February 28, 2024
Celebrating Black History Month Newsletter
Newsletter sent February 28, 2024.
Every February in the United States, we celebrate Black History Month as a nation. As the Social Mission Alliance, we also celebrate Black excellence throughout the year. With the month of February coming to a close, we are taking the time to highlight resources that will help you to continue honoring Black History year-around.
February Social Mission Champion
This month’s Social Mission Champion is Te’Kima Anthony-Bey, a Management Analyst at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where she enhances housing counseling programs via innovative policy to support underserved communities.
“My experience in the real estate industry shed light on the discrimination and steering faced by people of color, often being relegated to under-resourced communities or denied housing in certain areas altogether.”
Watchlist
Members of the Social Mission Alliance were asked to share their recommendations to honor Black History Month. Here’s what they said:
From our Health Justice Fellows:
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Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed Public Health Care | Op-Docs via NYT
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“The Healthcare Divide (full documentary) | FRONTLINE” via Frontline PBS
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“Birthing Justice” (paywall)
Film suggestions from the Social Mission Alliance Student Council:
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Selma
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Malcom X
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Hidden Figures
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Princess and the Frog
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A Woman called Moses
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Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella : Brandy Edition
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Black Panther
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Love Jones
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Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Remember the Titans
From Robert Rock: “Here are some black history/SDOH related documentaries that I love and appreciate…”
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Agents of Change – a documentary about the fight for ethnic studies departments in higher education in the 1960s
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The Five Demands – a documentary about the fight for diversifying admissions at City College of New York in the 1960s
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The Power to Heal – a documentary about desegregating the US Healthcare system leveraging the rollout of Medicare in the 1960s
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13th – the documentary by Ava Duvernay on Michelle Alexander’s book the New Jim Crow
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Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders – 30 minute documentary available online about the Freedom House Ambulance Service
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Segregated by Design – a short 20 minute documentary based on the book The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
From Toyese Oyeyemi, Executive Director of the Social Mission Alliance: “I remember watching this in grad school and thinking how much it influenced my perspective on racial health inequities, as well as community/neighborhood level disparities: https://unnaturalcauses.org/”
Do you have more suggestions for a Black History Month watchlist? Join the conversation on LinkedIn.
Resource Hub
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Use the Health Workforce Diversity Tracker to see the current racial diversity of the healthcare workforce
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HHS Fact Sheet on Advancing Health Equity for Black Americans
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CMS Resources on the Intersection Between Black History Month and American Heart Month
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Macy Foundation Commemorating Black History Month Blog Series
Get Involved
Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity is looking for applicants who share their values of courage, humility, diversity, creativity, inclusivity and collaboration and are ready to take action to achieve equity.
Their fellows use the knowledge and connections they’ve gained through the program to build more equitable communities while continuing to support each other in the fight for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.
Sign up for the informational webinar on March 21 and apply by April 11
Exploring Strategies and Outcomes of Admissions Processes in Health Professions Education
March 27-28, 2024
Join the National Academy’s Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education for a hybrid workshop series March 27-28 to explore the strategies and outcomes of the admissions processes in health professions education.
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