On this special episode of the show, Drs. Cara Williams, Tyra Davis, Tierra Price and Michael Blackwell sit down to talk about being Black and being veterinarians.They share personal and sometimes painful experiences and realities and how they cope with racism. In the end, they are hopeful that this moment in our history leads to meaningful change.

On this episode of the podcast, Drs. Matthew Salois and Bridgette Bain from the American Veterinary Medical Association stop by to discuss the how the pandemic has affected the economy and what it means for practitioners, veterinary students and marginalized populations.

On this episode of Diversity and Inclusion on Air, Dr. Elizabeth Strand (UTK) and Makenzie Peterson (AAVMC) discuss student wellbeing during the pandemic as well as what this period means for marginalized populations

Additional Resources:

https://tryhealthyminds.org/

http://www.pacwrc.pitt.edu/curriculum/313_MngngImpctTrmtcStrssChldWlfrPrfssnl/hndts/HO15_ThnkngAbtThnkng.pdf

https://woebot.io/

On this episode of the show, Dr. Danielle Frey and students Uzma Manzoor, Juan Orjuela and, now, Dr. Stéphie-Anne Dulièpre (Congrats!) discuss the need for greater multilingualism in the veterinary medical profession.

This episode of the podcast features Amanda Bates, Director of Career Services and Professional Development at NCSU CVM discussing the impact of the pandemic on the job searches of new graduates. She also discusses the rising anxiety held by 3rd year veterinary students as they begin online clinics and ponder the job outlook one year from now.

Ms. Bates is a proud member of VetCAN, a group of career counselors working and coaching within colleges of veterinary medicine. For more information about VetCAN, visit: https://www.aavmc.org/additional-pages/vetcan.aspx.

Drs. Allen Cannedy (NCSU), Latonia Craig (Purdue) and Suzie Kovacs (Western University of Health Sciences) stop by to discuss the various ways they have included diversity, equity and inclusion content in the professional DVM curriculum. They chat about the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned. They also give advice to colleagues and practitioners about the importance of having cultural competent graduates.

Resources:

National Coalition Building Institute

https://diversity.ncsu.edu/ncbi/

Race Awareness Workshop

http://www.basicdiversity.com/

NCSU Values

https://cvm.ncsu.edu/values/

Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine

https://www.purdue.edu/vet/humancenteredvetmed/

On this episode of the show, Dr. Cody Nielsen, Founder of Convergence, stops by to discuss the importance of religious literacy. He discusses general categories of religions practiced around the world and provides a short primer on the most practiced religions outside of the Abrahamic traditions.

Resources:

Harvard Religious Literacy Project

https://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/

Pluralism Project

https://pluralism.org/

Hinduism for Dummies

https://www.dummies.com/store/product/Hinduism-For-Dummies.productCd-0470878584.html

Convergence

https://convergenceoncampus.org/

Dr. Tina Tran, president of the Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association, stops by to discuss the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in the US directly stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resources

Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)

http://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/

Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)

https://caasf.org/

STOP AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Hate reporting center and form:

https://caasf.org/2020/03/fight-covid-19-xenophobia-help-stopaapihate/

MCVMA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MCVMA/

Oh this episode of the show Gena Grant from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine sits down to discuss how to navigate the veterinary job market with a disability.

Recent Lincoln Memorial University graduates, Drs. Rachel Sparling and Crystal Jackson, along with Dr. Randy Evans, LMU Associate Dean of Career Services and Professional Development stop by to discuss being prepared for diversity conflicts in practice.