Action items for the week:
- SIGN the petition, spearheaded by UMass NSB graduate student Wayne Barnaby, to support the UMass Black and Brown Community here.
- TEST your implicit bias through the link on our DEI in Science page. Implicit bias is the unconscious attitudes and stereotypes we hold that affect our behavior and decisions. Learn about your own implicit biases by taking some of the online tests.
- WATCH the Society for Neuroscience panel discussion on Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Why This Moment Matters. A recording of the webinar is available here.
- READ about cognitive reserve and racial privilege in STEM in this post by NSB graduate student Mélise Edwards.
Question of the week:
What are your implicit biases? How might your biases affect your colleagues, peers, and mentees?