@article {Eke127, author = {Onyinyechi F Eke and Alister Martin and Hazar Khidir and Onyeka Otugo and Andrew Marshall and Joanne C. Suarez and Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos}, title = {Advocating for equity during the pandemic}, volume = {5}, number = {2}, pages = {127--129}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.1136/leader-2020-000380}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {In response to an imminent surge in COVID-19 cases, the state of Massachusetts (MA) released its Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) guidelines in April 2020. A small group of Boston healthcare providers, community members, lawyers, ethicists and disability advocates brought to bear our collective strengths to forge a formidable coalition now known as the Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, to champion the rights of marginalised groups that would be adversely affected by the implementation of the original MA CSC guidelines. In this coalition, members of marginalised communities were adequately represented, led discussions on the implications of implementing inequitable elements of the CSC guidelines and actively involved in creating an alternative framework. In this article, we discuss the process of building a coalition whose concerted advocacy efforts led to the revision of the MA CSC guidelines.}, URL = {https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/2/127}, eprint = {https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/2/127.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Leader} }