Wellness & Student Life Action Committee Community Coordinator
Term: 2026-2027
Action Committee overview: Wellness & Student Life
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.
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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:
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- 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 AMSA members 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 AMSA chapters.
- 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.
