The King County Academy of Family Physicians (KCAFP) is a professional medical society dedicated to maintaining high standards of family medicine. Family medicine is the medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, all sexes, each organ system, and every disease entity.
KCAFP Fall Member Meeting Panel
'How to be Anti-Racist in Medicine'
In June, the KCAFP Board of Directors committed to a year of advocacy. With all the pressing issues facing family physicians in 2020, we decided to make anti-racism the topic for our Fall Member Meeting being held virtually on Thursday, November 5th from 7:30-9:00pm. A BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) led task force met in July to discuss how we wanted to approach this topic. We decided to commit to offer our members actionable tools when it comes to the complex topic of racism.
The format for learning will be a virtual panel of experts who will discuss stories, solicited from KCAFP members, of racism in our various medical practices. We know you already have stories of patient, co-worker, and leadership interactions where a person's race played a key role. You may have been a participant or a witness. We know these situations are often uncomfortable, and it is challenging to know what to do. We invite you to explore ways to be anti-racist and help create positive change.
The format for learning will be a virtual panel of experts who will discuss stories, solicited from KCAFP members, of racism in our various medical practices. We know you already have stories of patient, co-worker, and leadership interactions where a person's race played a key role. You may have been a participant or a witness. We know these situations are often uncomfortable, and it is challenging to know what to do. We invite you to explore ways to be anti-racist and help create positive change.
Meet the Panelists
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Leticia Nieto, PSY.D., LMFT., T.E.P.Dr. Leticia Nieto has been working for over three decades as a counselor and educator. She is a Professor in the Master of Arts in Counseling program at Saint Martin’s University, and has a private practice in counseling in Olympia, Washington.
Leticia brings an innovative approach to her training and facilitation, drawing on expressive techniques to involve participants deeply and to create. She has successfully brought her skills to higher education and other learning communities, to service providers in helping agencies, to workplace teams, and to many community groups. Her book, Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone, analyzes the psychological dynamics of privilege and oppression. It offers readers accessible ways to develop skills to promote social justice. Leticia brings an integral, human development approach while sharing these concepts with groups in the Northwest and internationally. |
Kyana Wheeler, M.Ed, MPA
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Rooted in the belief that relationships and community are central to our liberation, Kyana Wheeler is a Black woman with extensive experience in anti-racism change efforts. An accomplished race relations trainer skilled in group facilitation, anti-racist leadership development, systems analysis, and policy impact analysis. Kyana is practiced in implementing systemic change within large complex structures. With a M.Ed in Organizational Leadership and a MPA in Policy Development, Kyana has actively engaged in moving the City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative forward over the last 16 years. Founder of Kyana Wheeler Consulting and a board member of the Non-Profit Anti-Racist Coalition (NPARC), Kyana works with organizations to embed institutional practices that create sustainable change and develop infrastructure that supports conversations about systems of oppression through the lens of race. A proven consensus builder adept in developing partnerships between leadership and staff, Kyana is experienced in coaching and motivating people to build skill and create capacity in increasing their effectiveness in challenging racial inequity within their organizations. Kyana wears many hats in her personal life – wife, mother, and spoken word artist, she uses her art as a platform to connect with community and generate discussions that imagine a world more humane, just and free. You can reach Kyana at kyanawheeler.com.
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Judy BlairJudy Blair is a white woman doing transformational racial equity work in Seattle, specializing in antiracism coaching and caucusing. Her approach is extremely relational, focusing on helping people find their own power and figure out concrete responses to the racial oppression they see or experience every day. She has spent the past decade thinking deeply about how white folks can use their social position to dismantle racist systems and what it means to be a white person doing antiracism work. Judy spent the early years of her career working in physician practices and continues to do a tiny bit of medical billing for a couple of naturopaths in Seattle. She also likes to knit, pet her cats, and roll her eyes at her husband and adult child.
You can learn more about Judy at Judy-Blair.com |
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We know that you already have a plethora of new information coming your way every day. From telehealth to governmental support to PPE supplies to system and organizational responses and so much more. We'd like to encourage any member who would find it helpful to join the KCAFP Facebook Group. Things to know about our group:
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