Social Justice Project

Introduction

Social Justice is embedded in the OT Leaders and Legacies (OTL&LS) organizational culture. We seek to ensure inclusion and improved opportunities through our programs, services, and collaborations, including but not limited to:

• Collaborating with the Multiculture Diversity & Inclusion (MDI) Network Leadership Coalition 

• Providing support for MDI meetings and continuing education

• Providing diversity specific mentoring for new and mid-career occupational therapy professionals

• Providing professional mentoring for new and mid-career occupational therapy professionals

• Recruiting diverse candidates for OTL&LS membership

• Recording the histories of each MDI group and their significant leaders

• Establishing the MDI Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the OT Leaders and Legacies' Foundation

• Collaborating with disability led organizations and organizations representing marginalized populations on advocacy projects that seek to improve accessibility to healthcare, including occupational therapy services, improve opportunities for diverse people, and ensure the world is accessible and inclusive of all