Advancing Racial Equity in E-MDTs: A Resource for Elder Abuse MDT Coordinators

Structural racism and other oppressions are embedded in many of our social institutions and replicated across systems of help. E-MDTs are not exceptions to this reality.  These systemic and institutional challenges leave older survivors, especially those from minoritized communities, vulnerable to future harms and without adequate access to the supports they need to deal with the violence they experience.

This resource is the final component of the ARETTA project. To support E-MDTs to more proactively embed racial equity principles in their team operations, the National Center created the Advancing Racial Equity for E-MDTs toolkit. This resource guide includes specific strategies and tools that coordinators can use to address structural challenges to their work and enhance their programming, with a particular emphasis on anchoring an equity lens.