MHIR DEI Email Blast 9/26-9/29/23

 Hello MHIR,

Apologies for the abbreviated edition today, we're catching up from being out last week!

Hope you’re taking care of yourself and each other*

  *   Free COVID tests by mail are back, starting September 25<https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/21/1200750128/free-covid-tests-by-mail>
  *   How new borrowers can prepare for their first student loan payment<https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201543239/student-loan-payment-calculator-save-plan>
  *   How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office<https://www.vox.com/even-better/23880457/advocate-for-yourself-doctors-office-health>
  *   11 Mental Health Resources for the Latinx Community<https://www.wondermind.com/article/latinx-mental-health-resources/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-officialwondermind&utm_content=later-37870997&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio&fbclid=PAAabO8NB0xGNzRhZ-f-o1QPwZsMpoG1qRLfl3wp8t2r_uvZWGZZLxaLHJCek_aem_Ae22paxzQnfxfg_4LsuE_sQhOopy-1YuMKUv_rJdFYR6WopQSFMLPFTpnhQETPlUhaE>
*These suggestions might not be supportive to you, and that’s ok!! Drop us a line to tell us about what’s been supportive to you.

P.S., Many NYT and HBR articles are free through MH – The MH Library can assist with access at library@mainehealth.org<mailto:library@mainehealth.org>

  *   Please NOTE: If titles are listed, they have been COPIED EXACTLY from the news source; this is intended to help with links being searchable. If you would like to read one of these articles and it is behind a paywall, please request it from the library

Uplifting News and Empowering Information

UMaine partners with UMass on indigenous knowledge center<https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2023-09-21/umaine-awarded-30-million-for-indigenous-knowledge-center>

Subsidized meals in child care tied to healthier kids and families<https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/24/day-care-food-subsidy-health/>

Legalize ME: A Comprehensive Guide to Legally Changing your Name and Gender Markers in the State of Maine by Violet Hart is now available at Print: A Bookstore<https://www.printbookstore.com/book/9798859048793>

New program at UNE will aim to address Maine's mental health provider shortage<https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2023-09-20/new-program-at-une-will-aim-to-address-maines-mental-health-provider-shortage>

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness' Wabanaki Youth & Cultural Center host Indigenous Peoples' Day Event on October 9th– Register here<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hynUoS0K9EOiRLdm9sJU7LPT9lc7SEpPgJybrOT1215UQkRaNzhXRDNCWU42U0ZDVVBRN01DSFYyVS4u>

Newsworthy and noteworthy for this week:

Extending an Antiracism Lens to the Implementation of Precision Public Health Interventions<https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307386>

Teaching about Racism Is Essential for Education<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/teaching-about-racism-is-essential-for-education/>

Maine's housing crisis contributes to a big increase in student homelessness<https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-09-26/maines-housing-crisis-contributes-to-a-big-increase-in-student-homelessness>

Rosalind Franklin Deserves a Posthumous Nobel Prize for Co-discovering DNA Structure<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rosalind-franklin-deserves-a-posthumous-nobel-prize-for-co-discovering-dna-structure/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow>


Upcoming Sessions and Related Events:

10/4:Approaches to Centering Equity in Health Communication Research and Practice<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/c6n1978n.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:*2F*2Fwww.nnlm.gov*2Ftraining*2Fclass*2Fapproaches-centering-equity-health-communication-research-and-practice/1/010001897bc8291a-6cad1461-56d8-47e7-bb1c-fe5811a78d85-000000/Ed3EwrX6r1Cv523LycGJwuPBENI=331__;JSUlJSU!!LQXXzXo!2uQEfXWKj4a3WKLYS6dHtGy9PpxE_AEfZk7-ndAMi-Z7Z5G8azH9eZrLSeiuxij2dDOTwgQ6PTdC9tXikotkgfyX$>

10/5: Celebrate LGBTQ+ History month with OUT Maine at USM's LGBTQ+ Collection! Join us at the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine to explore their collections of personal papers and archives of organizations active in the LGBTQ+ communities of Maine. Register here<https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/91qK8wj9bi-tPz2YPPf3Pg>

11/8-11/9: Black Lives Matter in Research<https://www.montclair.edu/institutional-review-board/blminresearch/>

Know about other events? Share it with us on Slack!

Resources:
American Psychological Association’s Inclusive Language Guide<https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=apa-edi&utm_content=inclusive-lang-guide>

American Psychological Association’s Bias-Free Language Guide<https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/?_gl=1*1hvpa6h*_ga*MTgxMTQwNDMyMy4xNjc1NzgzNTE1*_ga_SZXLGDJGNB*MTY4OTE4Nzk3MC4xMC4wLjE2ODkxODgzMjIuMC4wLjA.&_ga=2.78413268.1530957584.1689187970-1811404323.1675783515>

American Medical Association’s Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts<https://www.ama-assn.org/about/ama-center-health-equity/advancing-health-equity-guide-language-narrative-and-concepts-0>

Out Maine’s Terminology Guide<https://outmaine.org/resources/terminology/>

NEJM’s video – A Sense of Belonging<https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2215556?query=TOC&cid=NEJM%20eToc,%20December%2029,%202022%20DM1824408_NEJM_Non_Subscriber&bid=1334283870>

How to be an activist without burning out <https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102617337/how-to-do-activism-and-avoid-burnout>


UCLA’s Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send<https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_Examples_Arial_2014_11_12.pdf>

Want to stay up to date on MH Governmental Affairs? Email Sarah Calder (scalder@mainehealth.org<mailto:scalder@mainehealth.org>) to receive their newsletter


Dates to be aware of (Know of others? Drop us a line!)
September is
Suicide Prevention Month<https://988lifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/>
September 15-October 15
Hispanic Heritage Month<https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources/hispanic-heritage-month-resources>
September 15-17
Rosh Hashanah<https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4644/jewish/Rosh-Hashanah.htm>
September 24- 25
Yom Kippur<https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4687/jewish/Yom-Kippur.htm>
September 26 -27
Mawlid al-Nabi<https://pluralism.org/birthday-of-the-prophet-mawlid-al-nabi>

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