Strategically working towards justice ✊🏾 in as many ways as I can. With more rest 🥱 and self caretaking 🫶🏾 to make it sustainable. In solidarity with others in alignment. We got this!

Baltimore mayor Brandon M. Scott’s administration secured an $18 million deal to transform hotels into shelters for unhoused residents. afrotech.com/mayor-brandon-…

It’s been 🔥 at the The Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc Spring Conf in LA 🙌🏾 I hadta shout out these impressive Black women psychiatrists & mentors Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD Altha Stewart, M.D. Ayana “TDs middle child” Jordan much thanks! The time in LA has been filled with fun, food and rest by my partner Matthew Weidemann 💛until next time!

Listening to Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions can tell us a lot. Check out my latest blog about teaching youth to listen to their BEATs (Body sensations, Emotions, Actions, and Thoughts) when confronted with Race-based Stress. praxiscet.com/posts/explorin…

I'll take this one.

The idea that affirmative action or diversity, equity & inclusion policies equal lower standards is something that a lot of people believe.

Instead of citing what 'I believe' like Elon did, let's use facts & a something I like to called 'math'

A thread.

Let's Talk About Power In #PainManagement by Dr. Karime Mescouto at the 2023 SDPS.

Free to watch this excellent talk here: youtu.be/hs8m4-0GKTE?si…

Yesterday, a bill to “Ban DEI in Medicine” was introduced into the United States Congress. I created a short video about the harms that this bill would have.

DEI initiatives aren’t just about admissions. It’s about reaching out to communities that have been overlooked.

When Dr. Aletha Maybank speaks, it’s worth pulling up a chair. Grateful for her honest sharing of what it’s like to navigate equity work in medicine right now.

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Today's episode on Code Switch: In the world of medicine, race-based diagnoses are still very real.

Highly recommended. Shout out to @lundybraun and @graves

Society of Black Pathology Melissa P. Upton, M.D. (she/her/hers) Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, FAAP, FAIM Jessica Isom MD MPH Camille A. Clare MD MPH Alec Calac DukePathDept

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My deepest gratitude to UMass Chan Medical School (UMass Chan Medical School) for being the FIRST medical school to select my New York Time best-seller LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 👩🏾‍⚕️🩺 as their campus-wide read!

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Thank you so much for sharing. Videos here: pathologycentral.org/race-in-medici…
It has been shown that fine/ultrafine particulate matter, which are higher in historically red lined areas, contribute to renal disease. While we trumpet APOL1 alleles and trypanosomes, we shirk society's duty.

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SDPS is designed to challenge traditional pain management methods and attendees will learn innovative treatment frameworks to improve the quality of life for their patients.

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Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, FAAP, FAIM Wayne State News Wayne State University School of Medicine Dr. RJ Dr. Hayley S. Thompson Joseph L. Graves Jr. Dr. Vanessa Grubbs (she/her) Dr. Kim Usha Lee McFarling Chase Anderson, MD, MS (K.C. Ardem) 🦸🏽‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 Madhu Pai, MD, PhD Jessica Isom MD MPH Camille A. Clare MD MPH Dr. Raven the Science Maven Ekta Shah 🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏🏽🙏🏽💛🐝 Shematologist, MD Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD Health Equity Action Network Chidinma Ibe uché blackstock, md Oni Blackstock, MD MHS Reecie @BlackWomenViews Dr. Michelle E. Morse Stella Safo, MD MPH Pediatrics continues to forge the way forward. Check out this excellent paper which provides a PLAN forward: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

Jessica Isom MD MPH Black Psych Docs Aekta Malhotra, MD, MS (she/her/hers) Dear All please see my Co authored paper on Netflix show Top Boy on Mental health depictions in the show
in Frontiers - Psychiatry
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In antiracism efforts, we must address racial ideology. Living in a race based society indoctrinates *all* of us with problematic understandings of race. See more insights from a valuable text: Race In North America (Image 1-4/6)

2024 is a personal year of rest and recovery. One manifestation of this for me will be retweets of my prior threads only. ✊🏾

Equity Avengers ACCEPTGroup ASP Dallas & Houston Barbara Robles Ramamurthy, MD John C. Jones Chris Whaley Devin Purgason Dr. S. Steven Whitaker The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute Dr. Marya Wilson, PhD Dr Pamela Luster #EquityAvengers #RealCollegePrez Jessica Isom MD MPH Lauren E. McGowan | She / Her / Hers Dr. Janet N. Spriggs Fed Communities Temple College of Public Health Faculty Affairs Ginger Lerner-Wren Generation Hope Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson