Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Center

It would be great to have you involved in our Affinity Groups.

Check them out and see what's going on in your district

Affinity Groups

• APTA DEI Resources
  • APTA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webpage
  • Message From President Dunn on Racism and Systemic Inequality in America
  • Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture: Who Do We Want to Be? Responsible Stewardship of Our Profession
  • Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy
  • American Physical Therapy Associations Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Policies & Bylaws)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
  • ACAPT Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Letter from APTA Pediatrics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup

• APTA Articles
  • Creating Pipelines to Advance DEI
  • A Conversation on Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 13 Self-Education Recommendations to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • To Be All of Me
  • Understanding the Muslim Community From a PT-Specific Lens
  • Speaking Spanish and Finding My Voice
  • Five Ways to Be An LGBTQ Patient Ally
• APTA Podcasts & Live Videos
  • October 22, 2020 - APTA Live: DEI Discussions: Pathways to Leadership
  • September 17, 2020 - APTA Live: DEI Discussions: Pipelines to PT
  • August 20, 2020 - APTA Live: DEI Discussions: Race and Racism
  • July 9, 2020 - Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture Discussion on DEI in Physical Therapy
  • June 29, 2020 - APTA Live: Fostering Allyship in DEI (Part 2)
  • June 8, 2020 - APTA Live: Fostering Allyship in DEI (Part 1)
  • August 19, 2019 - #XchangeSA: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Research
  • The Cost of Racism for People of Color: Contextualizing Experiences of Discrimination, American Psychological Association
  • Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three US ethnic minority groups, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • Race and Trust in the Healthcare System, Public Health Reports

• Anti-Racism and Allyship for Rehab and Movement Professionals with Dr. JPop

• Modern Health Circles - Healing Asian Communities
• MA Anti-Asian Racism Townhall Resource Guide
• Asian American Coalition of MA - Statement Against Violence & Xenophobia
• Asian American Coalition of MA - Ways to Support the Asian American Community in Georgia
• The Skimm: History of Anti-Asian Racism
• Asian Therapist Directory by the Asian Mental Health Collective

PT Resources:

• PT Proud - The LGBTQ+ Committee under the Global Health Special Interest Group of the Health Policy & Administration Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. They are an LGBTQ+ advocacy group supporting equity, education, and community for LGBTQ+ patients and practitioners.
• Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community A Field Guide - put out by The Joint Commission
  

Books to Read:

• Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health by Adrian Shanker
  

Films & Documentaries:

• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (David France) — Netflix (recommended by student member)

• Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflection on Race and Medicine by Dr. Damon Tweedy
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynold and Ibram X. Kendi
• Skill in Action by Michelle Johnson
• Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
• The 1619 Project (The New York Times)
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the President by Harriet Washington 
• The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America's Healthcare System by David Barton Smith
• Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
• Why Are the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• King in the Wilderness (Peter Kunhardt) — HBO, Hulu, rent on Amazon
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Cinemax on Hulu
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• LA 92 (National Geographic Documentary) — Netflix
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Amazon, PBS
• The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Amazon
• Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu, HBO, rent on Amazon
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — rent on Amazon
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — rent on Amazon
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Amazon
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Amazon
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson) — Amazon

• 1619 from the New York Times
• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Code Switch from NPR
• Momentum: A Race Forward Project
• BBC 1Xtra Talks Special - June 2
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
• Pod For The Cause from the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
• Pod Save the People from Crooked Media
• Seeing White
• The Past Does Matter: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome from Into the Fold

• Anguish and Action from the Obama Foundation
• George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper from Trevor Noah on The Daily Social Distancing Show
• A reading list in the wake of the killing of George Floyd: Books to spur your antiracist learning, and your family’s from Medium
• An Antiracist Reading List: Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage from The New York Times
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice from Medium

• Top 10 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trends and Recommendations: 2020 and Beyond
• Beyond the DE&I Acronym: What are Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Thank you for your interest in learning more about the DEI Taskforce. We have identified the following areas of focus for our Taskforce:

• Educational Resources - Creating this page was this groups first mission! Now we will look to bring more educational discussions and live programming to the chapter in the coming months.
• Community Service - How can we positively impact our community, especially areas in Massachusetts that have a large percentage of underrepresented minority groups, and increase awareness of the physical therapy profession?
• Academia - What are DPT and PTA programs across the state doing to ensure inclusiveness? What can we do better to diversify our profession? What is the breakdown of our current student body?
• Mentorship - You'll see changes to our upcoming Mentorship Program in January that helps to match interested members with shared experiences.
• Policy - Are APTAMA Bylaws inclusive to all? Are there policies on a state level that we should be supporting and lobbying for?

Below is the most current breakdown of membership statistics in APTAMA:

APTA Massachusetts Membership

APTA Massachusetts Student Membership

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