Coping as a Community
The UC Davis Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and its collaborating partners continue the popular Coping as a Community webinar series focusing on the important issues of structural racism, strategies and techniques for questioning and interrupting discrimination, ways to help build healthier and safer inclusive communities, and how to heal during these challenging times. This webinar series features Dr. Hendry Ton, M.D., M.S. as well as several other special guests. Recorded video of past webinars are provided below.
MOST RECENT INSTALLMENT
Fostering Wellness During Times of Political Stress
As our communities wait on the outcome of the presidential election, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting radical self-care to aid in the well-being for ourselves and our communities.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
Past webinars
WEBINAR SERIES
Fostering Wellness During Times of Political Stress
As our communities wait on the outcome of the presidential election, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting radical self-care to aid in the well-being for ourselves and our communities.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- Meditation exercise [Start at time 3:05]
- Reflection on meditation practice [Start at time 12:06]
- Holistic strategies specific to cultivating wellness [Start at time 16:37]
- Relationship based curriculum for UC Davis employees [Start at time 27:00]
- Navigating political dialogues [Start at time 34:04]
- Utilizing compartmentalization practices [Start at time 39:40]
- Focusing on shared humanity [Start at time 45:27]
- Compassionate meditative practice exercise [Start at time 47:19]
WEBINAR SERIES
Coping in Uncertain Times
As our communities grapple with the historic social injustices across our nation, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting an equity and anti-racism lens to aid in the healing and well-being of our communities.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- Stressors for the Black community [Start at time 3:17]
- Acknowledging Racial Trauma [Start at time 7:05]
- Self-care approaches [Start at time 13:26]
- Radical self-care and toolkit from Boston College Insitute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture [Start at time 16:09]
- Identifiers of trauma [Start at time 18:39]
- Racial healing circles [Start at time 20:58]
- Utilizing the UC Davis Principles of Community [Start at time 26:46]
- Benefits of building community [Start at time 38:44]
- Words of encouragement [Start at time 48:06]
WEBINAR SERIES
Addressing Structural Racism
This session of Growing as a Community explores what structural racism is and its impact on our community's well being and growth, tools to address structural racism, and what UC Davis Health is doing to address structural racism.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- The science behind racism [Start at time 2:00]
- Anti-racism efforts [Start at time 24:46]
- Self-care approaches [Start at time 13:26]
- "What type of trainings do doctors receive?" [Start at time 41:48]
- What can community members do to help [Start at time 46:42]
- Call for leaders to amplify voices [Start at time 54:43]
WEBINAR SERIES
Advancing Racial and Health Equity
In this installment, as our communities' grapple with the historic social injustices across our nation, our panelists discuss the importance of adopting an equity and anti-racism lens to aid in the healing and wellbeing of our communities.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- Introductions [Start at time 2:04]
- What UC Davis Health deaprtments are doing [Start at time 3:48]
- 21 Day Challenge [Start at time 16:03]
- Short Introduction to Antiracism from a non-expert presentation [Start at time 23:48]
- Purposeful advocacy in the health spaces [Start at time 39:00]
- Work to be done [Start at time 43:35]
- Navigating resistance [Start at time 46:01]
- Department of Family and Community Medicine diversity statement [Start at time 51:06]
- Closing thoughts [Start at time 52:15]
WEBINAR SERIES
Moving from Ally to Advocate
In this installment, Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D., and Ian Kim, M.D., discuss ways in which we can transition from allyship to advocacy.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- Introductions [Start at time 3:55]
- What has your journey looked like? [ Start at time 7:36]
- Advocacy work [Start at time 24:22]
- How to stay informed and in understanding [Start at time 33:48]
- Recent advocacy work [Start at time 43:33]
WEBINAR SERIES
Being an Upstander for Positive Change
In this Growing as a Community webinar, Sheetal R. Shah, Ph.D., Graduate Medical Education Psychologist at UC Davis Health, discusses strategies and techniques of questioning and interrupting discrimination, the difference between a Bystander and an Upstander, and how to strive to build healthier and safer inclusive communities we all deserve.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- About Dr. Sheetal R. Shah [Start at time 3:10]
- What is a Bystander and what is an Upstander? [ Start at time 4:40]
- When you find yourself alone [Start at time 14:50]
- Techniques to question and interrupt discrimination [Start at time 16:39]
- Building healthy communities [Start at time 36:39]
WEBINAR SERIES
A Discussion on Community Healing
In this webinar session, Hendry Ton, M.D., discusses the historical challenges of racism in our nation, and its contribution to the ongoing nationwide protest, the need to support our black communities, and the impact of emotional trauma on health outcomes.
Moderated by Mercedes Piedra, M.S., Director of Multicultural Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health.
- Mindfulness exercise [Start at time 1:06]
- Allyship for the black community [ Start at time 8:24]
- Acknowledging inequities[Start at time 19:19]
- Importance of education [Start at time 23:49]
- Defining structural racism [Start at time 40:36]
- Campus resources [Start at time 49:01]
- Hope and healing [Start at time 53:31]
