Anti-Racism Task Force

Mission:

The mission of this taskforce is to establish a new institutional culture–relationship and create educational policies and practices that are anti-racist.  We are in a unique moment in history that can lead to meaningful and lasting change that aligns with our values to care for each other and our patients.

Aims:

• Eliminate long-standing institutional racism at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
• Foster ongoing, authentic dialogue about race, racism, and anti-blackness.
• Incorporate required anti-racism curriculum content into all levels of education for medical students.
• Implement strategies to optimize recruitment and retention of diverse students, residents, and faculty at UCCOM.
• Implement required ongoing COM-wide anti-racism education.

Members:

• Dr. Mia Mallory - Chair, Associate Dean of Diversity Equity and Inclusion; Associate Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Dr. Opeolu Adeoye - Associate Professor, Department  of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Heather Christensen - Assistant Professor, Educator, Department of Medical Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 
• Heather Cox - Executive Director, Operations and Finance, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Caroline Freiermuth - Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr.  Tammy Gonzalez - M3 Student, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Anna Goroncy - Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program, The Christ Hospital; Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Clyde Henderson - Orthopedic Surgery, Retired, Community member at large
• Stefany Hernandez - M4 Student, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Lisa Johnson - Assistant Dean of Diversity Equity and Inclusion;  Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Elizabeth Leenellett - Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Health West Chester Hospital
• Dr. Robert Neel - Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Education, Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine; Neurology Residency Training Program Director, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Camille Sullivan - M3 Student, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Alice Tang - Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (ENT), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Dr. Nita Walker - Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Resources

Books:

• Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• 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 White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
• 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
• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
• 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
• Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Podcasts to Subscribe to:

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• CEO Action Time to Act
• 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

Film and TV Series to Watch:

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• 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 (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• 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 Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Additional Resources:

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• The 1619 Project Curriculum | Curriculum
• Accountability Statement | Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• The AntiRacist Table (30 day challenge)
• Anti-Racism Project
• Beyond This Moment virtual series: Doing Our Work: White Folks Engaged in the Movement for Racial Equity (Zoom recording)
• Center for Urban Education (CUE) Racial Equity Tools | w/USC’s Race & Equity Center (Laying the Groundwork, Defining the Problem, Creating Solutions Through Inquiry, Scaling & Sustaining the Work)
• Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others published by Pepperdine University's online Master of Psychology program.
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
• Keep It Real-Diverse2 (games/cards to be used as tools for difficult conversations)
• Medium.com
• Mindfulness Project (EP of meditations about allyship, racism and lovingkindness)
• NYTimes.com Race/Related
• Race Matters: Eradicating Racism in the Corporate World: A webinar series | Korn Ferry
• Race Matters: What Can I Do Infographic | Korn Ferry
• 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
• Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
• Teaching While White | Blog
• TED Talks
• Women Advancing Together Blog
• Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women | Insight Into Diversity
• Why is this happening? — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials

Videos to Watch:

• Bryan Stevenson: Bear Witness, Take Action (video)
• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• Diversity Training Isn’t Enough: Racism, Trauma and Justice w/Dr. Joy Degruy (2:02:46)
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall: How to Explain Racism to Kids (21:28)
• CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall: Elmo and his dad Louie Talk About Racism and Protesting (2:31)
• How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations | Howard C. Stevenson Ted Talk (17:27)

Articles to Read:

• 10 Documentaries to Watch About Race Instead of Asking a Person of Colour to Explain Things for You by Ben Clay | DocPlay.com (June 3, 2020)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• 29 Movies, Shows, and Documentaries to Watch to Educate yourself on Racial Injustice by Ashley Selleke | Theeverygirl.com (June 4, 2020)
• America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Code of Ethics for White Anti-Racists by Tim Wise | Medium.com (June 16, 2020)
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
• For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies by Courtney Ariel | Sojo.net (August 16, 2017)
• How Did We Get Here? by Gillian B. White | The Atlantic (June 16, 2020)
• How to Talk to Relatives Who Care More About Looting Than Black Lives by Rachel Miller | Vice.com (June 3, 2020)
• How to Talk to your Children About Protests and Racism by Sandee LaMotte | CNN.com (June 2, 2020)
• How to Turn White Privilege Into Antiracist Allyship | WGPH.org (June 5, 2020)
• How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism by Elly Belle | teenvogue.com (August 2, 2019)
• How White Women Can Use their Privilege to End Racism by Tikia K. Hamilton, PhD | Zora.medium.com (May 28, 2020)
• The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It? by Kira Hudson Banks and Richard Harvey | Harvard Business Review (June 11, 2020)
• Message to White Allies from a Black Racial Dialogue Expert: You’re Doing it Wrong by Dr. David Kempt | Medium.com (April 27, 2020)
• My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• Racial Equity at Work Isn’t Rocket Science by Dorianne St. Fleur | Medium.com (June 14, 2020)
• Racial Microaggressions: Examples and Phrases for Productive Dialogue by Kristen Rogers | CNN (June 6, 2020)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groupsdeveloped by Craig Elliott PhD
• What Black Scientists Want From Colleagues and their Institutions by Virginia Gewin | Nature (June 22, 2020)
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
• Why You Should Stop Saying, “I Don’t See Color” by Dawn Porter | msn.com (June 7, 2020)

Organizations to Follow on Social Media:

• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• 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

Community Based Involvement in Cincinnati:

• All Children Thrive - https://www.actnowcincy.org/
• The Health Generation (Gen H) - https://genh.healthcollab.org/
• Interact for Health - https://www.interactforhealth.org/
• Health Gap - https://closingthehealthgap.org/
• Joining Forces for Children - http://www.joiningforcesforchildren.org/
• Cradle Cincinnati - https://www.cradlecincinnati.org/
• Apoyo Latino - http://cincinnatilatino.org/
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - https://cincinnatinaacp.com/
• Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio- https://www.ulgso.org/
• Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati - http://www.hispanicchambercincinnati.com/

Care for Black People:

• 11 Black People Share Big and Small Ways They’re Caring for Themselves by Tonya Russell | SELF (June 5, 2020)
• 13 Black Women in Wellness Share what Wellness & Self-Care Means to them by Leah Thomas | The Good Trade
• For Colored Girls in Academia Who Have Burned Out/When Rest is Enough by Jasmine Abukar | Medium.com (June 9, 2020)
• How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them by Elizabeth Wellington | The Philadelphia Inquirer (June 4, 2020)
• Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling with this Very Painful Week by Rachel Miller | Vice.com (May 28, 2020)
• Talking About Race: Self-Care | National Museum of African American History & Culture/Smithsonian