Learning Session #3: Cultural Competency Training & Community Cultural Wealth

On Wednesday, May 25th 2022, the DEI Learning Collaborative held its third Learning Session via Zoom. Participants heard from Dr. Ira Murray, CEO of the United Way of the Capital Area in Jackson, Mississippi about how rural hospitals can be more culturally responsive by understanding the existing wealth of communities and the things that the community values. He outlined the different forms of “capital” that compose community cultural wealth and additional factors that can be used in advancing rural healthcare and other efforts.

In the second half of the meeting, Learning Collaborative members were organized into groups of 7 to 10 people from different hospitals to discuss: What are your successes, challenges, hopes and fears around health equity work within your hospital and with your community?

• Group 1: Tidelands Health + Spartanburg Regional Healthcare

• Group 2: MUSC Kershaw, Williamsburg + Self Healthcare

• Group 3: Abbeville Area Medical Center + MUSC Enterprise

Meeting Materials:

• Keynote Speaker Slides - Dr. Ira Murray, Community Cultural Wealth

• DEI Project/Plan Guide - Excel File form with guidance for participating hospitals regarding their DEI Project Plan

• Facilitator Slides - Katie Zenger & Briauna Salley’s information about Rural Hospital Learning Collaborative participants’ action items and next steps.

• WORKSHEET - Community Cultural Wealth from Dr. Ira Murray