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21-Week Racial Equity Challenge

Welcome to the 21-Week Racial Equity Challenge

Diversity scholar Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. created the 21-Day Challenge concept to promote a deeper understanding of race, power, privilege, supremacy, and oppression. The UNMC Department of Medicine has modified this challenge to create a 21-week program in collaboration with the Office of Inclusion.

Learn more about Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.

21-Week Challenge Topics

Week One
Learning about antiracism and bias
Week Two
The tumultuous relationship of Black women and medicine
Week Three
Addressing the rise in anti-Asian racism
Week Four
Remembering Cesar Chavez and the impact of Covid-19 on Latinx Meatpacking, Poultry and Agricultural workers
Week Five
Mental Health Impacts of Police Brutality and Addressing Racial Disparities in Policing
Week Six
The History and Impacts of Redlining
Week Seven
April is Arab American Heritage Month
Week Eight
Natives in Solidarity Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Week Nine
DEI in Science Education and Healthcare
Week Ten
Interfaith Dialogue
Week Eleven
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Week Twelve
Continued awareness: Asian and Pacific Islander Awareness Month
Week Thirteen
Continued awareness: AAPI Awareness Month Week 3
Week Fourteen
Pride and LGBTQ+ People of Color
Week Fifteen
Pride and Juneteenth
Week Sixteen
World Refugee Day
Week Seventeen
Intersectionality
Week Eighteen
What it really means to educate others about Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Week Nineteen
Intersectionality
Week Twenty
The problem with disparities and inequities in the prison system
Week Twenty-One
How medical education can commit to health equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion

How can YOU be antiracist?

  • Actions speak louder than pledges, hashtags, statements ... commit to ACT!

  • Educate yourself about the history of race relations in this country.

  • Listen to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) people around you...if you don't have BIPOC people around you, reevaluate and re-define your circle and find some BIPOC people to listen to.

  • Evaluate your personal unconscious biases and how they impact those around you to build a more inclusive environment.

  • Commit to eliminating teaching and practicing race-based medicine, and speak up when you see actions, patient care, and education content that perpetuate race-based medicine.

  •  Visit unmc.edu/diversity for resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • UNMC has zero tolerance for racist behavior by employees, visitors and patients. If you or your family are struggling, the House Officer Assistance Program is a cost-free, confidential program committed to the health and well-being of all UNMC house officers and their partners.

Developed by Drs. Kate-Lynn Muir and Jasmine Marcelin, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine