Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists

Crawl, Walk, Run:  Exploring the road to cultural competencies

Description

This workshop is designed to create awareness and build cultural competency strategies to maintain and sustain an inclusive environment and a sense of belonging within the spaces you occupy. The Crawl, Walk, Run workshops challenge participants to engage in honest yet effective dialogue, reflect on information received and experiences shared, to create a plan moving forward. Come ready to engage and learn from one another.

Learning objectives:

By attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the multiple forms of cultural disruptiveness and its impact on building and maintaining an inclusive environment and building a sense of belonging.
• Identify at least one specific barrier that may stop your organization from achieving its inclusive and belonging goals and how to overcome them.
• Create a plan to continue an individual’s course of action to build and maintain an inclusive environment and build a sense of belonging

The questions we keep ASKing: A journey from harm to healing

Description

How can I diversify my field?

In spaces where the voices of minoritize people are limited, we tend to ask why. What can our field do to diversify and build a space of belonging? This presentation dives into the multi-dimensional approach to understanding how we undermine and underutilize the voices of underrepresented populations, causing harm and a sense of exclusion, and, most importantly, what we can do to change the direction toward healing and building a sense of belonging