Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)

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  • Border Reflections: Medicine and the Wounds of Community
    Ramón Villaverde-Castañeda, MD Candidate, 2023| October 15, 2020

     

    On August 3, 2019, the deadliest attack on the Hispanic community in modern United States history happened at the Cielo Vista Wal-Mart in my hometown of El Paso, Texas. The shooting was motivated by an anti-Hispanic immigrant narrative and perpetrated by an individual who drove hundreds of miles across Texas for the sole purpose of harming my community. [Read More]

    Voices: Lived Experiences

  • Taking a Stand Against Systemic Racism and Inequities in Society

    A Message from the Society of Black Neurologists about racism and the recent murders of Black Americans

    Read the message from the Society of Black Neurologists
     

    Position Statement on Systemic Racism and Inequities

    The AAN Board of Directors has approved a Position Statement on Systemic Racism and Inequities in Society and announced the creation of an AAN Special Commission to develop recommendations to implement the position statement throughout the organization. Read the position statement and learn more.
     

    Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Web Page

    The AAN has launched a new web page to highlight its initiatives and resources in the area of equity, diversity, and inclusion. View the page.

     

    Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Era of COVID-19

    International medical graduates in the COVID-19 pandemic era

    Parneet Grewal, MD  
    Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
    Srikrishna V. Malayala, MD
    Department of Internal Medicine, Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus, DE

    The aging neurologist in the time of COVID-19

    John R. Corboy, MD, FAAN
    Professor, Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

    The “younger” neurologist in the time of COVID-19

    Xenos Mason, MD
    Clinical Fellow in Movement Disorders, UCLA

    Did You Know?

    October 30, 2020

    • Ensuring language concordant medical care in clinical systems during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to be a very important piece in care by inpatient teams for Spanish-speaking patients. Language concordance is especially essential at a time when Hispanic communities continue to be among the hardest hit by COVID-19 and critical information about the disease needs to be effectively exchanged. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2024897 

    • In the Bay Area, specifically Oakland’s Fruitvale district, the pandemic’s disproportionate health and economic impact on the district’s Latinx community and vibrant Maya community has been highlighted. These findings underscore the necessity of recognizing the heterogeneity within the Latinx community in medical care. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/10/418801/severe-covid-19-impacts-latinx-maya-families-highlighted-fruitvale-testing 

    October 21, 2020

    • Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from September 15th–October 15th to commemorate how the Hispanic and Latinx communities have influenced and contributed to U.S. society.

    • It began as a commemorative week when first introduced by California Congressman George E. Brown in June of 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the law to expand it to a month in on August 17, 1988.

    • September 15th was chosen to coincide with Independence Day celebrations in five Central American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile also celebrate Independence Day during that week (Mexico on September 16th, Chile on September 18th).  

     

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  • Call for "Voices: Lived Experiences"

    We encourage you to submit short first-person accounts (1000 words or less) of experiences lived within the realm of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) with the goal of informing and enlightening our community on these critical issues. Details for submissions can be found here.