IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access)Diversity and Inclusion Now Titled "IDEA" (for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access)
Also, the IDEA Promotion Grant (up to $10,000 funding) is now available on an annual basis instead of only every 2 years; the annual deadline will be March 1. From Blue Corn Mush to Frybread: An Indigenous-Centered Approach to Nutrition Speaker: Denee Bex, MPH, RD, LD, CDCES Indigenous communities face unique challenges when it comes to achieving health equity. Attendees will explore the social and structural determinants of indigenous health and discuss strategies to provide effective nutrition counseling for this unique population.
This webinar is free to SCAND members and non-members thanks to a generous, anonymous member who believes inclusion, diversity, equity, and access are crucial to the dietetics profession and health of individuals in South Carolina and our nation. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) are not responsible for the provider’s interpretation of the Academy/CDR Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession or its enforcement as it relates to the scenarios and content presented in this activity. Three IDEA Webinars - FREE! 1. “Crossing Diverse Bridges,” (Recorded on February 8, 2022) The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) are not responsible for the provider’s interpretation of the Academy/CDR Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics Profession or its enforcement as it relates to the scenarios and content presented in this activity. Crossing Diverse Bridges Summary Learning Objectives
Learning Codes 3.2 Advocates and challenges others to take action to advance the profession. 8.2 Recognizes and respects the physical, social, cultural, institutional and economic environments of the individual, group, community and population in practice. 12.1 Advocates for health and disease prevention in the community and population. Ethics Principle & Learning Objective Ethics Learning objectives: Respect the values, rights, knowledge, and skills of colleagues and other professionals. Demonstrate respect, constructive dialogue, civility and professionalism in all communications, including social media. Diversity and Inclusion from the Perspective of an Immigrant Dietitian Summary Learning Objectives
Learning Codes 2.1 Utilizes appropriate communication methods and skills to meet the needs of various audiences. 2.2 Collaborates with others to achieve common goals and to optimize delivery of services. 12.3 Develops a community and population health program or intervention to meet the needs of the community and/or population. Ethics Principle & Learning Objective Ethics learning objective: Promote fairness and objectivity with fair and equitable treatment. Cultural Humility and Diversity: Why They’re Important Summary Learning Objectives
Learning Codes 2.1 Utilizes appropriate communication methods and skills to meet the needs of various audiences. 8.2 Recognizes and respects the physical, social, cultural, institutional and economic environments of the individual, group, community and population in practice. 9.3 Designs, selects and implements education strategies to meet the learning needs of the individual, group, community and population. Ethics Principle & Learning Objective Ethics learning objective: Act in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences, cultural, and ethnic diversity. Request a career presentation
Academy Diversity and Inclusion Professional Resource HubThe Academy website now offers a Diversity and Inclusion Professional Resource Hub which features a video by the D&I Committee Chair and the Academy’s Strategic Plan D&I Impact Goals. The Hub provides spotlights of D&I projects and initiatives of DPGs, MIGs, Affiliates, and the Academy. The Hub also provides resources to assist nutrition and dietetics practitioners in meeting the needs of all clients and colleagues with the goal of improving equity and access for all. By visiting the Hub, one can read the latest updates from organizational units at the Academy, meet the D&I Committee, learn about D&I grants and scholarships, view the Academy’s Strategic Plan, review a list of D&I definitions, and share stories. Diversity and Inclusivity (eatrightpro.org) Today’s Dietitian magazine – June/July 2021, pages 16-17The article titled, “RDs With Disabilities Make a Difference” by Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND features six different RDs — neonatal ICU RD, spinal cord injury RD, hospital pediatric RD, private practice eating disorders RD, sports RD, and research RD — to illustrate why dietitians with disabilities should be welcomed and provided the same opportunities as those without disabilities. Dietitians with disabilities improves the dietetics profession, and enhances the well-being of the clients and patients served. Check out the issue for free! http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8011e42e#/8011e42e/1
The Pledge of Professional CivilityTo help foster camaraderie among our professional community and encourage constructive engagement among peers, Food & Nutrition Magazine® — published by the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — has developed a voluntary Pledge of Professional Civility, guiding principles and related resources: The Pledge of Professional Civility
Guiding Principles The basic tenets that any professional — irrespective of expertise, area of practice or personal values — should adopt as principles of conduct in public forums, including social media, are to 1) demonstrate respect, 2) encourage constructive dialogue, 3) discourage public belittling of colleagues, and 4) model professionalism. Read more about each of these guiding principles, take the Pledge of Professional Civility yourself, and see who else in the Academy has taken the Pledge!
Clinical Nutrition Management DPG - Spring 2021 Special Edition: Diversity, Equity, InclusionThe Spring newsletter for the Clinical Nutrition Management DPG of the Academy is hot off the press with a special edition on diversity, equity and inclusion. It includes several articles, two of which have authors from SCAND, Dr. Suzi Baxter and Dr. Nina M Crowley! The Executive Board of this DPG has voted to make this special edition open access so do not miss your chance to read it now. Read it hereIn recognition and appreciation of dietetics professionals, students, and interns of color in South Carolina -- and in honor of Black History Month (February 2021) -- the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (SCAND) has released 8 videos. The 8 videos feature 7 Registered Dietitians and 1 Dietetic Technician, Registered, sharing their stories of becoming a dietetics professional of color. SCAND sincerely thanks the 8 individuals who shared their stories to create these videos. SCAND is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. These videos are part of the SCAND Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan 2020-2021. Plan 2020-2021 summarized on this webpage. Juanita Bowens-Seabrook, PhD, RD, LD, SNS Andrye'l L Walker, MBA, RD, LD Webinar Title: Tips to Enhance the Success of Your Academy Foundation Scholarship ApplicationThe Academy Foundation invests in the current and future generation of food and nutrition practitioners as the world's largest provider of dietetic scholarships at all levels of study. For the 2019-2020 academic year, our Foundation awarded $511,750 in scholarships to 239 deserving students at all levels of study! During this webinar, Dr. Baxter will share eligibility criteria and guidelines for submitting a Foundation scholarship application. She will share 3 common attributes of strong applicants -- academic achievement, professionalism, and financial need -- and specific tips for how to best demonstrate these attributes in your Foundation scholarship application. Moderator: Sharon Sweat, Dietetic Intern Speaker: Suzanne ("Suzi") Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND, South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (SCAND) Diversity and Inclusion Liaison. Dr. Baxter is a recent 6-year Member (including 1 year as Chair) of the Academy Foundation Scholarship Committee. She has reviewed 400 to 500 scholarship applications for the Foundation. Please click the links below for the presentation, script and recording. Webinar title: Come on Baby Light My Fire: Tips for Matching a Dietetic InternshipThe competition to match for a dietetic internship (DI) program is fierce. Currently, there are more dietetic students than internships available. What can students do to help improve their chances of getting matched to a dietetic internship, beyond the guidelines provided on the Academy's website? This webinar will provide practical, yet often unspoken, tips to polish and fine-tune DI applications to help move an applicant up the ranks and land an internship. This webinar is provided as part of SCAND's first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. Moderator: Suzanne ("Suzi") Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND, SCAND Diversity Liaison Please click the links below for the presentation, script and recording. SCAND 2020-2021 Diversity Mini-Grant Award WinnersSCAND is excited to announce 11 award winners of the Diversity Mini-Grant funded by the Academy. Each winner has their Academy membership paid for the current 2020-2021 year and registration paid for the SCAND 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting! Each award winner is from an underrepresented group. The 11 winners consist of 7 students, 1 intern, 2 RD/RDNs, and 1 DTR/NDTR. Of the 11 award winners, 7 were not Academy members. Please congratulate the following 11 award winners and help them become active in their local district, SCAND, and the Academy:
SCAND Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
SCAND has made tremendous strides towards accomplishing most of the objectives on its Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan 2020-2021. However, much work remains to be done. Moving forward, Diversity and Inclusion will be a Focus Area on the SCAND Strategic Plan overall, like the Academy has done with its revised Strategic Plan. More details will follow as the SCAND Board approves new objectives/goals concerning the Focus Area of Diversity and Inclusion for its revised Strategic Plan. Articles05/19/2021 – Academy Letter to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky 04/28/2021 – Congressional Leaderships Urged to Provide Funding for Diversity in Dietetics and Nutrition 04/08/2021 – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Creates Advancing Diversity in Dietetics Scholarship 03/21/2021 – Academy Foundation Awards First Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship to Purdue Faculty Member 03/18/2021 – Statement on Recent Violence Against the Asian Community 02/01/2021 – D&I Committee Update: Goals and Grants 12/15/2020 – Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update: Ongoing Work and Grant Assistance 12/18/2020 – Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update: Consultation and Collaboration 12/17/2020 – Creating Lasting Change – Message from the Academy President 12/16/2020 – Diversity and Inclusion: Update from the Academy President and Chief Executive Officer 10/01/2020 - Academy Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update: Listening Sessions Completed 08/26/2020 - Academy Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update: Listening Sessions to Share Your Perspectives 07/23/2020 - Academy Member Update: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 07/22/2020 - From the Academy Diversity & Inclusion Committee: An Update 06/29/2020 - Academy Diversity and Inclusion Update 06/05/2020 - Improving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: A Message from the Academy's President and CEO Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Diversity and Inclusion Statement “The Academy encourages diversity and inclusion by striving to recognize, respect and include differences in ability, age, creed, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, size, and socioeconomic characteristics in the nutrition and dietetics profession.” * * Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Diversity Awards and Grants. https://www.eatrightpro.org/leadership/honors-and-awards/diversity-awards-and-grants. SCAND's Statement on Diversity, June 4, 2020 Three Free Captioned Webinars for Academy Members and Non-members A series of three webinars was conducted in April, 2020 for a Diversity Mini-Grant awarded by the Academy to the Research DPG. Each webinar was conducted live to highlight the unique and important role of dietitians with disabilities to the dietetics profession. Webinars 1 and 2 each featured three different Academy RD/RDNs with disabilities in various work settings – clinical, research, private practice – sharing their stories. Webinar 3 included two speakers from the Job Accommodation Network. Webinars were live captioned, moderated by Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, and directed by Suzi Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND (SCAND Diversity Liaison). Each webinar provided one CPEU and also qualified for the ethics CPE required for each 5-year registration period. Each webinar is free to Academy members and non-members. If you missed the live webinars, you can watch the recordings! The audio recording, slides, transcript, and CPE certificates for each webinar are posted on the main page of the Research DPG website (https://www.researchdpg.org/) and the Academy's Webinar Series in the Webinar Archives section (https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/professional-development/distance-learning/webinar-series). The title, day, date, time, number of attendees, and a few comments from attendees are provided below for each webinar:
Webinar 1 — Enhancing Diversity in the Dietetics Profession: Stories from RD/RDNs with Disabilities (Part 1) Comments: Inspiring! Great job...excellent perspective and information. Broadening all our horizons, thanks! Fabulous webinar. Many thanks to our speakers today...excellent information and most inspiring. Great job! Incredible webinar...thanks to everyone who spoke so eloquently. Excellent speakers! Thank you for this great webinar! Wonderful presentation. Loved this presentation. Thank you very much...I am now confident to go back to go PT job with all the inspiring stories...disabled due to stroke. Incredible stories...very motivating! (Click the image to download a flyer for this webinar)
Webinar 2 — Enhancing Diversity in the Dietetics Profession: Stories from RD/RDNs with Disabilities (Part 2) Comments: So inspiring! Thank you to all speakers for sharing your stories! All speakers - thanks so much! Excellent speakers. Such enlightening information and stories from the speakers! Thank you to all the speakers for sharing their experiences and to the hosts for organizing this. Thank you for an informative event. Thank you everyone! Thank you so much...as a student I really appreciated hearing everyone's perspective. (Click the image to download a flyer for this webinar)
Webinar 3 — Tips from the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) for Hiring RD/RDNs with Disabilities Comments: I want to thank you for all 3 parts...I really enjoyed each one. I appreciate this information shared today. Thank you to the Academy for helping make this information as a resource...I am glad to see this being addressed. Thank you. Thank You for all this wonderful work! Thanks so much! Please do more Webinars in the future. (Click the image to download a flyer for this webinar) “Enhancing Diversity and the Role of Individuals with Disabilities in the Dietetics Profession” This article with a SCAND member as a first author was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in May (issue 5), 2020 (volume 120) on pages 749–757. The authors are Suzanne Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND; Barbara Gordon, MBA, RDN, LD, FAND; and Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND. This article was a component of Dr. Baxter’s Capstone Project as a member of the Academy's 2017‒2019 Diversity Leaders Program. The article includes information on the prevalence of people with disabilities, disability rights laws, accommodation recommendations for people with disabilities, etiquette strategies for interacting with people with disabilities, and professional health science associations for people with disabilities. Read this article for basic knowledge about how to enhance diversity in the dietetics profession via people with disabilities, and for research ideas about disabilities among dietetics students and practitioners. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics The Academy values and respects the diverse viewpoints and individual differences of all people. The Academy's mission and vision are most effectively realized through the promotion of a diverse membership that reflects cultural, ethnic, gender, racial, religious, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, geographical, political, educational, experiential and philosophical characteristics of the public it services. The Academy actively identifies and offers opportunities to individuals with varied skills, talents, abilities, ideas, disabilities, backgrounds and practice expertise. Through the Academy’s commitment to diversity, several awards and leadership opportunities are offered, http://www.eatrightPRO.org/diversity. Academy Diversity Awards Diversity Action Award: A $1,000 award to a dietetics educational program accredited/approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), Academy Affiliate, dietetic practice group or member interest group in recognition of past accomplishments to successfully recruit and retain diverse individuals. Available annually. Diversity Mini-Grants: Diversity Mini-Grants provide $100 - $1,000 grants to support outreach by Diversity Liaisons to students and professionals from underrepresented groups within the dietetics profession. Outreach could include cultural competency educational session as well as membership recruitment. Only recognized Diversity Liaisons may apply. Diversity Promotion Grant: The Promotion Grant provides a $10,000 grant to support minority recruitment and retention projects by dietetic education programs accredited/approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), dietetic practice groups, Academy Affiliates and member interest groups. This award is provided every other year on even years. Academy Leadership Opportunities Diversity Leaders Program: The Diversity Leaders Program supports Active members from underrepresented groups within the dietetics profession. In accordance with the Academy’s strategic vision and mission, the Diversity Leaders Program is a two-year program that supports Active members from underrepresented groups within the dietetics profession as defined by the Academy. Four Leaders are selected every two years on odd years. Goals of the Diversity Leaders Program are to:
Diversity Liaison: Diversity Liaisons serve at the grassroots level and are charged with conducting diversity outreach events. Diversity Liaisons must be current Academy members in good standing from any membership category except for Student or International Student. Diversity Liaisons can apply for mini-grants in support of their diversity outreach efforts. In addition, Diversity Liaison serve as a leadership ladder to the Diversity Leaders Program. Affiliates, dietetics practice groups (DPGs) and member interest groups (MIGs) are encouraged to select a Diversity Liaison. eMentoring: Those interested in serving as a mentor, or being mentored in the area of diversity, may select Diversity Initiatives or Cultural Competence as areas of interest in the Academy’s eMentoring program. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month planned by the US Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). This ODEP creates an annual theme, with "America's Recovery: Powered by Inclusion" for 2021 to reflect the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ODEP website offers free resources including posters in English and Spanish, sample articles, a press release, and social media content. |
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