The Wellness & Student Life (WSL) Action Committee is dedicated to both trainee wellness and patient wellness through the development of patient-centered care and of supportive educational environments. These goals require an emphasis on patient-centered care over physician-centered care, especially as that care pertains to integrative, complementary, & alternative medicine (ICAM). The WSL committee also advocates for and supports the need for trainees to have regular access to medical humanities to foster healing through understanding, community, creativity, personal reflection, and a connection with humanity. 

Position description

Action Committee overview: Race, Ethnicity, & Culture in Health

The Race, Ethnicity, & Culture in Health (REACH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of race, ethnicity, and culture, including but not limited to cultural sensitivity, health disparities, social determinants of health, and diversity in the healthcare workforce. 

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Race, Ethnicity, & Culture in Health (REACH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of race, ethnicity, and culture, including but not limited to cultural sensitivity, health disparities, social determinants of health, and diversity in the healthcare workforce. 

Position description

Education Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Grand Round sessions, which explicitly connect health policy and lived experience, helping members to gain a comprehensive contextual understanding and foundational literacy necessary to meaningfully precede directed advocacy efforts. Grounded first in education, advocacy aims can be targeted, clear, and shaped for meaningful impact.  
  • Develop and maintain educational resources, including but not limited to case-based educational offerings, utilizing both student voices and subject-matter experts to deliver lectures, panels, and interactive material that translates medical and health justice education for future physician knowledge, empowerment, and change.
  • Build a deeply thoughtful bridge between Advocacy & Action, the ÃÛÑ¿appAcademy, and AMSA’s Scholars Programs, positioning members to deepen their understanding of health justice and human rights, alongside building a practice of critical reflection on contemporary social, political, and clinical realities. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Health (REACH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of race, ethnicity, and culture, including but not limited to cultural sensitivity, health disparities, social determinants of health, and diversity in the healthcare workforce. 

Position description

Advocacy Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Bootcamps and skill-based trainings which provide students with the opportunity to engage in timely, directed action on a matter relating both to AMSA’s organizational advocacy priorities and the scope of their Action Committee.
  • Develop and maintain advocacy-related opportunities that deepen student engagement in organizational issue-advancement efforts, including but limited to cultivating practical competencies, such as power mapping, legislative meeting skills, and tools aimed to strengthen the confidence needed to drive systemic change.
  • Support the development of advocacy resources, including but not limited to skill-building tools, policy briefs, action guides, and communication materials, that are maintained and assessed periodically throughout each leadership term to remain aligned with AMSA’s advocacy priorities and evolving member needs. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s core advocacy priorities, thoughtfully integrating Advocacy & Action deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Medical Education (ME) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of medical education, including but not limited to diversity in medical education, gaps in medical education, curricular reform, student debt, innovation in medical education, academic medicine, graduate medical education. 

Position Description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Gender & Sexuality (GS) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of gender & sexuality by (1) ensuring equal access within health care and within medical education for women and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTQ+) persons, and (2) supporting the training of medical students to become excellent health care providers for women and for LGBTQ+ persons. Toward these goals, the GS Action Committee advocates for policies that will improve the health or health care access for everyone including LGBTQ+ persons, and develops programming that will improve the training of medical students in the care of women and LGBTQ+ patients. Additionally, GS supports all women, LGBTQ+, and ally medical students by fostering a safe and inclusive environment, providing leadership opportunities, and advocating for their rights. 

Women’s issues include but are not limited to reproductive health and rights, sexual health, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, representation of gender in research, disparities in health between men and women, and promoting and recognizing women in medicine. LGBTQ+ issues include but are not limited to a need for medical education reform, sexual health, healthy relationships, trauma-informed care, structural and physical violence against LGBTQ+ community, marriage and adoption equality with regard to patient rights, intimate partner violence, disparities in health within the queer and intersex community, promoting and recognizing LGBTQ+ people in medicine, and inclusion and equitable access in health care.

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Gender & Sexuality (GS) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of gender & sexuality by (1) ensuring equal access within health care and within medical education for women and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTQ+) persons, and (2) supporting the training of medical students to become excellent health care providers for women and for LGBTQ+ persons. Toward these goals, the GS Action Committee advocates for policies that will improve the health or health care access for everyone including LGBTQ+ persons, and develops programming that will improve the training of medical students in the care of women and LGBTQ+ patients. Additionally, GS supports all women, LGBTQ+, and ally medical students by fostering a safe and inclusive environment, providing leadership opportunities, and advocating for their rights. 

Women’s issues include but are not limited to reproductive health and rights, sexual health, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, representation of gender in research, disparities in health between men and women, and promoting and recognizing women in medicine. LGBTQ+ issues include but are not limited to a need for medical education reform, sexual health, healthy relationships, trauma-informed care, structural and physical violence against LGBTQ+ community, marriage and adoption equality with regard to patient rights, intimate partner violence, disparities in health within the queer and intersex community, promoting and recognizing LGBTQ+ people in medicine, and inclusion and equitable access in health care. 

Position description

Advocacy Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Bootcamps and skill-based trainings which provide students with the opportunity to engage in timely, directed action on a matter relating both to AMSA’s organizational advocacy priorities and the scope of their Action Committee.
  • Develop and maintain advocacy-related opportunities that deepen student engagement in organizational issue-advancement efforts, including but limited to cultivating practical competencies, such as power mapping, legislative meeting skills, and tools aimed to strengthen the confidence needed to drive systemic change.
  • Support the development of advocacy resources, including but not limited to skill-building tools, policy briefs, action guides, and communication materials, that are maintained and assessed periodically throughout each leadership term to remain aligned with AMSA’s advocacy priorities and evolving member needs. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s core advocacy priorities, thoughtfully integrating Advocacy & Action deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Environmental Health Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts regarding environmental justice, climate change action, Earth Day, etc. AMSA, back in the late 60s, played a major role in the establishment of Earth Day, which became recognized in 1970, on an international level.  More recently, climate change has only been touched on by other action committees. However, given the breadth and importance of environmental health, ÃÛÑ¿appestablished the Environmental Health Action Committee in 2019. This Action Committee has begun to fill the present void and continues to raise awareness as climate change remains a pressing matter in the lives of our future patients. 

Position description

Education Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Grand Round sessions, which explicitly connect health policy and lived experience, helping members to gain a comprehensive contextual understanding and foundational literacy necessary to meaningfully precede directed advocacy efforts. Grounded first in education, advocacy aims can be targeted, clear, and shaped for meaningful impact.  
  • Develop and maintain educational resources, including but not limited to case-based educational offerings, utilizing both student voices and subject-matter experts to deliver lectures, panels, and interactive material that translates medical and health justice education for future physician knowledge, empowerment, and change.
  • Build a deeply thoughtful bridge between Advocacy & Action, the ÃÛÑ¿appAcademy, and AMSA’s Scholars Programs, positioning members to deepen their understanding of health justice and human rights, alongside building a practice of critical reflection on contemporary social, political, and clinical realities. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Environmental Health Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts regarding environmental justice, climate change action, Earth Day, etc. AMSA, back in the late 60s, played a major role in the establishment of Earth Day, which became recognized in 1970, on an international level.  More recently, climate change has only been touched on by other action committees. However, given the breadth and importance of environmental health, ÃÛÑ¿appestablished the Environmental Health Action Committee in 2019. This Action Committee has begun to fill the present void and continues to raise awareness as climate change remains a pressing matter in the lives of our future patients.  

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Global Health (GH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of global health, including but not limited to maternal and child health; access to medicines and quality, affordable health care for all; HIV, TB and other neglected diseases; refugee health; health and human rights; and ethical, sustainable service here and abroad. 

Position description 

Education Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Grand Round sessions, which explicitly connect health policy and lived experience, helping members to gain a comprehensive contextual understanding and foundational literacy necessary to meaningfully precede directed advocacy efforts. Grounded first in education, advocacy aims can be targeted, clear, and shaped for meaningful impact.  
  • Develop and maintain educational resources, including but not limited to case-based educational offerings, utilizing both student voices and subject-matter experts to deliver lectures, panels, and interactive material that translates medical and health justice education for future physician knowledge, empowerment, and change.
  • Build a deeply thoughtful bridge between Advocacy & Action, the ÃÛÑ¿appAcademy, and AMSA’s Scholars Programs, positioning members to deepen their understanding of health justice and human rights, alongside building a practice of critical reflection on contemporary social, political, and clinical realities. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Global Health (GH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of global health, including but not limited to maternal and child health; access to medicines and quality, affordable health care for all; HIV, TB and other neglected diseases; refugee health; health and human rights; and ethical, sustainable service here and abroad.  

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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