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June 2020 Monthly Newsletter

House Staff Diversity Council

We want to thank the Johns Hopkins Community for supporting our White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL) commemoration this past Friday! It was really heartening to witness the outpouring of support from all members of the Johns Hopkins Community (in person, virtually and in spirit).

As residents of a prestigious academic hospital system, we are repeatedly encouraged to look to the data to guide our medical decisions. Briefly, the data shows that we live in a world where infant mortality of are twice that of White Americans and the life expectancy of African Americans is as much as six years less than that of our white counterparts. At the same time, we live in a world where despite only making up 13 percent of the US population, Black Americans are two and a half times more likely as White Americans to be killed by the police. Racism is a public health crisis.

Recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more by police brutality has forced us to acknowledge the reality of anti-black racism, its long history, and its current force in our institutional and social structures and highlighted our responsibility for ending it. We support WC4BL, Black Lives Matter (BLM), and the protests and demonstrations around the country that are collectively asking us to dismantle racist policies and cultures in our communities.

We are here because the academic medical community is no different, and has to rise to the occasion and do the same. WC4BL, both the hashtag and the organization is about so much more than a photo opportunity and solidarity, but about action and results. It’s about bringing about substantial antiracist changes in the policies and culture of academic medicine. It is about holding our institutions accountable, because despite how well Johns Hopkins is doing, we can and must always strive to do better.

We, as the HSDC, plan to follow up with senior leadership on specific requests that we have created in the spirit of the WC4BL. We recognize that the institution supports diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the current movement to address systemic social and racial disparities. We aim to hold Johns Hopkins accountable and ensure that the institution’s intent translates into tangible and perceived impacts for not only the Hopkins community, but the greater Baltimore community as well.

We hope to continue in a good faith dialogue with open communication with senior leadership moving forward. We know we can always do better because this institution has wisely invested in diversity and inclusion efforts and has seen important gains as reflected in the increase in the number of under-represented trainees in this year’s match.

When we work together, we can dismantle all forms of oppression and racism within our institution and beyond. Video by Johns Hopkins Medicine of the Johns Hopkins #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives observance on June 5th to honor George Floyd and the other victims who have been killed as a result of police brutality.

Our Mission Promote both diversity and inclusion within Johns Hopkins Medicine by championing various initiatives that foster the following goals at various levels of the institution.

• Social Camaraderie • Community Engagement • Inclusive Culture Climate • Mentorship & Sponsorship • Scholastic Achievements

Upcoming Events

Juneteenth/#BlackLivesMatter Fundraiser Please support the #BlackLivesMatter movement by donating and sharing your story:

1. We will be supporting local grassroots organizations in Baltimore that advocate for the end of police brutality. Fundraiser ends June 19, 2020. Donations can be sent via Venmo (@meron-hirpa), Zelle (904- 887-8831) or Cash App ($ausoro) 2. Include a statement or share your story HERE about what this movement means to you as a human being and physician / health care provider. We hope to share these (anonymized) comments widely.

Upcoming Baltimore Demonstrations

We will share additional information as events become formalized. For now, we hope to see you at the two scheduled demonstrations for this week in Baltimore (on Wednesday and Friday).

JHH Diversity Council: A Moment of Hope & Healing Event Thursday, June 8th at 7am and 12 noon The JHH Diversity Council invites you to join them for 8 minutes and 46 seconds for reflection, prayer and a moment of silence on Thursday, June 8th at 7am and 12 noon. Zoom webinar: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/93933416805

COVID-19 Grand Rounds Tuesday, June 9 | 8:30 AM EDT The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 by Race & Ethnicity

If interested in attending, register here

Though we are unable to attend parades and celebrate Pride Month together this year, we can take the opportunity to learn more about Pride Month in the Johns Hopkins Medicine heritage guide, and on the LGBT Resources and Johns Hopkins University LGBTQ Life websites. We also want to congratulate the Pride Month Achievers Award recipients: Adler Archer, innovation researcher; Andrianna Ayiotis, biomedical engineering graduate student; Clare Madgrigal, LGBTQ resource nurse student; Brian Meise, clinical nurse extern; Laura Torres, behavioral health program manager.

Community Service JHM Food For Hopkins Program

Volunteers Needed by JHM Office of Diversity and Inclusion: They are in need of volunteers for packing/sorting and distributing food. To sign up to volunteer at Bayview, click here To sign up to volunteer at JHH, click here Mask Donations for Demonstrators

We would like to thank Johns Hopkins Medicine for graciously donating 100K face masks to share with attendees of demonstrations around Baltimore City and Washington DC. We passed out over 2,000 face masks this past weekend to promote health behaviors and prevent the spread of covid19.

We would like to thank many volunteers who helped us pass out the face masks at various demonstrations in Baltimore and DC over the weekend! Our efforts were highlighted in (starts under the 4:03PM time stamp): https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/06/dc-protests-saturday- george-floyd/

If interested in volunteering by passing out masks to demonstrators on Wed June 10th or Friday June 12th please text 832-466-9714.

Creating an Inclusive Culture

In this time of American history, most of us, regardless of our race/ethnicity/socioeconomic status are feeling varying levels of anger or sadness for different reasons. Some of us may just be wrapping our minds around what it must be like to live as a Black or Brown person in the and may be wondering where to begin to get a deeper understanding of race relations in the United States. Here are a list of anti-racism resources compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein that we can use to begin to deepen our anti-racism work.

This document is intended to serve as a resource to and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Videos to watch:

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

Articles to read:

“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

”: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists

”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

The 1619 Project (all the articles) | Magazine

The Combahee River Collective Statement

“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

Podcasts to subscribe to:

1619 (New York Times)

About Race

Code Switch (NPR)

Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

Seeing White

Films and TV series to watch:

13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent

Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent

Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent

I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy

If Beale Street Could Talk () —

Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent

King In The Wilderness — HBO

See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix

Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent

The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Books to read:

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Me and by Layla F. Saad

Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The Next : Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth- Century America by Ira Katznelson

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Organizations to follow on social media: Antiracism Center:

Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

More anti-racism resources to check out:

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Anti-Racism Project

Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)

Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources

Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac

Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits

“Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie

Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials

Resources to raise anti-racist children: Books:

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

Podcasts:

Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

Fare of the Free Child podcast

Articles:

PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month

Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon

Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.

Supportive Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic

JHM Food For Hopkins Program

JHH East Baltimore: Armstrong Medical Education Building, 1st Floor Auditorium (1600 McElderry Street, inside the JHOC circle) Monday – 7:30am to 11:30am Wednesday – 3:00pm to 7:00pm Friday – 7:30am to 11:30am

Bayview: Asthma & Allergy Building, Grossi Auditorium (5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, 21224) Tuesday – 3:00pm to 7:00pm Friday – 7:30am to 11:30am Scholastic Achievements

Stay tuned for an upcoming survey aimed at understanding House Staff perceptions of diversity and inclusion at Johns Hopkins. If you are interested in being involved in our research efforts, please contact us at: [email protected] Interested in championing diversity and inclusion efforts at Johns Hopkins? PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A HOUSE STAFF DIVERSITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBER! The link for descriptions and sign-up can be found here. Simply add your name to the "committee leader/members" list next to the committee you are interested in. We look forward to working with you!

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

MEETING REMINDERS

House Staff Council MTG

Virtual Meetings to be announced via email

CONTACT US

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The Diversity Council would like to highlight URMs at work! If you have any photos of yourself or your colleagues caring for patients, in the OR, in conference, being scholarly, etc, PLEASE SEND TO US at [email protected]. Our goal is to create a JH GME Display to highlight our activities at regional / national conferences / events. Please DO NOT send pictures of patient that reveal identifying information / not obtained with consent.

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