Allies Welcomed to Advance Racial Equity (AWARE) Faculty Seminar Series: Program Design and Implementation

dc.contributor.authorTucker Edmonds, Brownsyne
dc.contributor.authorNeal, Chemen
dc.contributor.authorShanks, Anthony L.
dc.contributor.authorScott, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorRouse, Caroline E.
dc.contributor.authorBernard, Caitlin
dc.contributor.authorSotto-Santiago, Sylk
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-18T20:32:46Z
dc.date.available2023-04-18T20:32:46Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, White faculty in our department began to express the desire to gain a greater understanding of structural racism and racial inequity. To facilitate this learning, support allyship, and mitigate the emotional labor and taxation that frequently falls on faculty of color to respond to these appeals, we developed AWARE (Allies Welcomed to Advance Racial Equity), a faculty seminar series primarily designed for and led by a majority White faculty to tackle the topics of structural racism, Whiteness, and Anti-racist action. Methods: We developed a 6-session seminar series, identifying 5 White faculty as lecturers and a cadre of Black and White volunteer facilitators, to lead 60-minute sessions comprised of lecture, facilitated small group reflection, and large group sharing, that reviewed key topics/texts on structural racism, Whiteness, and Anti-racism. Results: Attendance ranged from 26 to 37 participants at each session. About 80% of faculty participated in at least 1 session of the program. The majority of participants (85%) felt “more empowered to influence their current environment to be more inclusive of others” and were “better equipped to advocate for themselves or others.” Most (81%) felt “more connected to their colleagues following completion of the program.” Ultimately, faculty thought highly of the program upon completion with 26/27 (96%) stating they would recommend the program to a colleague. Discussion: We offer a reproducible model to improve departmental climate by engaging in the shared labor of educating our colleagues and communities about structural racism, Whiteness, and Anti-racism to create a point of entry into reflection, dialogue, and deliberate actions for change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTucker Edmonds, B., Neal, C., Shanks, A., Scott, N., Robertson, S., Rouse, C. E., Bernard, C., & Sotto-Santiago, S. (2021). Allies Welcomed to Advance Racial Equity (AWARE) Faculty Seminar Series: Program Design and Implementation. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205211034940en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/32499
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1177/23821205211034940en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectStructural racismen_US
dc.subjectRacial inequityen_US
dc.subjectFaculty developmenten_US
dc.subjectFaculty trainingen_US
dc.subjectWhitenessen_US
dc.subjectAnti-racist actionen_US
dc.titleAllies Welcomed to Advance Racial Equity (AWARE) Faculty Seminar Series: Program Design and Implementationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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