Future Voices
Students for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Future Voices was formed in 2020 by a group of nursing students who wanted to create change within the College of Nursing. We serve the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus and are committed to fostering a space for students to collectively create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive College of Nursing. The organization accomplishes its mission by supporting DEI events, training, and initiatives across campus, creating open forums for students to discuss ideas and concerns surrounding our campus culture and curriculum. Furthermore, it connects with other campus groups to build community in the name of creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.
Membership
We are delighted you are interested in becoming a member of Future Voices. Future Voices members are required to attend one monthly event, which may consist of a Zoom meeting or in-person gathering. Currently, Zoom meetings occur on the second Wednesday of each month from 4pm to 5pm. Please refer below to see our next Zoom meeting time or gatherings in person.
ENVEST Events
ENVEST events are lectures lead by leaders in our community that focus on a variety of topics to provide insight and empowerment to our members. These meetings have included discussions surrounding medication errors, sexual and reproductive health, as well as stigma and mental health.
For the most up-to-date news and events postings, please follow us on Instagram. Previous Envest events can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
For more information contact us at: futurevoices.dei@gmail.com.
Future Voices Leadership
| Office | Officer | |
| Director | Shane Czarnecki | shane.czarnecki@cuanschutz.edu |
| Secretary | Kaylena Ramirez | kaylena.ramirez@cuanschutz.edu |
| Treasurer | Montserrat Ambriz | montserrat.ambriz@cuanschutz.edu |
| Community Outreach Manager | Stacey Tabb | stacey.tabb@cuanschutz.edu |
Upcoming Events
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Future Voices Monthly Meeting
| 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Finding Inspiration to Attend CU Nursing
Shashalee Sangster was researching CU Nursing and discovered a petition by Future Voices to induct Zipporah Parks Hammond into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. Parks Hammond was CU Nursing’s first Black nursing student and the only Black student in her cohort.
Resources
Thanks to Francis Kwarteng for these recommended articles
Racism as a Public Health Crisis with Leslie Gregory
Dozens of US Cities Declare Racism as a Public Health Crisis
States are calling racism a public health crisis. Here's what that means.
Structural Racism Is A Public Health Crisis
Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Issue
Racism Is a Public Health Crisis, Say Cities and Counties
The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health
States are calling racism a public health crisis. Here's what that means
State and local efforts to declare racism a public health crisis
Cancer Scientists Have Ignored African DNA in the Search for Cures
Race and Skin Color in Latino Health: An Analytic Review
Black Nurses Earn Less than Whites
Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland
The Economics of Vocation, or, Why is a Badly Paid Nurse a Good Nurse?
Diversity in Graduate Medical Education in the United States by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex, 2012
Publisher Apologizes for 'Racist' Text in Medical Book
Are White Americans Harming Themselves By Backing GOP Policies?
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
George Floyd's Autopsy and the Structural Gaslighting of America
White Coats for Black Lives: How Nurses and Doctors Are Sounding the Alarm about Medical Racism
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
How Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers
What Serena Williams' Scary Childbirth Story Says about Medical Treatment of Black Women
Bad Medicine: The Harm that Comes from Racism
How Environmental Racism is Fueling the Coronavirus Pandemic
Re: The "Collective Black Physicians' Statement' on the Death of Mr. George Floyd
How Racism May Cause Black Mothers to Suffer the Death of Their Infants
Scientists Start to Tease Out the Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health
Differing Birth Weight among Infants of U.S.-Born Blacks, African-Born Blacks, and U.S.-Born Whites
Thanks for Francis Kwarteng for these suggested DEI readings:
Interesting/powerful "Minority"/Immigrant Stories in the Medical Sciences
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon (Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mexican-American)
However Far The Stream Flows: The Making of the Man Who Rebuilds Faces (Kofi Boahene, Ghanaian-American)
Partners of the Heart: Vivien Thomas and His Work with Alfred Blalock (Vivien T. Thomas, African American)
Medical Racism, the Affordable Care Act, etc
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland (Jonathan Metzl)
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (Katherine Eban)