Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Centering Equity

MI-AIMH Stands in Solidarity

The Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) will not stand for the racial injustice in the daily lives of black families, friends and colleagues. MI-AIMH’s mission is “to promote and support nurturing relationships for all infants, young children and their families”. We recognize that our voices need to be amplified around the systemic racism that has been happening in our country for hundreds of years.

MI-AIMH is dedicated to speaking up on behalf of babies, families and communities. We commit to speaking up louder and more often on behalf of black babies and their families, as well as to support the black professionals among us who carry additional burdens. To the black professionals in our organization, MI-AIMH wants you to know that we hear you, we see you, and we will speak up and stand up for you. We are here to listen, to engage in our own learning, and to continue to do our work to support you.

We have been working to dismantle systemic oppression as an organization, but know there is more work to be done. We will continue to consciously evolve and take pause to look inward and to reflect on how we can use our platform in the ongoing fight against racial injustice.

We will build upon our work through policies and practices that integrate consideration of racial justice throughout all that we do. Many in our MI-AIMH community have been invested in racial justice work and are having important conversations about race with families and within organizations. We will be creating ongoing opportunities for conversations with you, our members. You will hear from us over the next many months about these opportunities and can hold us accountable for our actions related to race and privilege. Your critical feedback is important to us.

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