Anh Thang Dao-Shah, Ph.D., Executive Director of Belonging and Equity at John Muir Health, joins Yo to continue the discussion of belonging introduced in Episode 17. She is a recognized expert having been in several leadership positions to initiate equity programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

In this episode we explore the following questions:

· What is the history of Belonging and Equity as initiatives within companies/organizations?

· What considerations should be made if undertaking an effort to address disparities in workforce development?

· What are some of the challenges that companies/organization face?

· How does “implicit bias” relate to “social justice”?

· What steps are each of us take to support these efforts?

We hope you’ll enjoy this episode and admire the work that Anh and others are doing to advance equity!

Here’s a link to the initiative she mentioned: Government Alliance for Race and Equity (Race Forward).

As we all deal with the recent tragedies in Buffalo and Uvaldi, check out Episode 28 of the UnscRxipted podcast with Rachel Brumberger. She offers an exercise of healing with bells and a moment of silence. You can also check out this Girl Scout website - one of the Uvaldi was a Girl Scout, Amerie Jo Garza, 10.

More about Dr. Dao-Shah:

As the Executive Director or Belonging and Equity at John Muir Health she leads initiatives aimed to reduce disparities in workforce development, employee experience, health outcomes and patient experience throughout the health system. Before joining JMH she was the inaugural Director of Equity and Wellness at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) and served as Senior Equity and Policy Analyst at the San Francisco Arts Commission where she led the agency’s initiative to pass the first racial equity action plan in the City and County of San Francisco. She is also the co-founder of Creative Equity Research Partners, a consulting company to advance equity in arts and culture. Anh received a Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California and taught women and gender studies, ethnic studies, and literature at UC Riverside, San Francisco State University, and California College of the Arts.

Ways you can contact Anh:

eMail

anhthang.daoshah@gmail.com

Website

https://www.creativeequityresearch.org/

LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/in/anh-thang-dao-shah

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