Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at ASHA
ASHA's 2020 President Theresa H. Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP
Theresa Rodgers, ASHA President, with an update on ASHA's plans and progress in addressing systemic racism in the Communications Sciences and Disorders professions.
Learn More
- Standing Up, Speaking Out for Racial Justice (from The ASHA Leader)
- On Racial Disparities, Truth, and Reconciliation: An Invitation (from The ASHA Leader)
- National NSSLHA's Stop the Silence campaign
- ASHA Voices: Ijeoma Oluo Talks Race, Conversation, and Microaggressions
- Addressing Disparities in the Wake of Injustice, Violence, and COVID-19 (from The ASHA Leader)
- ASHA resources for increasing diversity and cultural competence
ASHA's Actions in 2020 Against Systemic Racism
July/August 2020
- ASHA held online listening sessions.
- ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) and Facilitating Team were trained in implicit bias.
- BOD approved the ASHA Envisioned Future 2025.
September 2020
- ASHA is expanding our existing Strategic Objective on increasing the diversity of the membership to Increase Diversity/Equity/Inclusion (DEI) within the Association and the discipline.
- ASHA is developing a microlearning opportunity on microaggressions.
- ASHA’s Board of Ethics is working on a resource related to the Code of Ethics’ prohibitions of discrimination.
October 2020
- CAA and CFCC are identifying priority areas for addressing barriers and systemic issues that need to be changed.
- ASHA is re-launching the That’s Unheard Of campaign (paused due to COVID-19).
- ASHA was a signatory on a multi-society letter to reinstitute DEI training for federal employees [PDF].
How to Help
Ask your Representative and Senators to cosponsor the Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019 (H.R. 3637/S. 2747) to promote workplace diversity.
