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Power, Privilege, and Positionality

An orientation created by the MGH Institute JEDI Office that takes place at the beginning of every semester at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, open to all faculty, students, and staff.

The Intersectionality of Race and Immigration

person in the middle of intersecting crosswalks

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Deepening your Understanding of the Intersectionality of Structural Racism and Immigrant Health

Home away from Home, by Katherine Valera

A Son's Survival, by Immigrant Health Initiative

A Son's Survival from Immigrant Health Initiative on Vimeo.

Reflect on the Article and Videos

  1. After reading the article and watching the two immigrant stories, how do you see race, immigration and racialization impacting their health care access and health experiences in the US? 
  2. As members of the IHP community whose mission is to prepare “health professionals and scientists to advance care for a diverse society through leadership in education, clinical practice, research, and community engagement.” why might it be important to understand immigrant stories as they relate to health, race and systemic inequality? 
  3. As an aspiring health professional or member of the IHP community, what do you see being your role in influencing and/or making health care more equitable?
  4. These materials have focused on health, immigration and race, are there other social categories you think might be important? How and why? 

Summer 2022 Panel

Summer 2022 Panel

Fall 2022 Panel

Opportunity for Reflection

 

  1. Before the panel, you reflected on the following questions.  The mission of the MGH IHP is to prepare “health professionals and scientists to advance care for a diverse society through leadership in education, clinical practice, research, and community engagement.” As an aspiring health professional or member of the IHP community, what do you see being your role in influencing and/or making health care more equitable?  What might you add to your answer given what you heard on the panel? 
  2. What can you do to support those who have been historically and systemically excluded in education and in the healthcare setting (e.g., classmates, colleagues, and clients/patients)? 
  3. As we learned about the challenges at the intersection of health, race and immigration, we want to ensure the IHP is also an inclusive place for underrepresented identities. How can we each create this culture as an IHP community? 

  4. What would you need as a student, faculty member or staff member to learn in order to advance care for a diverse society while at the IHP, and/or to cultivate an IHP community that is inclusive for underrepresented minorities? How would you go about advancing your learning in the area(s) you identified? What support would you need? 

Expanding your Understanding