JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion)
Our Mission
To improve the health of Southeastern Michigan by equipping our faculty, trainees, and member institutions to reduce health disparities as well as promote justice, equity, diversity and inclusion through education, collaborative inter-professional action, and strategic, systemic integration of social and structural determinants of health in practice, research, and advocacy.
Our Vision
For practicing and training physicians to have the tools to enable all people in Southeast Michigan live their healthiest and happiest life by eliminating unjust disparities.
Our Values
Healthy Equity
Care of Marginalized Populations
Cultural Humility
Advocacy
Interprofessionalism
Collaboration
Projects
- Faculty development workshop addressing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and social/structural determinants of health and antiracism.
- Interprofessional Health Equity symposium.
- Faculty learning community that address Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Landscape Gap Analysis of member institution educational programs addressing healthy equity, social justice, diversity, antiracism, and social/structural determinants of health.
Calls to Action
SEMCME committees are invited to send 1 committee representative to liaise with the JEDI committee in order to integrate principles and strategies in committee focus areas. Interested committee liaisons should please contact Kristy Check at kcheck@semcme.org