DHWU ANTI RACISM CAUCUS MEETS WITH CHIEF HR OFFICER
DHWU ANTI RACISM CAUCUS MEETS WITH CHIEF HR OFFICER
On May 3rd 2024, members of the DHWU Anti-Racism Caucus met with the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging Officer to discuss Denver Health’s commitment to its patients and employees. There is a continued dialogue with Union Members and the hospital to make Denver Health the best place to GIVE and RECIEVE care. Check out the presentation and email denverhealthworkersunited@gmail.com to get involved!
DHWU to DHHA Board: Together we can dismantle racism
August 26, 2021, Public Prayer for Racial Justice at Denver Health
“May Denver Health leaders have the courage to honestly face racial injustice, the humility to accept community accountability, and the moral strength to respect workers rights.”
EVS Worker Doris Achamfour addresses DHHA Board on safety, racism, and the right to join a union. Listen here.
Xochitl Gaytan, community leader, speaks for the need for a union to insure workers rights at Denver Health: Listen here.
Tina Lonewolf, CNA, speaks from her own experience working and receiving care at Denver Health. Listen here.
DHWU stands for Black lives and against racism
Resources for antiracism
The Praxis Project: Social Determinants of Health
Boston Review: Hospitals Need More Than Vaccine Mandates
Rayna Hetlage, CHP: Black Women Deserve Better Healthcare
NEJM: How Structural Racism Works — Racist Policies as a Root Cause of U.S. Racial Health Inequities
Denver Health Workplace Survey on Race and Equity
Bill Fletcher: Can Organized Labor Be an Agent of Social and Economic Justice?
Unconscious Bias Crops Up in Health Care, Even During A Pandemic
PBS: talking to kids about race and racism with Amanda Gorman
Being Antiracist (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
APHA: Racism and Public Health
COVID-19 may not discriminate based on race — but U.S. health care does
What’s Behind the COVID-19 Racial Disparity?
How Unjust Police Killings Damage the Mental Health of Black Americans
Government alliance on race and equity
Read DHWU’s statement on antiracism
Understanding the Four I’s of Oppression
Watch CWA’s Implicit Bias Video
Understanding that implicit bias exists is not enough to undo the negative impact of implicit bias. Learn more at Scientific American, August 2020, “The Problem with Implicit Bias Training”
