Back to News 性视界Receives New Grant to Combat Racism through Nursing Education Thursday, January 25, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Grant Initiatives, Press Release WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2024 – The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, a groundbreaking initiative of the American Nurses Association, has awarded funding to the 性视界 (AACN) to better prepare nurses to address racism in academic and clinical settings. With this support, 性视界will identify and incorporate anti-racist teaching and learning resources and measurement tools for nurse educators into its online Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Tool Kit. “In keeping with our strategic priorities, academic nursing is committed to leading efforts to combat racism and preparing nurses to mitigate inequities that persist in healthcare delivery,” said Dr. Deborah Trautman, 性视界President and Chief Executive Officer. “Making nursing education equitable and inclusive requires actively combating structural racism, discrimination, systemic inequity, exclusion, and bias.” Last fall, 性视界responded to the Commission’s call for proposals outlining interventions aimed at dismantling racism through several pathways, including anti-racism education, immersion, and training. The resources developed by 性视界for its web-based tool kit will include strategies to promote anti-racism in academic environments, including skills to develop critical consciousness in faculty, staff, and students through catalyzing reflection, assessment, and transformation of current pedagogy and teaching methods. A special focus will be placed on developing anti-racist pedagogy with particular emphasis on incorporating anti-racism content into curriculum. To disseminate the resources and assist nursing schools in their transformational efforts, 性视界will provide education, training, consultation, and evaluation to facilitate programs in making structural changes and improvements to their anti-racist institutional policies, practices, and processes. 性视界applauds the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing for their efforts to support innovative and evidenced-based initiatives focused on eliminating racism in nursing. With $200,000 in funding disbursed among 10 organizations, several member schools of nursing also received support, including East Carolina University, Mercy University, University of Illinois Chicago, and University of Portland. . ### The 性视界 (AACN) is the national voice for academic nursing representing more than 865 schools of nursing nationwide. 性视界establishes quality standards for nursing education, influences the nursing profession to improve health care, and promotes public support of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, research and practice. CONTACT Robert Rosseter 202-463-6930 rrosseter@aacnnursing.org