The day after the Communications Team at GHC published our contributions to AMPLIFY’s ‘It’s On Us: White Women Undoing White Supremacy’ series, we received a thoughtful email from Lazenya Weekes-Richemond, a UK-based Black woman who has had a long career in global development. She shared her journey navigating the daily micro and macro aggressions made against her by white women and the detrimental effects that a decade’s worth of white supremacy in global development work has had on her wellbeing. …
Editor’s note: Global Health Corps’ (GHC) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Task Force was initially created in 2019 and revitalized in 2020 with renewed vigor. In the spirit of transparency and collaboration to advance DEI within global health organizations, we are sharing this behind-the-scenes look at how we decided to deepen our focus on DEI, the challenges we’ve navigated, and the steps we’ve taken so far to make progress. While our journey isn’t perfect and we’ll never arrive, we hope our reflections can guide others looking to embark on similar initiatives and we invite inquiries or feedback at deitaskforce@ghcorps.org.
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Editor’s note: Global Health Corps’ (GHC) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Task Force was initially created in 2019 and revitalized in 2020 with renewed vigor. In the spirit of transparency and collaboration to advance DEI within global health organizations, we are sharing this behind-the-scenes look at how we created our collective DEI Vision. While our journey isn’t perfect and we’ll never arrive, we hope our reflections can guide others looking to embark on similar initiatives and we invite inquiries or feedback at deitaskforce@ghcorps.org.
This post was authored by DEI Task Force Phase 2 members: Brittany Cesarini, Hannah Wood, Heather Anderson…
Global Health Corps commits to working toward a more inclusive, equitable world where all people can live healthy, dignified lives.
We are deeply grateful to the many bold activists and leaders, especially those with historically marginalized identities, who have relentlessly advocated for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in the global health sector and our world. We honor their expertise and follow their lead.
In February and March, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and The Lancet are calling for diverse perspectives on how racism functions within nonprofit organizations and whose voices are valued in global health academia. For those interested in submitting drafts, GHC’s communications team will provide editing support and commit to publishing all pieces to AMPLIFY (whether or not they are accepted by the outlets).
See below for full details and deadlines, and reach out to the GHC Communications Team (brittany@ghcorps.org & bailey@ghcorps.org). We are eager to hear from you!
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) DEI Series Part II: This Is What Racism Looks Like
- Deadline for Submission to SSIR: February 28th
- Deadline for GHC-assisted-edits: February 16th
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We are deeply troubled that a violent insurrection led by armed extremists unfolded in the U.S. Capitol this afternoon, disrupting the proceedings to complete the process of recognizing the lawful election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
As a global health and leadership development organization, Global Health Corps condemns violence unequivocally as an affront to human dignity, health, and wellbeing. We also condemn law enforcement practices that continue to disproportionately penalize and enact violence on BIPOC individuals, perpetuating white supremacy. Finally, we condemn ongoing attempts to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power by President Trump and his allies. …
Participation in civil society is vital to safeguarding public health. As a leadership development organization founded on the belief that health is a human right, we at Global Health Corps (GHC) recognize the right to health and the right to participating in civic life as fundamentally interdependent.
In the United States, the impending Election Day is an event both ripe with promise and fraught with threats to human rights and health, especially for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and other marginalized people living in the U.S. Reports from across the U.S. …
Read our full statement condemning racism in all its forms.
Writing is a critical tool for eradicating white supremacy. We’re inviting our community to raise their voices on this platform in this historic moment to drive change.
While we’ll give first priority to reviewing, editing, and publishing pieces from black community members, we fully encourage others to write, too. Just like sexism is not a problem for women alone to solve, racism is not a problem for black people/people of color alone to solve.
Here are some questions to consider addressing:
- What does the term anti-racism mean to you? …
Anti-racism Resources
Donate/act:
- Funders For Justice: Six Ways To Support Black Lives
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- 5 Ways White People Can Take Action
- How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality
- New Era of Public Safety Toolkit: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing
- Black Lives Matter List *#blacklivesmatter- includes regularly updated actions against specific instances of police brutality
- #Blacklivesmatter- Includes contacts and direct actions
- Resources to help Black people/Communities
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
- Natl Resource List #GeorgeFloyd
- Protocols for minimizing risk of Covid while demonstrating
Educate:
“Race is a leading social determinant of health in the United States and worldwide, and thus health equity is inextricably tied to racial justice.”
We wrote the above as part of a statement on how Global Health Equity Requires Racial Justice in June 2016, when the U.S. erupted in public showings of grief and calls to action following the violent, unjust deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and so many others before them.
Fast forward to today, four years later: too little has changed. We are in the midst of a monumental health crisis that is illuminating the depths of…
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We’re building the next generation of leaders working for health equity worldwide. We are raising our voices here → medium.com/amplify. www.ghcorps.org
