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Bison, meet us where the good conversations—and happy hour—are happening! 🦬🥂

Celebrate SNMA National Week with SNMA Howard, SNDA, and Howard’s graduate student organizations at our Happy Hour Mixer. All professional students are welcome, so bring a friend and come mix, mingle, and unwind!

📍 801 Restaurant & Bar
🗓️ Friday, October 9
⏰ 4–7 PM

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AOTA Hill Day was a wonderful experience!
 Started with individual visits Thursday, a great DCOTA reception, and then Friday brought 300+ students & practitioners bringing the energy to the Hill! Record breaking attendance! 🙌🏽

Shoutout to AOTA’s advocacy team for a powerful day but remember: advocacy isn’t just one day. It’s year-round.
 Local. State. National. Big or small. Consistent action is how we create real change.

Be sure to check out @aotainc and your state association’s websites to stay updated on advocacy efforts and get involved!

#AOTAHillDay #OccupationalTherapy #OTAdvocacy #PolicyInAction #OTLeaders #SystemChange #KeepShowingUp #OTinDC

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Neurosuite was the proud sponsor of the DCOTA 2025 Advocacy Leadership Reception 🙌🏻

OT practitioners from the local area to as far as North Dakota attended. Students from Howard University @huotgo, George Washington University @gwoccupationaltherapy and more attended this event to socialize and discuss advocacy for the profession ✨

A special thank you to AOTA president Dr. Anvarizadeh @drarameh for speaking! 🤗

Thanks to the DC Occupational Therapy Association for organizing this event! 🤗

OT practitioners, don’t forget to advocate for effective policy changes for our profession! 🙌🏻

#neurosuite #dcota #huotgo #aota #howarduniversity #georgwashingtonuniversity

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REGISTRATION OPEN: DCOTA Pre-Hill Day Welcome Reception with AOTA President, Dr. @drarameh Arameh Anvarizadeh.

LINK IN BIO

https://mydcota.org/event-6308250

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HAEC 3GC 2026 Experiences. Apply now. Applications close October 1st

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Earlier this month, I had the honor of presenting at AOTA Inspire 2025. After my session, a student from Howard University reached out and invited me to speak on a panel this past Monday about my experience as a pelvic health occupational therapist.
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to connect, share my journey, and contribute to the conversation of exploring diverse paths within OT. Thank you to the students and faculty at Howard University for welcoming me! #HappyOTMonth

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Registration in Bio

Although the occupational therapy profession was established in 1915, it would not until 1946 that the profession would see its first African American graduate of an occupational therapy program, Naomi B. Wright, who graduated from Columbia University. She was the first African American to receive the Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy.

Mrs. Wright went on to establish ethe clinical occupational therapy program at Freedmen’s Hospital, now known as Howard University Hospital. In 1974, the occupational therapy program accepted the first professional level Bachelor of Science Class.

Join us on February 1, 2025 as we kick off Black History Month with Week #1 of our Advocacy in Action Series. “Where Are the Black OTs” is a half-day workshop that will examine the historical roots of racism in the United States, its influence of the development of occupational therapy practice and its ongoing effects on the profession today.

Additionally, this workshop will explore the rich history of Black American people, their contributions to the OT profession and highlight various Black professional OT organizations and the meaningful work they engage in.

Attendees will have an opportunities to engage in deep discussion, reflection, and action steps to take to address systemic racism and oppression in education, clinical practice, and our daily lives.
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TAKE AWAYS⁠
* 4 CE / PDU Credits ⁠
* Action Packs - Guides for taking action in OT education & practice ⁠
* Occupational Justice resources ⁠
* Recording of the session ⁠
* Invitation to community action committee for sustained advocacy ⁠
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COST: $50* suggested donation, use code ACCESS4ALL for free registration. Register at: WWW.GIVEBUTTER.COM/DIVERSEOT ⁠
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Like our work? Want to help keep our events FREE and ACCESSIBLE for ALL? Donate here:

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Registration in Bio!

This February join Diverse-OT National in honoring Black History Month. We have two continuing education events that are designed to explore, uplift, and celebrate the contributions of Black-Americans to the OT profession as well as continue to acknowledge and challenge systemic anti-Blackness.

February 1: “Where Are All the Black OTs?” 9AM CST. 4 CE Credits

“Where Are the Black OTs” is a half-day workshop that will examine the historical roots of racism in the United States, its influence of the development of occupational therapy practice and its ongoing effects on the profession today.

Additionally, this workshop will explore the rich history of Black American people, their contributions to the OT profession and highlight various Black professional OT organizations and the meaningful work they engage in.

This course will be instructed by @tonisolaru.

February 22: “Interrupting Internalized and Instiutional Anti-Blackness in OT”. 10 AM CST. 4 CE Credits.

In this workshop participants will be grounded collectively in the definition and meanings, and impacts of internalized and institutional antiBlackness in the OT field. Participants will be grounded in the antiBlack history of the medical field and how that has shaped what it looks like now.⁠
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Participants will be led through discussions on the intersections of anti-Blackness, ableism and classism with the healthcare system, examining the ways we contribute to antiBlackness as practitioners and how we can disrupt ableism both internally and amongst each other. ⁠

This course will be instructed by Rise (@riotous_roots).
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 Our programming is able to be free because of the donations from our community! Like our work? Donate here: WWW.GIVEBUTTER.COM/DIVERSEOT .
Diverse-OT National is a 501(c)3 and ALL donations are tax deductible.

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✨Registration in Bio✨

Although the occupational therapy profession was established in 1915, it would not until 1946 that the profession would see its first African American graduate of an occupational therapy program, Naomi B. Wright, who graduated from Columbia University. She was the first African American to receive the Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy.

Mrs. Wright went on to establish ethe clinical occupational therapy program at Freedmen’s Hospital, now known as Howard University Hospital. In 1974, the occupational therapy program accepted the first professional level Bachelor of Science Class.
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Join us on February 1, 2025 as we kick off Black History Month with Week #1 of our Advocacy in Action Series. “Where Are the Black OTs” is a half-day workshop that will examine the historical roots of racism in the United States, its influence of the development of occupational therapy practice and its ongoing effects on the profession today.

Additionally, this workshop will explore the rich history of Black American people, their contributions to the OT profession and highlight various Black professional OT organizations and the meaningful work they engage in.

Attendees will have an opportunities to engage in deep discussion, reflection, and action steps to take to address systemic racism and oppression in education, clinical practice, and our daily lives.
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TAKE AWAYS⁠
* 4 CE / PDU Credits ⁠
* Action Packs - Guides for taking action in OT education & practice ⁠
* Occupational Justice resources ⁠
* Recording of the session ⁠
* Invitation to community action committee for sustained advocacy ⁠
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COST: $50* suggested donation, use code ACCESS4ALL for free registration. Register at: WWW.GIVEBUTTER.COM/DIVERSEOT ⁠
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Like our work? Want to keep it FREE and ACCESSIBLE to ALL? Donate Here: www.givebutter.com/diverseot
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Reference:

Ross, P., Ackah, T., Crawford, R. L., Manoza-Brown, G., Ross, T., & Smith, D. (2024). The legacy of Naomi B. Wright: Founder of the first OT program at a historically Black college or university. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(Supplement 2), 7811500071p1

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As we continue the celebration, the 50th Anniversary of @nbotc Howard is OTD program. Please join the DC chapter of @nbotc for the annual
PreHill Day Network Reception before the @aotainc Capitol Hill Day.

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Day 1 is in the 📚

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i deserve the world so i’m gonna give it to myself. thank you to my chosen family for making these the best 4 years of my life. i can’t wait to do it again.

all praise to the most high.

kristin t. chance
b.s. human performance
sports medicine concentration
summa cum laude

dr. chance, otd ⏳
#hu24 #howardgrad

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