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From: Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability <pklinst at sfsu.edu
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Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 5:38 PM
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Subject: Longmore Institute to Distribute $100,000 in Anthem Blue
Cross Scholarships

The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability

News and Updates

Longmore Institute to distribute
$100,000 in scholarships!

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A graduate in a robe holds a stethescope where the tubing has been
shaped into a heart.

A $100,000 donation from Anthem Blue Cross to The Longmore Institute
on Disability at San Francisco State University has established a new
scholarship fund to support education-related expenses for students
with disabilities who have committed to future healthcare work,
whether as direct healthcare practitioners or working in the field of
health justice. This initiative is part of Anthem’s broader commitment
to address California’s healthcare worker shortage and to close the
gap in health disparities across the state.

“Anthem Blue Cross has made a commitment to identifying
California-specific health disparities and partnering to introduce
solutions that create more equitable healthcare experiences, enhance
access to care and services, and improve health outcomes,” said Les
Ybarra, President of Anthem Blue Cross’s Medi-Cal health plan. “For
decades, Anthem has been pioneering solutions to usher in a new era of
healthcare that works better for everyone, and we are pleased for the
opportunity to work with the Longmore Institute on Disability, to not
only help students fulfill their higher education goals, but to also
develop a pipeline of healthcare leaders, with disabilities, to
transform healthcare delivery through a person-centered approach.”

The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State
University studies and showcases disabled people's experiences to
revolutionize social views. Through public education, scholarship and
cultural events, the Longmore Institute shares disability history and
theory, promotes critical thinking, and builds a broader community. At
the center of this work, is an effort to challenge implicit bias, as
too often people’s disabilities are assumed to signal only a deficit
and a pathological problem to be cured. Both the field of disability
studies and the disability rights and justice movements have
repeatedly called out the medical profession as a central site in
which negative assumptions of disability grow and spread. Supporting
Anthem’s important vision to see more disabled people in healthcare
and medicine will have a profound impact to help overturn implicit
bias from the inside, while creating new opportunities for students
who would not otherwise be able to afford the costs of education.

Director of the Longmore Institute, Catherine Kudlick, shared, “As
future health-care providers, SF State students are the perfect ones
to change thinking and conversations right where it matters most: at
the core of our healthcare system. Imagine a world where doctors and
other health workers believed living with a disability brought a
valuable new perspective for everyone?”

Students interested in applying should visit SFSU’s AcademicWorks
site, where they will be able to learn more and submit their
application in February 2022 for support starting Fall 2022:
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Save the Date: Cafe Crip

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Cafe Crip, details as below, image includes two green mugs, one with
the word "cafe" and the other with "crip," each surrounded by a heart

Save the date!
Friday, February 25th • 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET

Join us February 25th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET for the next edition of Cafe
Crip! More information on the theme and readings for this month will
be coming soon. In the meantime, be sure to save the date and register
now:

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Save the Date: Krip-Hop Nation

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Four artists representing Krip-Hop Nation.

Save the date!
Saturday, March 5th • 3:00pm PT / 6:00pm ET

Join the Longmore Institute and the Poetry Center March 5th, from
3-4:30pm PT / 6-7:30pm ET for Krip-Hop Nation: featuring Toni Hickman,
Keith Jones, Leroy F. Moore Jr., DJ Quad, and Wheelchair Sports Camp.

This event is one of the Poetry Center's many events taking place
during March 2022 in conjunction with the
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Poetry Coalition, under the collective heading “The future lives in
our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice,” with thanks to The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation for support of Poetry Coalition programming.

Krip-Hop Nation is a worldwide association of artists with
disabilities. Founded in 2007 by Leroy F. Moore Jr. in Berkeley,
California, the Movement campaigns for equality for people with
disabilities worldwide with concerts, tours, workshops and much more.
In 2020, three Krip-Hop Nation artists received
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Emmy Award accolades for Outstanding Music Direction on the Paralympic
documentary film
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Rising Phoenix.

In addition to Leroy F. Moore Jr. and co-founder Keith Jones, this
event presents three other outstanding artists affiliated with
Krip-Hop Nation — Toni Hickman, DJ Quad, and Wheelchair Sports Camp —
joining in performance and conversation.

ASL & CART provided. For other access support, contact Emily Beitiks:
beitiks at sfsu.edu <mailto:beitiks at sfsu.edu> .

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