Being noticed without screaming. Being heard without needing to yell. Being accepted without
needing to shrink or perform.

When inclusion is actually put into practice:
● Students feel more assured in class.
● Employees open up and innovate more.
● Individuals arrive not only with talent, but with heart.
Inclusion demands: You don’t have to check pieces of yourself at the door. You are welcome here exactly as you are. And in itself, that is a form of healing.

Let’s Not Forget
We don’t build inclusive systems because it makes us look progressive.
We build them because inclusion honest-to-goodness, day-in, day-out, human inclusion is a type
of mental health treatment. Let’s Not Forget
We don’t build inclusive systems because it makes us look progressive.
We build them because inclusion honest-to-goodness, day-in, day-out, human inclusion is a type
of mental health treatment.

Let’s approach it that way.

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Schad, E. et al. (2022). Mental health of biomedical doctoral students during the pandemic and racial justice movements. eLife.

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