Ep31: Nurses: Champions for Social and Racial Justice Highlights
“Change first starts with each one of us as individuals, and we can't be better Nurses or Nurse Coaches, if we're not aware of our own biases, if we're not aware of defensiveness, or those feelings of guilt, or fear, or whatever that comes up when we really do this work. Then we can't really get to the place where we're going to be able to help our patients be healthier.”
~Nikki Akparewa, MSN, RN, MPH
“Jump in now, wherever, whatever calls to you, maybe there's a book group in your community. Join us at Nurse Champions for Justice. Just pick up a book and start reading. Get some podcasts and listen to other people's voices. Listen with that openness and curiosity. Just start. Now, start now.”
~Jayne Peterson, BSN, RN, NC-BC
“In talking about racism as a European descendant, white bodied person is the shame, the shame growing up in a racist country. All kinds of shames that we have. Shame prevents us from being authentic, because we have to hide, if we don't want people to know, our areas of shame, or our areas of vulnerability, we have to hide. This work helps us unpack that.”
~Jackie Levin, RN, MS, AHN-BC, HNWC-BC
At Nurse Coaches for Justice, we focus on the heart felt work of unlearning racism, uncovering the many forms of oppression that exists—seen and unseen, and working to disrupt systems of racism and oppression towards creating a healthy environment where all can be free and thrive, within a supportive and loving community.
Ah-Ha's
Resources and Links
94% of Nurses Say There's Racism in Healthcare: Survey Medscape
Nikki Akwarpea’s book: The Clinicians Guide to Microaggressions and Unconscious Bias
Nurse Champions for Justice
Valarie Kaur, Revolutionary Love Project
Integrative Nurse Coach Academy I Integrative Nurse Coach Foundation
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