In the past year and a half, U.S. has fought the COVID-19 pandemic, witnessed the murder of George Floyd, and simultaneously confronted anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes against members of minoritized and marginalized communities. We must leave our comfort zones and educate ourselves on what it takes to become an ally. Through allyship, an individual has the power to stamp out oppression in its many forms (racism, sexism, classism, colorism, ageism, ableism, heterosexism, anti-Semitism as well as homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, etc.). In this interactive session, you will learn what it means to be an ally and how to leverage allyship to counter and overcome oppression.

Cheri C. Wilson, MA, MHS, CPHQ received a BA in Russian from Howard University, an MA in Russian Area Studies from the University of Minnesota, was a PhD candidate (ABD) in Russian history at the University of Minnesota, and received an MHS in Health Finance and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is multilingual—fluent in Russian, speaks French and Spanish with a reading knowledge of German. Ms. Wilson is a nationally recognized diversity and inclusion, cultural and linguistic competence, and health equity subject matter expert. She currently serves as Program Director for Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (JHM ODIHE). She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), a Past President of the Maryland Association for Healthcare Quality, and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Ms. Wilson educates clinical and support staff in healthcare, health, behavioral health, human and social service organizations, public health, medical, and nursing students, K- 12 students as well as community members. She is particularly interested in health and healthcare disparities and health equity as they relate to racial/ethnic, language, and gender and sexual minorities and the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate patient-centered care in language understandable to all patients.

Tuesday | Nov. 16 | 3 to 4 p.m. | via zoom

Register @ https://smh.memberclicks.net/allyship---the-power-to-stamp-out-oppression