Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity

 

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The Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates (COTAD) is an organization that addresses the issues of systemic racism and oppression, occupational injustice, healthcare equity, and educational decolonization.

The Mission of COTAD is to empower occupational leaders to engage in practices that increase justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion for a more transformative occupational therapy profession.

COTAD is a team of OT students, educators, and advocates that works towards promoting diversity and inclusion within the occupational therapy workforce and increasing the ability of occupational therapy practitioners to serve an increasingly diverse population through open discussion about current events, bias, and the impact culture has on occupation.

Tennessee State University has a Chapter with goals of creating opportunities and resources to foster open conversation and increase awareness of cultural humility, work alongside COTAD leadership, collaborate, attend events, and share resources with other programs, and prepare future clinicians serving diverse client populations.

 COTAD 2024

TSU COTAD Chapter 2024-2025

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OT Students will be offering a tour of the Health Science Building with opportunities for Q&A the third Friday of each month. Tours will begin in the HSB lobby at 9am. Please follow the link to register.   Take a Tour  

We have designed a feedback system for students to utilize as a way to alert faculty of any instances that contradict COTAD’s diversity, equity, and inclusion values. Please use this form accordingly. Give Feedback here

Additional information and free resources can be found at www.cotad.org addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.