Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing Launches Fourth Series for Spring 2024
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SILVER SPRING, MD – The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission) is pleased to announce the fourth installment in their Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing series starting March 6, 2024. Series 4.0 invites participants to partake in a free, eight-part interactive webinar series that will explore the root causes of racism and identify strategies for taking action toward health equity in everyday practice.
Using brief lectures, case-based learning, and discussion, the fourth installment in this series will touch on a variety of topics from subject matter experts. Speakers and topics for Series 4.0 include:
- March 6: Bart Bailey, MBA – The Power and Influence to Address Structural and Systemic Racism
- March 20: Danica Sumpter, PhD, RN, CNE – Exposing the Civilized Oppression Preventing Authentic Social Justice
- April 3: Blake K. Smith, MSN, RN – The Journey of Allyship: From Self-Awareness to Co-conspiracy
- April 17: Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, PHN, CEN, CFRN, CNE, FAEN, FAADN – Barriers to Achieving Health Equity
- May 1: Roy A. Thompson, PhD, MSN, RN – Erecting Systemic Barriers for Black and African Americans from Slavery to Present Day: What Should Nurses Do?
- May 15: Tyonne D. Hinson, DrPH, MSN, RN, NE-BC – Dignity and Cultural Humility in Care: Setting the Foundation for Achieving Equity
- May 29: Julia Chan, BSN – Balancing the Scales: Moving Toward Health Equity
- June 12: Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN [Hidatsa/Dakhóta] – Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism
The Commission’s Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing aims to increase nurses' knowledge about how racism “shows up” in healthcare, improve their skills needed to confront systemic racism, and empower all nurses to become allies. Nurses who choose to participate will earn 1.5 CNE credits per session attended.
Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing is being conducted as part of the ongoing work of the Commission, a multi-organizational collaborative committed to examining the issue of racism within nursing nationwide and the impact on nurses, patients, communities, and healthcare systems to motivate all nurses to confront systemic racism. To join the Commission in confronting racism in nursing, register for Project ECHO on Racism in Nursing today.
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The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission) examines the persistent problem of racism within nursing and describes the impact on nurses, patients, communities, and health care systems to motivate all nurses to confront systemic racism. The work is urgent to create safe and liberating environments for all nurses as well as profession that exemplifies inclusivity, diversity, and equity. The Commission is comprised of leading nursing organizations that represent a broad continuum of nursing practice, ethnically diverse groups, nationally and in regions across the country and who have for years raised their individual voices to condemn all forms of racism within our society.