Our mission is to equip the Department of Pathology’s staff and faculty with shared language, practices, tools, and dialogues to diagnose racism at personal, interpersonal, and institutional levels to promote racial equity and social justice. We do this by accomplishing our goals to:
Contact Us
For general information, questions, suggestions for events, etc; please contact us at:
Team.PART@umich.edu
Or team lead Jenna Koelsch:
jkoelsch@umich.edu
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Jenna Koelsch As a future Public Health leader, I am passionate in the pursuit of social justice and health equity. To reach these goals, it requires each individual in every group of all organizations to become educated in concepts of intersectionality, where racism, sexism, and classism oppress marginalized groups. I am proud to be a part of the Pathology Anti-Racism Taskforce where we can work with our colleagues to become more informed about structural racism, address our biases, and create a space of belonging for all people. |
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Angela Wu, MD I am passionate about the work we are doing in this task force; one thing that I have learned over the years is that everyone has biases that they need to work through. Despite the depressing divisiveness in our country over the past few years, when I look at younger generations and at the work that this task force is trying to do, I have hope that we can tackle structural racism together. |
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Marie Brady At my core, I believe that anti-racism is pro-people. We do not live in a zero-sum society, where if one person succeeds someone else must fail; everyone can be successful without depriving others of their own success. In many cases, the arguments of racists are ruses to justify hating others. If no one counters those justifications, those who harbor them will feel free to continue. |
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Keisha Beck I still believe in the innate goodness of people. We are not born with racism in our hearts, we are taught it, and the only way to combat racism is to live and teach anti-racism. We all have to be made aware of our own biases in order to eliminate them. As we educate and improve ourselves, we are in a better position to be an example to the next generation. |
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Eileen McMyler As a project manager, I’m always thinking about how we get from where we are to where we want to be. I’m striving to get to the ‘Growth Zone' depicted in Andrew M. Ibrahim’s, Becoming an Anti-Racist Model. For context, according to Ibram X. Kendi, there is no neutrality in the racism struggle. “One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist or locates the roots of problems in power and policies, as an anti-racist.” |
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Christine Rigney I am passionate about health equity, anti-racism, and sexism. I want to actively be a part of the changes that need to be made. Educating ourselves about bias and racism gives us a way to build a strong foundation and platform to educate and role model for others in the community and at work. As a member of this task force, I am actively becoming part of the solution and not a passive bystander to inequality and racism. |
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Michigan Medicine Anti-Racism Oversight Committee (AROC)
Michigan Medicine Office of Health Equity and Inclusion: Events
Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity
United Way 21-day Equity Challenge
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge: America & Moore
TIME’S UP Guide to Equity and Inclusion
Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
A Conversation on Race: The New York Times
Resources for Combating Anti-Native and Indigenous Racism
Books on Latino Life: The New York Times
TED Talks to help you understand racism in America
The Carr Center / A New Awakening: 2nd Annual Young Artist Exhibition
African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County
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Dr. Kristine Konopka (right) instructing residents while using a multi-headed microscope. |
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Dr. Pantanowitz demonstrates using machine learning in analyzing slides. |
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