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In July, we launched an anti-racism summer reading program for incoming students. We assigned a book by @DorothyERoberts, and hosted discussions during orientation to discuss race as social construct. I was lucky to facilitate a group alongside @EdwinLindo https://twitter.com/lizstein_/status/1244079511144038405?s=20
Individuals at every level of the institution—students, faculty, staff, administrators—contributed to making this change happen. The biggest lesson from all of this: cultural change in academic medicine is possible, though only when we speak up, and only when we work together.
The email from our dean sharing the news included this acknowledgment: "Please know that the discussion and ultimate decision to avoid using the equation with a race term was prompted by concerns raised by UWSOM students". To medical students everywhere: your voices matter.
Very grateful to be at an institution that champions medical students, exemplified by Dr. @rajmehrotra1122, Chair of Nephrology at @UWMedicine https://twitter.com/rajmehrotra1122/status/1265113925760069633?s=20
Black students deserve all the credit for this change. They took tremendous personal risks to call attention to it, year after year. Thank you to @NNkinsi along with countless others for taking a stand, and leading the charge. https://twitter.com/NNkinsi/status/1265123896480591872?s=20
Many people have asked how we did this. Here is an elegant thread by @NNkinsi on the bold steps students took to make change happen. https://twitter.com/NNkinsi/status/1265340636510580736?s=20
I can't emphasize enough how important partnership across all levels was in bringing about this change. To our faculty and administration: thank you for your support, your humility, and your openness to change. https://twitter.com/rajmehrotra1122/status/1265310187100835840?s=20
