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Building Bridges: Community and Resilience Among Minoritized Scholars

Friday, November 21, 2025
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM CST
Location: Celestin F, Level 3
Given ongoing challenges related to diversity and inclusion, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students, clinicians, researchers, and faculty face unique professional and personal considerations. These include navigating institutional environments, research/funding cuts, and career advancement, as well as maintaining well-being. Four panelists will discuss how these dynamics are reshaping their research trajectories, clinical practice, and professional well-being, with particular attention to recent funding cuts and institutional responses to equity-focused work.
Drawing from lived experiences, panelists will share strategies for sustaining productivity and mental health, such as accessing alternative funding sources, community-based mentorship networks, and culturally responsive self-care practices. Furthermore, the discussion will address how BIPOC students and early career faculty are recalibrating clinical approaches to serve marginalized populations while managing heightened visibility and vulnerability in shifting institutional climates. Audience participation is encouraged.

This session does not qualify for continuing education credit.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
  1. Describe the unique professional and personal challenges faced by BIPOC students, clinicians, researchers, and faculty in academic and clinical environments, particularly in the context of diversity, inclusion, and recent funding cuts.
  2. Discuss strategies for sustaining research productivity, clinical practice, and well-being among BIPOC professionals, including alternative funding sources, community-based mentorship, and culturally responsive self-care practices.
  3. Identify ways BIPOC students and early career faculty are adapting clinical and research approaches to better serve marginalized populations while navigating heightened visibility and institutional challenges.
  4. Examine the impact of institutional responses to equity-focused work on the career advancement and mental health of BIPOC professionals.
  5. Apply insights from lived experiences and panel discussion to manage personal well-being, foster supportive environments, and advocate for systemic changes that promote equity and inclusion for BIPOC individuals in academic and clinical settings.