Introduction Doris Brennan was the Executive Director of Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP), A Center for Independent Living, from 1986 until her passing in 2000. In 1988 Doris became the first Ohioan named to the National Hall of Fame for Persons with Disabilities and also received the E.B. Whitten Silver Medallion Award of the… Continue Reading Raise Your Voice for Justice
Providing a Safe Space for Transgender Patients Several weeks ago, a provider called my office to ask questions regarding office visit interactions with transgender patients. I was very pleased this provider, who has been in practice for several years, sought to consult with an Inclusion & Diversity practitioner to heighten their cultural awareness on engaging… Continue Reading Providing a Safe Space for Transgender Patients by Margarita Diaz
“You can’t be Indian! Indians are extinct!” By: Cynthia Connolly It was an innocent elementary class field trip to the Ann Arbor Natural History Museum. Jurassic Park had just come out, and my classmates were beside themselves with excitement about the dinosaur bones on the first floor, and the endangered and extinct animals on the… Continue Reading “You can’t be Indian! Indians are extinct!” by Cynthia Connolly
Ariana Johnson, YWCA Distinguished Young Woman, has a passion for writing and a passion for advocacy and the two go together. Years ago she penned Dear Ida Speaks, a blog “where we uplift black women and our issues one community at a time,” and now after working with the Children’s Defense Fund and currently at… Continue Reading Ariana Johnson: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree
What is Privilege? The unearned social, political, economic, and psychological benefits of membership in a group that has institutional and structural power. Living and existing in a world where standards and rules are premised upon the dominant group’s needs wants and desires. To identify with or be identified as a member of a dominant… Continue Reading What is Privilege?