On my way to Maryland to attend the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) Annual Workshop 2024! Estoy muy emocionada 💜😷🪴

The #NMRI is supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIDDK

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“The labour it takes to both advocate for safety means the burden of educating falls on the sick…. Always”.

Chisomo Kalinga, PhD

Weaponized incompetence in #academia :

“Several [male profs] said that they actively didn’t respond to emails, or acted in an exaggerated disorganised manner. This meant they were assigned fewer tasks, but were also less frequently asked, and thus got away without doing service.”

Setting boundaries is one of the survival skills people of color must develop to navigate the harmful behaviors normalized in higher education.

It took me about three years of therapy to understand it. Please protect yourself and remember:

The structure must change!!!

It was an honor to serves as a facilitator/ Fue un honor servir como facilitadora 💜

Les esperamos este sábado 6 de abril en nuestra clínica gratis en el Este del Valle de Coachella. El registro de pacientes es de 2:15-4:30 pm.

Gracias por compartir esta información 🪴!

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Or when they are “experts” in diversity, but they only hire men or white women for tenure-track or tenured faculty positions… 😅

There is an immense hypocrisy around DEI.

As a reminder: I don’t do DEI work, I work on social justice (health equity), diversity, & belonging.