Nursing’s Role in Addressing Racism
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Presented by: Virginia W. Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice Chair, New Hanover County NC Health & Human Services Board, Co-chair, Diversity & Inclusivity Committee, American Academy of Nursing, Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AACRN, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Adjunct Professor, Long Island University-Brooklyn, Founder & CEO, The SDF Group LLC, First Vice President, National Black Nurses Association, Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN, Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, Chair, National Academy of Medicine’s Board on Global Health, Bernardine Lacey, EdD, RN, FAAN, Founding Dean, Western Michigan University School of Nursing, Mary A. Maryland, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, Nurse Practitioner, Oak Street Health, Chicago, Chair of the Nominating Committee, American Academy of Nursing, and Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dean and Harold H. Green Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Senior Fellow in the Center for Health Policy, Brookings Institution
Recommended audience: Nurses
In this webinar, panelists discuss what structural racism is and how it prevents health equity, describe what activities and actions one can take to change or influence change toward achieving an equitable system, and more.