The Hidden Cost of the Minority Tax in Residency
Advocacy • 05/13/2026
Dalia Owda The Social Mission Alliance For Us All Campaign is a vehicle to activate our community and the communities they serve to advance structural changes aligned with SMA’s vision in health professions training. A part of the For Us All campaign, is a media narrative effort that will highlight the material impacts these kinds of advancements have on patients, communities, clinicians, learners,...
Introducing the For Us All Campaign
Advocacy • 01/16/2025
The For Us All campaign was born from a town hall meeting at the 2024 conference. Using the decades of collective wisdom and experience amassed by alliance members, we can challenge narratives pushed by those who seek to maintain the status quo—where healthcare and health professional education prioritize the needs of a privileged few over the needs of everyone who makes our society great....
Just Published – Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce
Advocacy • 09/10/2024
New op-ed published in MedPage Today by Toyese Oyeyemi, Maria Portela, and Ed Salsberg. This piece discusses potential limitations placed on accreditation agencies, changing of reproductive health learning, threats to financial aid, and more. ...
Op-Ed in NC Newsline: Duke University mirrors national trend with troubling retreat on DEI
Advocacy • 06/14/2024
Social Mission Alliance team member Nadia Bey published an op-ed on June 13, 2024 in NC Newsline, discussing the repeal of a scholarship formerly reserved for Black students at Duke, pre-existing concerns about campus climate and Black enrollment, and how how additional recent changes to Duke's merit scholarship structure will negatively impact who has the ability to enroll. ...
Ujuoñu Nwizu Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 04/09/2024
Ujuoñu Nwizu takes over our social media for the day to tell us how they ended up in the field of public health....
Stacie Davis Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 03/05/2024
Senior Health Justice Fellow Stacie Davis takes over our social media for the day to share her journey to dentistry....
Devondre Juzang Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 02/06/2024
Health Justice Council member Dre Juzang takes over our social media for the day to share his story and passion for addressing trauma deserts....
Maria Ruiz Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 01/06/2024
Health Justice Fellow Maria Ruiz takes over our social media for the day to share her journey into medicine and interest in language concordant care...
Kiara Marmolejos Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 12/15/2023
Health Justice Fellow Kiara Marmolejos takes over our social media for the day to share her story as a PA student....
Makeen Yasar Social Media Takeover
Advocacy • 11/03/2023
Health Justice Fellow Makeen Yasar takes over the Social Mission Alliance social media accounts for the day....
Champion Spotlight
The Social Mission Alliance features Social Mission Champions on our social media accounts and blog. The series highlights the important work done by those who are advancing health equity and addressing the health disparities of the society in which it exists. If you’d like to be considered for a Social Mission Champion feature, complete the form below.