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MDI graduates urged to ‘embrace discomfort’  BAR HARBOR — Kassandra Robledo, a member of the Mount Desert Island High School Class of 2021, used her welcoming address at Sunday’s graduation ceremony to call for greater diversity and equality in education.  She said that, at one point, “I realized that our school has given us one of the greatest things in education ever…the space and tools which enable us to ask questions.  “So, I stand here…utilizing this platform to finally question a lack of change, a lack of representation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people ...

University's acting VP of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to tackle racism on campus The University of Windsor's newly appointed acting Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will prioritize the development of a coherent strategy and the implementation of suggestions from the Anti-Black Racism Task Force in his new role. Social Sharing "I don't think the system is broken. I think the system is rigged," says Clinton Beckford CBC News · Posted: May 15, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 15 Clinton Beckford was appointed as acting Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ...

SPAN Ohio to walk for healthcare justice May 22 in Lakewood Updated 12:49 PM; Today 8:17 AM Single Payer Action Network of Ohio (SPAN Ohio) held a 2020 event in Cleveland. (Photo courtesy of SPANOhio.org) Facebook Share LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Advocating for its Medicare for All position, Single Payer Action Network of Ohio (SPAN Ohio) has scheduled statewide walks for May 22. This includes a Lakewood event beginning at 10 a.m. at Kauffman Park, which will continue east on Detroit Avenue. Scheduled to speak is Laura Rodriguez-Carbone, Midwest regional outreach and communications lead for Combat C...

Date Time Poetry, reflection mark University of Toronto’s acceptance of Anti-Black Racism Task Force report Clockwise from top left: Randell Adjei, Catherine Amara, Kadija Lodge-Tulloch and Salma Shariff delivered spoken word performances during a virtual entrustment ceremony for the Anti-Black Racism Task Force’s final report (images via Zoom) The University of Toronto held a virtual ceremony featuring spoken word poetry and a stirring conversation about systemic racism for the entrustment of the Anti-Black Racism Task Force‘s final report. The report details 56 recommendations to ad...

More than a year ago, as the spread of COVID locked down NYC and medical education moved online, VP&S students in APAMSA—the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association—found themselves grappling with yet another challenge: a rise in anti-Asian discrimination and bias. APAMSA co-presidents Hueyjong Shih and Jingwen Zhang were a few months into medical school at the time. Fellow VP&S medical students who identify as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) were uncertain about where to turn and confided in Shih and Zhang about incidents of racism ranging from verbal harassment and s...