{"id":2586,"date":"2022-07-11T14:24:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:48:08","slug":"addressing-inequity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/addressing-inequity\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Inequity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Addressing Inequity<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Racial Equity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Having Difficult Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/speak_up_2021_edit.pdf\">Tips for Responding to Everyday Bigotry<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 A guide for having conversations about bigotry with family, friends, neighbors, at work, at school, and in public<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/d2yy08d49bfqoo.cloudfront.net\/documents\/Resources-for-having-conversations-about-racism.pdf\">Resources for Conversations about Racism in the Workplace<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; Educational Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnowlibrary.org\/about\/our-library\/sudbury-cares\/\">Sudbury CARES (Community Anti-Racist Education Series)<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Collaboration between the Goodnow library and other community members.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waysideequitycenter.org\/\"><strong>Wayside Equity Training Center<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Helping organizations beginning or advancing their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_dg86g-QlM0\">Video: Tips for Being an Ally<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Local Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsrhs.net\/about\/rctf\">Racial Climate Task Force at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 View the goals and school committee presentations of the racial climate task force.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metcoinc.org\/\">METCO Program<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 A program to increase diversity and reduce racial isolation by enrolling Boston students in public schools in other communities, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudbury.k12.ma.us\/\">Sudbury.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Weight Stigma<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asdah.org\/\">Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Learn the Health at Every Size\u00ae principles.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fhaeshealthsheets.com&amp;umid=58de3f70-8a76-4a7f-b9ca-0fb8a0029bce&amp;auth=f951e0bbe455ee22fa6fcc7e7ef3188c31a0819b-35f6cb6dd42481d762afcbb250dd5a28cfac3499\">Health at Every Size Fact Sheets<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A library of fact sheets on how to approach different medical diagnoses from a Health at Every Size\u00ae (rather than weight-loss centric) perspective.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fnaafa.org&amp;umid=58de3f70-8a76-4a7f-b9ca-0fb8a0029bce&amp;auth=f951e0bbe455ee22fa6fcc7e7ef3188c31a0819b-7dcf714d17dac7b3eeaafcede319a4273ba3fd13\">National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance<\/a><\/strong> (NAAFA) \u2013 Educational resources, events, monthly newsletter, and advocacy for equality at every size.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smex-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fnaafa.org%2fbrocheng1&amp;umid=58de3f70-8a76-4a7f-b9ca-0fb8a0029bce&amp;auth=f951e0bbe455ee22fa6fcc7e7ef3188c31a0819b-e43bd6e1add7b437a1a71b583c2fb9cc8f94d057\">Guidelines for Professionals and Institutions<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Find guidelines on interacting with higher weight patients, clients, and employees. For healthcare providers, fitness professionals, nutritionists, therapists, employers, and higher education settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tools and Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e7be2c55ceb261b71eadde2\/t\/605d0c60a773973996ced5df\/1616710755012\/NAAFA+Child+Advocacy+Toolkit.pdf\">NAAFA Child Advocacy Toolkit<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Understand how to improve the health of children without doing harm and how to design programs and approaches that will improve the total health of all children.<\/li>\n<li>Professional listings for Health at Every Size providers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asdah.org\/listing\/\">ASDAH website.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e7be2c55ceb261b71eadde2\/t\/605d0c9e270cfb7a926a6183\/1616710815151\/2020+NAAFA+Travel+tips+for+people+of+size.pdf\"><strong>Travel Tips for People of Size<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; This brochure lays out a few tips that can make your travel experience a little easier.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Health At Every Size\u00ae and HAES\u00ae are registered trademarks of the Association for Size Diversity and Health and used with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing Inequity Racial Equity Having Difficult Conversations Tips for Responding to Everyday Bigotry \u2013 A guide for having conversations about bigotry with family, friends, neighbors, at work, at school, and in public Resources for Conversations &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/addressing-inequity\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Addressing Inequity\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3347,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}