Conscious Anti-Racism

What is whiteness, and why must we examine it?

How does whiteness relate to white people?

How does our racial identity impact what we are taught about ourselves? 

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill discusses whiteness. She shares some of her own experiences as she discusses the importance of examining one’s own whiteness and how whiteness impacts the world around us - on an interpersonal and a systemic level. Jill also shares resources that can help white people on this journey.

Links:

Article on Whiteness from National Museum of African American History and Culture nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/whiteness

Book: Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad  laylafsaad.com/meandwhitesupremacy

Courses and Trainings: 

Race and Resilience with Michelle Johnson and Kerri Kelly www.raceandresilience.com/cohort-2022

Allies in Action with Leslie Mac  www.lesliemac.com/bootcamp

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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What has society lost because of racism? How can white people take ownership of their past and move forward?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Martha Caldwell, the co-founder and vice president of learning and development at iChange. They discuss the myth of the Zero-Sum Game and how everyone benefits from equity. Martha gives advice on approaching racist actions of family and friends. She also explains ways to keep yourself accountable when confronting racism and the need for organizations to have top-level people trained in equity work.

Martha is a co-founder and vice president of learning and development at iChange. She draws on the power of story to make the impact of social identity visible. Her approach synthesizes elements of social and emotional intelligence, inquiry learning, and identity formation research. She served on Emory University’s consulting team for the Dalai Lama’s Social Emotional and Ethical Learning curriculum and designs and facilitate DEI programs for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights..

LINKS

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.ichangecollaborative.com

LinkedIn: @marthacaldwell

Book: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee www.amazon.com/Sum-Us-Everyone-Prosper-Together/dp/0525509569

Article: “Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps” by Dana Peterson

David Campt www.davidcampt.com

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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What are the components of a sincere apology? Why is it important that we do internal work to regulate ourselves before giving an apology?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill discusses how to restore integrity and give a sincere and authentic apology. She discusses the need to do the internal work to reflect on the harm that was done, to process emotions that come up during that self reflection, and to feel regulated as we show up for an apology in order for it to be the most impactful. She discusses some of the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of giving apologies, some tools for regulating our emotions, and the power of restoring integrity.

LINKS

Mia Mingus article on apologies

Fierce Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff

More info on EFT/tapping: www.jillwener.com/tapping

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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What inspiration can we draw from the history of the civil rights movement? How is perfectionism holding us back?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Frieda Millhouse-Jones, a published author, practicing physician, and social justice activist. They discuss how racism and mental health crises intersect to lead to inequity in access to healthcare and  lower recognition of eating disorders in Black people. Dr. Frieda notes how traumatic experiences during childhood can inform learning and connection.

Bio: Frieda Millhouse-Jones M. D. is a practicing primary care physician in Atlanta, GA. After guiding her two daughters through complex mental health issues, she has found passion and purpose in sharing her experience with others. Her advocacy and writing include the intersection of perfectionism, racism, and mental health. Her articles have appeared in both KevinMD and Your Teen Magazine. She has recently published her first book entitled “Afro Puffs Held High”.  It is based on her own story of early childhood adversity. She has another book that is planned for release later this year.

LINKS

Purchase Afro Puffs Held High

Dr. Kara Pepper coaching: https://www.karapeppermd.com/

Education and Insight on Eating Disorders (EDIN)

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

IG @friedamillhousejones

Facebook @friedamillhousejonesauthor

Twitter @friedamillhouse

LinkedIN www.linkedin.com/in/frieda-millhouse-jones-8261b646

Her website https://www.friedamillhousejones.com/

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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How do we measure the effectiveness of diversity trainings?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill discusses her critique of a recent NY Times article that asked the question: What if Diversity Trainings Are Doing More Harm Than Good? She discusses the need for members of dominant culture to do the inner heart and soul work in order to make true progress in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the ways that racialized trauma impacts the success of DEI work, and the two missing components of most DEI trainings.

LINKS

NY Times Article: What If Diversity Trainings Are Doing More Harm Than Good? By Jesse Singal

Lodestar Trauma Mitigation Training

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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If kids aren’t talking about race, does it mean they aren’t noticing? When is the right time to have a conversation with your kids about privilege and racism? How can white parents teach their kids about race and center voices of color?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill spoke with Ellie Axe, the director of Story Starters, an organization that teaches families how to talk to kids about racism and works with early educators to help them teach about racism. They discussed Ellie’s own journey finding her voice in social activism, the pitfalls of doing anti-racism work as a white woman, and the importance of centering voices of color when learning about racism and developing anti-racism curricula. Ellie shares some insightful advice for parents wanting to address racism with their kids and the importance of learning together with your kids.

Bio: Ellie joined Story Starters as a co-director in the summer of 2018 and became Director in March 2020. She has over 15 years of experience building system-wide change through organizing in faith-based and secular institutions. After a number of years as an organizer, Ellie pursued an MBA at the Simmons School of Management. Most recently, Ellie was the Director of Operations at JOIN for Justice where she guided the strategic planning process, supporting the organization to pursue its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ellie lives in Newton, MA, with her husband and their two daughters.

LINKS

Story Starters: www.story-starters.org

FB Story Starters Boston

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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How can Artificial Intelligence be used to promote health equity?

How does the history of racism in the United States impact the representation of marginalized people in healthcare research?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health. They discuss her work at the intersection of healthcare, public health, and technology, which uses artificial intelligence to personalize healthcare for individuals within a larger system. Dr. Dankwa-Mullan highlights the importance placed on minimizing human bias in AI programs so it can successfully promote health equity.

BIO: Irene Dankwa-Mullan MD MPH is a nationally recognized industry physician and scientist, health equity thought leader, scholar, and author with over 20 years of diverse local-regional, national, and global leadership experience in primary care, healthcare systems, businesses, and the community. She is a member of the IBM Industry Academy, a selected community of pre-eminent leaders to drive innovation and engage in cutting-edge work. She is the lead scientific editor of the first authoritative resource textbook ‘The Science of Health Disparities Research’ designed to identify research questions, guide collaborative and participatory efforts with communities to promote health equity.

LINKS:

LinkedIn: Irene Dankwa-Mullan MD MPH

Twitter: @dankwairene

The Science of Health Disparities Research - by Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable and Irene Dankwa-Mullan and Kevin L. Gardner

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. Trigger warning as this episode does discuss acts of harm being committed against a Black woman. In this episode, Jill discusses her recent travel experience as she witnessed a Black woman being harassed by a flight attendant and eventually kicked off the airplane, for doing nothing wrong. She discusses the ways that racism, white supremacism culture, and bias all contributed to the woman being mistreated and harmed, and she also discusses ways that people of all identities can use whatever privilege they may have in order to stand with marginalized communities and individuals.

LINKS

Dr. Tema Okun’s work on the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/

Jill’s instagram to watch the full video of the events on the plane: @jillwenerMD

Please email Jill at [email protected] if you have any leads on how to get this story more traction.

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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What does it mean to be trauma informed?
 How might the trauma of medical training manifest into social and physical threats within the doctor/patient relationship?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Kemia Sarraf MD/MPH, a medical educator and leader in trauma-informed education and coaching. They delve into the relationship of trauma and racism as chronic exposure to toxic stress. Dr. K explains how to notice trauma reactions within ourselves and how that can impact how we interact with others. She discusses that it’s important to notice these responses and how to hold space without judgment.

Bio:

Dr. Kemia Sarraf founded Lodestar in 2016, responding to a growing need for trauma-responsive subspecialty coaching methods for physician colleagues who were reporting high levels of severe burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury.

Dr. K serves as adjunct faculty at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in the office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Her work includes bringing a trauma-informed lens and trauma-mitigation approach to Justice, Equity and Anti-Racism work. She co-leads several national initiatives, bringing her unique paradigm and focus on leadership development onto the creation of trauma-responsive systems and cultures that better support learners at every stage of their medical training, and throughout their careers.

LINKS

Contact her at [email protected]

LinkedIn: /drkemia

Facebook: /LodestarTraumaMitigation

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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What is the difference between trauma and stress? How do trauma and racism intersect? How does trauma impact our ability to engage in work that feels uncomfortable, and what can be done to mitigate it?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill discusses trauma and how it can impact anti-oppression work. She discusses the difference between stress and trauma, the different ways that trauma reactions show up, and how the fear of social threat can hinder our ability to engage in meaningful anti-racism and anti-oppression work. Jill also shares 3 ways to mitigate the impact of trauma to allow for true progress on a personal and societal level.

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Our website www.consciousantiracism.com

You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare

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