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• Case | HBS Case Collection | September 2020

  West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Paul Stramaglia

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. David Ansell, Darlene Hightower, and Ayesho Jaco, leaders of West Side United (WSU), a coalition of Chicago hospitals, community residents, banks, and small businesses conceived in 2016, reviewed progress toward WSU’s goal of ending systemic racism, particularly racial disparities in health, longevity, and economic prosperity. WSU was also the focal point for Chicago’s Racial Equity Rapid Response team in the coronavirus crisis. The key leaders pondered next steps including renewing commitments from hospital partners and making it a stand-alone non-profit organization.

  Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; hospital; coalition; Health Pandemics; Race; Health; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Change; Leadership; Chicago;

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  Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Paul Stramaglia. "West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap." Harvard Business School Case 321-026, August 2020.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2020

  West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. David Ansell, Darlene Hightower, and Ayesho Jaco, leaders of West Side United, a coalition of Chicago hospitals, community residents, banks, and small businesses conceived in 2016, reviewed progress toward WSU’s goal of ending systemic racism, particularly racial disparities in health, longevity, and economic prosperity. WSU was also the focal point for Chicago’s Racial Equity Rapid Response team in the coronavirus crisis. The key leaders pondered next steps including renewing commitments from hospital partners and making it a stand-alone non-profit organization.

  Keywords: COVID-19; COVID; hospital; coalition; Health Pandemics; Race; Health; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Change; Leadership; Chicago;

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  Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 321-074, September 2020.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2020

  Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (A) and (B)

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Amy Hernandez Turcios

  Mary Guerrero was a first-generation Latina and an investment banking analyst at a top tier bank on Wall Street—Bulge Bracket Bank (BBB). She was passionate about increasing representation of Latinx talent at her firm. She was already doing a lot of individual work to make this happen (e.g. reviewing candidate resumes at 2am after she had finished her assigned work). She wanted to scale her efforts and debated whether she should build a broader coalition to move the needle on Latinx talent representation despite having a demanding full-time workload.

  Keywords: Latinx; bank; Latin America; Representation; Scale; inclusion; coalition; resources; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Ethnicity; Banks and Banking; Leadership;

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  Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Amy Hernandez Turcios. "Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 321-072, September 2020.  View Details

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