UIC Occupational Therapy receives Advancing Racial Equity Award

Erika Chavez | Posted on July 11, 2024

The UIC Department of Occupational Therapy is a recipient of an Advancing Racial Equity Award from the UIC Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement for the project "Advancing Racial Equity through Elevating the Voices of Diverse Communities" (ARE VOICES) to create digital library of strengths-based stories related to health and disability. The team will capture Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and disabled people’s lived experiences of resiliency, spirituality, collective emotional support, family, kinship, and other forms of healing and wellness.

The ARE VOICES team includes:

Proposal leads

  • Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar
  • Susan Magasi

Proposal team

  • Faculty:
    • Dalmina Arias
    • Jenica Lee
    • Mansha Mirza
    • Ashley Stoffel
    • Sabrin Rizk
  • Students:
    • Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity co-chairs and entry-level OTD students Asianna Griffin and Katerina Garbis
    • Illinois Student Occupational Therapy Association representative, Elizabeth Hume
  • Staff:
    • Phanethia Joe
  • Community representative:
    • Raul Montoya
Modified on July 11, 2024