It Takes A Village to Change the World For the Better, So This PT Built One.

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 11 a.m.

b'Lisa VanHoose is a physical therapist, researcher, educator, and equity warrior in the front lines addressing health disparities. She is founder of the Ujima Institute which is an inclusive space to improve health and wellness and raise the voices of Black communities.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Ujima Institute created three villages with support and a focus on female healthcare providers, individuals in underserved/non-served communities, and community based research.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Ujima Institute Toolkit is available for resources and guidance on anti-racism discussion and personal growth.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n100 multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers collaborated to create the Black Rehabilitation Manifesto with a purpose to express the needs of the black rehabilitation community.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nLisa and Mica Mitchell, PT, lead together Mindful Mondays to provide mindfulness and discussion for rehabilitation students and clinicians. See future dates by following the Ujima Institute on Twitter.\\n\\n\\n\\nPARTING SHOT\\n\\n\\n\\n1:01:30 \\u201cHealth disparities matter especially for our front liners working in the middle of COVID. We have to commit to health disparities...Do what you can within your village.\\u201d - Lisa VanHoose\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\\n\\n\\nQUOTES\\n\\n\\n\\n12:56 \\u201cI love listening to everyone\\u2019s commentary comparing the policing from January to the summer. That\\u2019s everyday in America.\\u201d - Lisa VanHoose\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n16:34 \\u201cWhen you look around in a room and you keep saying that someone should do something about that. Then that someone is probably you.\\u201d - Lisa VanHoose\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n18:09 My role as a human is to use that privilege to help elevate somebody else because you can\\u2019t be in all the lanes of traffic.\\u201d - Lisa VanHoose\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n18:20 \\u201cA leader does not create more followers. A leader creates more leaders.\\u201d - Jimmy\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n26:40 \\u201cCOVID is just a manifestation of all these injustices that we\\u2019ve not addressed.\\u201d - Lisa VanHoose\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n33:42 \\u201cHow do we insert ourselves into places that maybe we don\\u2019t belong because that is where you make change.\\u201d - Jimmy\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nAUDIOGRAM\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n6:59-7:54 I grabbed on to it because that was how I was raised\\u2026 with the ujima institute we\\u2019re really focused on health and wellness in black communities\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n11:30-12:10 Our congressional leaders were othered\\u2026. January 6th was definitely a wake up call\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n30:56- 31:40 In my mind I see the ujima institute as a guide\\u2026. A big part of that conversation is provider bias\\n\\n\\n\\n32:34-33:12 You can\\u2019t talk about transforming society if we don\\u2019t double down\\u2026.who is the APTA of urban planners'