Co-contributors – Lucinda Canty, Christina Nyirati
Over the past year, the Nursology.net team members have developed a thread of blogs focused on Action Defending Democracy. The “Overdue Reckoning” discussions provide a way for nurses to come together and engage in emancipatory action! These actions are fundamental to our ethical duty as nurses, and to emancipatory action and knowledge required to remove barriers that make health and well-being difficult or impossible for those who are disadvantaged, and to create environments that promote health and well-being for all.
The original “Overdue Reckoning” team – Lucinda, Christina and Peggy – have scheduled four sessions that will examine the U.S. government assault against people of color, particularly Black and Brown Americans and immigrants, rooted in structural racism and systemic oppression, and explore how these policies harm not only targeted communities but society as a whole.
On July 4th, our nursology.net post stated:
Why is democracy important for nursing? As messy and flawed as it can be, this form of government at least claims to value equality and equity for all people. If we, as nurses, claim to value health and well-being for all, democracy must be defended. There are many other explanations that delve in to deep and significant matters, but this single simple explanation is sufficient, in my view, to call us to action when democracy is under threat at any level.
https://nursology.net/2025/07/04/action-defending-democracy/
Save the dates and plan to join us for any or all of these discussions!
March 28, April 4, 18 & 25. 5 pm Eastern
We are creating this Zoom space for 4 weeks so that we can talk about our experiences, what we are feeling, experiencing, and how what is happening is real. It is life and death for some of us. It is affecting all of us in ways that are harmful and destructive. It is also creating the opportunity and the necessity to build community.
See more details on the NurseManifest website – Spring 2026 Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing
