{"id":758,"date":"2023-01-18T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/?p=758"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:21:15","slug":"wellness-wednesday-acting-to-eliminate-systemic-racism-and-implicit-biases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/2023\/01\/18\/wellness-wednesday-acting-to-eliminate-systemic-racism-and-implicit-biases\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday: Acting to Eliminate Systemic Racism and Implicit Biases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-760\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/files\/2023\/01\/2023-MLK-Day.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Monday, we celebrated MLK Day, which served as an opportunity to reflect on work to eliminate racial injustice and upend class oppression wherever we see it. As we wait for the arc that moves toward justice, remember that we are the ones that facilitate the movement. However, we cannot just wait for hope to eliminate systemic racism and implicit biases \u2013 we must act.<\/p>\n<p>Your work every day to support your patients can be one of those opportunities. Cooper and CMSRU has been steadfast in its commitment to and investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We have made strides but there is still more to do which takes intention and engagement of our whole community.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\">history of the civil rights movement<\/a> and well as <a href=\"https:\/\/library.law.howard.edu\/civilrightshistory\/intro\">more current events in civil rights in the US.<\/a> You can also get involved with Cooper\u2019s GME Diversity Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards as always,<br \/>\nGME Wellness Committee<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=CooperGME\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear colleagues, Monday, we celebrated MLK Day, which served as an opportunity to reflect on work to eliminate racial injustice and upend class oppression wherever we see it. As we wait for the arc that moves toward justice, remember that we are the ones that facilitate the movement. However, we cannot just wait for hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wellness-wednesday","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/lifeatthecoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}