, the MGH Institute’s highest faculty honor for teaching.

Earlier this year, JEDI Fellow Kana Sakai interviewed Dr. Roy as her teaching style embraces justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Read the interview.

Rawan AlHeresh, MScOT, PhD, OTR/L, an associate professor of occupational therapy, received a New Investigator Award. Dr. AlHeresh was recognized for improving patient-reported outcomes for people with arthritis, her work in creating the “Toward an All-Inclusive Jordan” initiative, an academic-community partnership model serving as a platform for education, clinical training, and advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities living in refugee camps in her native country, receiving two Durant Fellowships from the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Global Health to health care professionals serving refugee populations and victims of complex humanitarian disasters.

Shweta Gore, PhD, DPT, GCS, CLT, an associate professor of physical therapy, received a New Investigator Award. Dr. Gore was recognized for her research in physical activity assessments in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and for receiving a Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network grant in which she is working with investigators from John Hopkins and Boston Medical Center to implement and evaluate an activity and mobility program in acute care. In 2019, she was awarded a $10,000 IHP internal grant that she used for a $500,000 NIH R15 grant that is expected to be awarded this fall.

Eleonor Pusey-Reid, DNP, RN, MS, MEd, a distinguished teaching associate professor of nursing, received this year’s School of Nursing Award for Excellence in Faculty Advising.

The Award for Excellence in Advancing Interprofessional Education and Practice was given to the Health Professions Education Program team. HPEd team members who work closely with the JEDI Office include Janice Palaganas, PhD, APRN, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH, a professor, Yolanda Mendez Rainey, the operations manager, and Jennifer Rodriguez, the program manager for online learning.

View the full article on those who were recognized at Convocation.

By Mary T. Perez

We would like to thank everyone who participated and volunteered to facilitate our September iteration of the Power, Privilege, and Positionality event held on September 1. We learned so much from our panelists Luella Benn, director of accessibility resources and wellness, Justice Shorter, Disability Justice advocate and Black Disabled Lives Matter amplifier, and Qudsiya Naqui, lawyer and activist. They discussed the intersection of race, health, and disability. Watch the recording.

We also wanted to share additional resources:

The JEDI Office would like to acknowledge those who engage in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) work at the IHP on top of their existing roles. Our goal is to use this information to make these contributions visible to the broader IHP community. Please fill out the form if a student, faculty, staff, and/or alum has supported you as it relates to JEDI.

President Paula Milone-Nuzzo presented an update on the JEDI Office at the September 20 Student Town Hall. View the slides.

The JEDI Council met for the first time this academic year on September 14. Members reflected on the September PPP, approved the April 5 meeting minutes, discussed institute wide JEDI core competencies, and reviewed recommendations from the IHP's Racial Equity and Justice Institute subcommittee.

The JEDI Council is seeking one additional student representative. JEDI Council members are expected to attend six meetings throughout the academic year and contribute to the Student Voices Subcommittee and communicating JEDI Council discussions to the community.

The JEDI Council is also recruiting for students to join the JEDI Council Student Voices Subcommittee. Members of this subcommittee are welcome to share concerns with JEDI Council Student Reps to report at meetings.

Please fill out this form if you are interested in being involved.

A Padlet has been launched with JEDI resources for students. Please use the password IHPJEDI to access this. Thank you to JEDI Fellows Annika Chan, Bella Coyne, Rosa Ortega, Alejandra Luna, and Richard Monari, Amanda Tarbet, Callie Watkins Liu, and Lindsey Lo for putting this together. While these resources are geared towards students, they are open to everyone. Our team will launch Padlets for faculty and staff over the next few months. Please let us know if you have any feedback.

The JEDI Fellows created a JEDI Community D2L page. Self-enroll to get all of the latest JEDI events in one place!

Restorative Justice is a philosophy and set of practices, rooted in Indigenous teachings, that emphasize our interconnection by repairing relationships when harm occurs. This philosophy also teaches us to be proactive about building and maintaining relationships to prevent future harm. Restorative justice invites a paradigm shift in the way we perceive and do justice; we go from a justice that harms to a justice that heals. The JEDI Office is working with community partners to embed the philosophy and principles of this work into the fabric of the IHP community. As we continue to unpack, unlearn and build up what it means to be "One IHP", we will be utilizing Restorative Practices such as the circle process, to support our dialogue for how to best be in community with one another at the IHP. We envision a community that centralizes humanity and relationships in the process of acknowledging, uprooting and eradicating oppressive systems and practices and Restorative Practices serve that vision.

Callie Watkins Liu, associate director of JEDI curriculum, pedagogy, and faculty support, and Jammy Millet, associate director of social justice education and student engagement, presented "Trauma Mindful Practices for Educators" at a recent Faculty Senate meeting. The presentation included a brief overview of trauma, understanding the self and the community, restorative and trauma-minded practices, and resources. View the slide deck.

A lot is going on in the world and we have the responsibility to hold, acknowledge, and spark intergroup dialogue about social issues and other world happenings within the classroom. Jammy Millet, associate director of social justice education and student engagement, created this resource of a framework adopted from The Institute for Anti-Racist Education that can support these dialogues.

CRT has been misrepresented and misunderstood. Here are some resources to learn more about CRT:

The Chronicle of Higher Education discussed the debate between DEI and Antiracism in a recent Race on Campus article.

Use your IHP email to sign up for a free account at the Chronicle of Higher Education website, and you will have access to all premium content via the library’s subscription.