Kantahyanee Murray, senior associate director of the Michigan Public Health Institute Center for Culturally Responsive Engagement, discussed the need for researchers to repair the wounds of past research on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities during the PRC’s 3^rd Annual Lecture on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Prevention Science and Practice.

The lecture, titled ‘The Healing Power of Research in Service to Equity,’ focused on the histories of harm and the patterns that persist today. She said that racial healing requires the recognition of the need to acknowledge the wrongs of the past while addressing the consequences of those wrongs. She added that doing so will also help to improve research practice and outcomes.

You can watch a video of the seminar below.

Access the following list of resources provided by Dr. Murray:

Resources

Andrews, K., Parekh, J. & Peckoo, S. (2019). How to embed a racial and ethnic equity perspective in research. Child Trends.

Chicago Beyond (2018). Why am I always being researched? Chicago Beyond.

Community Science (2021). Doing evaluation in service of racial equity. W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

Bledsoe, K., Guillen-Woods, B., and Gonzales, F. (2022). Culturally-responsive and equity-focused evaluation philosophies and approaches evaluation matrix tool. Strategic Learning Partners 4 Innovation.

Elam, P. and Walker, W. Considerations for conducting evaluation using a culturally responsive and racial equity lens.

Gonzalez R. (2020) The spectrum of community engagement to ownership. Facilitating Power.

RELATE (Recognize, Engage, Listen, Adopt a culturally responsive and equity-oriented evaluation approach, Transformative reflection, Evaluate) Toolkit (Murray, 2021) – Available in fall 2023. Email kmurray@mphi.org for more information.