Longing for Belonging: Cultivating an Inclusive and Accepting Environment for All

This session, developed by the DEIA task force of ACCP, underscores the benefits of enhancing DEIA initiatives within the college and the profession to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for all members. The session is directly aligned with ACCP’s core values of a commitment to embrace diversity and inclusion, and challenge the status quo, state it’s organizational beliefs, and act on them. With a focus on multi-partial moderation, which brings multiple views, narratives, and experiences in, the session is designed to cultivate an environment where everyone feels heard. This session will include a diverse panel of clinical pharmacists who will share how marginalization, stigmatization, and bias have affected their own personal and professional journeys.  Alternative perspectives shared as part of ACCP’s DEIA assessment will be incorporated into the session and members with divergent views on these topics are invited to attend and participate in the discussion.  To foster an environment where all individuals are welcomed, valued, respected, and heard, we must work together to cultivate an atmosphere that is free of prejudices and judgement and fosters a sense of belonging for all. 

	Speaker: Sally Arif, Pharm.D., BCCP Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Downers Grove, IL Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Affiliated Faculty, Center for Community Health Equity, Chicago, IL.   View Biography
	Speaker: Kruti Parikh Shah, Pharm.D. Clinical Operations Pharmacist, RUSH, Department of Inpatient Pharmacy, Chicago, IL   View Biography
	Speaker: William J. Moore, Pharm.D., BCIDP, BCPS Practice Coordinator for the Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship Program and an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois   View Biography
	Speaker: Jordan Rowe, Pharm.D., BCACP, BC-ADM Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist, University Health, Endocrinology and LGBTQ Care Clinic   View Biography