Stories of Care and Courage: Virginia Allen and the Black Angels

Feb 01, 2024

The year was 1947, and the invitation to leave her childhood home in Detroit came from an admired aunt who worked as a nurse in New York City. Few teenagers pack up, leave their families, and head to a distant city to take a dangerous job, but Virginia Allen did just th more

2024 TAC Rising Star Nurse Leader Program

Feb 01, 2024

The Tennessee Nurses Association and Tennessee Hospital Association have partnered with the Tennessee Action Coalition to acknowledge emerging nurse leaders under 40. This program is developed to engage and empower younger nurses to lead the profession and improve the health more

Location: Tennessee

A Heartfelt Thank You and Look Ahead

Jan 19, 2024

A new year is upon us, and I can’t let its first month pass without pausing to thank you, our amazing network of Action Coalitions, Champions, advisors, and allies, for your dedication and commitment to advancing health equity through nursing in 2023 and share insights on more

“Everyone Can Play a Role” in Advancing Health Equity

Dec 11, 2023

Attendees at the summit. How can we make real progress on critical health care priorities like advancing health equity, diversifying the nursing workforce, mitigating the workforce crisis through the recruitment and retention of nurses, and elevating the concept of more

Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Nursing Action Coalition of Florida presentation to the National Association of Nigerian Nurses in North America

Nov 26, 2023

Dr, Jan Adams, Co-Chair, NACFL participated in a panel discussion at the recent NANNNA meeting in Orlando. Dr. Adams shared the mission, vision and work that the Nursing Action Coalition of Florida is doing in the state to move toward health equity and meeting the more

Location: Florida

AARP & Health Equity Nursing Summit 2023

Nov 26, 2023

Dr. Adams, Co-Chair, NACFL, attended the AARP & Health Equity Summit 2023 in Washington DC. Our Health Equity mentor, Dr. Barbara Nichols, and Dr. Adams shared Florida team updates while at the Summit 2023. more

Location: Florida

Thank you to our Equity-Minded Nurse Awards Co-sponsors

Nov 08, 2023

Equity-minded nurse awardees and sponsors with Campaign for Action leaders. On Wednesday, Oct. 31, the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson more

Call for Abstracts and Registration Now Open!
2024 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit:
Revolution vs. Rearrangement: How to Realistically Reimage Nursing Education and Practice
Monday, May 20, 2024

Visit UMSON MDAC Website for more information.

Nov 07, 2023

2024 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/academics/pe/events/mdac/ more

Location: Maryland