PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sally Arif
AU  - Titilola Afolabi
AU  - Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk
AU  - Tyan F. Thomas
AU  - Nancy Borja-Hart
AU  - Latasha Wade
AU  - Brianna Henson
TI  - Engaging in Authentic Allyship as Part of Our Professional Development
AID  - 10.5688/ajpe8690
DP  - 2022 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
PG  - 8690
VI  - 86
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/86/5/8690.short
4100  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/86/5/8690.full
SO  - Am J Pharm Educ2022 Jun 01; 86
AB  - Educational institutions increasingly recognize the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to combat and dismantle structures that sustain inequities. However, successful DEI work hinges on individuals being authentic allies and incorporating allyship into their professional development. Allyship involves members of dominant groups recognizing their privilege and engaging in actions to create inclusivity and equitable spaces for all. Individuals from dominant groups with desires to actively support others from marginalized groups are often unsure how to fight oppression and prejudice. Our goal as faculty with diverse perspectives and heterogeneous intersectional identities is to provide readers with the tools to develop as an authentic ally through educating themselves about the identities and experiences of others, challenging their own discomfort and prejudices, dedicating the time and patience to learning how to be an ally, and taking action to promote change toward personal, institutional, and societal justice and equality. Ultimately, each person must advocate for change because we all hold the responsibility. When everyone is an authentic ally, we all thrive and rise together.