Applications for our 2024-2025 cohort are now open! If you have ever considered earning a master’s or doctoral degree in psychiatric mental health nursing and identify as a member of an ethnic minority in the U.S., learn more about the MFP/ANA and apply today at
apply.emfp.org. 
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Please join us on Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm for our 2024 Black History Month celebration, Power of Black Nurses’ Voices III. All are invited to hear from a panel of Black Nurses who will share how they have used their voices in mentoring self and others during their journey in the nursing profession. A Question and Answer period will follow the panel conversation.
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Project ECHO® on Racism in Nursing is being conducted as part of the ongoing work of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, a multi-organizational collaborative of leading nursing organizations to examine the issue of racism within nursing nationwide and the impact on nurses, patients, communities, and healthcare systems to motivate all nurses to confront systemic racism.
Join us as we explore the root causes of health inequities and discuss the concepts and strategies for taking action toward health equity in everyday practice. 1.5 CNE is available for each session of the series.
Sessions are scheduled for the following Wednesdays
March 6 | 3-4:30pm ET
March 20 | 3-4:30pm ET
April 3. | 3-4:30pm ET
April 17 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 1 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 15 | 3-4:30pm ET
May 29 | 3-4:30pm ET
June 12 | 3-4:30pm ET
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Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association doctoral fellow, J'Andra Antisdel, reflects on the importance for behavioral health professionals to understand the digital spaces where teenagers gather and speak their language.
Earn FREE Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credits by listening to the entire episode (details in the episode description).
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Our new platform soft-launched on Monday, February 12, and is open to all current Fellows. Alumni will be invited to join next month (stay tuned).
We are excited to witness how this new tool will foster deeper connections and networking opportunities for the MFP family. Fellows, If you haven't accessed the platform already, follow the links below to download the app.
Or Scan the QR Code below
Upcoming Events:
- 6-part online course by Dr. Broderick Sawyer
In a 6-part online course, Dr. Broderick Sawyer, clinical psychologist and Liberation Psychology trainer, will teach students how to balance their desire for perfection using behavioural, attention, and compassion-based techniques. Each 60-minute class session, Dr. Sawyer will use a blend of instruction, discussion, and skill-building to help you understand, reflect on, and balance perfectionism.
Jan 17, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
Jan 31, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
Feb 13, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
Feb 28, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
Mar 13, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
Mar 27, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
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Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing will be hosting the 2nd Annual Dr. Bernardine Mays Lacey Symposium on Health Equity United in Care: Partnerships with One Vision for Health Equity.
Please mark your calendars.
When: April 18, 2024
Where: NYU Langone Health (550 First Ave, 10016) 2ND ANNUAL DR. BERNARDINE MAYS LACEY SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH EQUITY United in Care: Partnerships with One Vision for Health Equity
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing are pleased to accept abstract submissions for posters and podium presentations. This year's theme is "United in Care: Partnerships with One Vision for Health."
The objectives for the 2024 Research Symposium are to:
Explore historical and emerging strategies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the development of nursing knowledge. Discuss the robust role nursing science and interdisciplinary partnerships have on understanding the impact of social and structural determinants on health equity. Curate innovative strategies to design and implement community-academic partnerships that promote health equity. Submit abstracts by Thursday, February 29, 2024. Participants will be notified of acceptance decision by Friday, March 15, 2024
Abstracts should be 250 word structured abstract background/purpose, methods, results, implications. They should specify how the work contributes to the current state of nursing science and the development of equitable, sustainable partnerships. Topics addressing research, education, and community programs that promote health equity are encouraged. Abstracts for research in progress may be submitted for poster presentation. Student submissions are encouraged and abstracts reporting literature reviews, systematic reviews, and/or conceptual frameworks related to the conference theme will be considered. Applicants are allowed to have multiple submissions.
For questions about submissions contact nursing.deansoffice@nyu.edu with the subject line "LACEY ABSTRACT SUBMISSION.
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