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Making a significant contribution to the onePULSE Foundation in support of the LGBTQ+ community and sharing information about other worthwhile causes for participants to support in Orlando.Crews, MD, MS, FASN (she/her): "ASN is coming to Orlando, and we are bringing our values with us." How will ASN bring its values to Florida? The unanimous decision to hold an in-person Kidney Week 2022 with a virtual component comes with the following view, as articulated by ASN Secretary Deidra C. Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN (she/her), observed, "Many times, our patients-some of the most vulnerable people in our country-live in communities and situations where political views do not align with those of our membership or current council." In everything we do, from policy to education to funding initiatives, this principle guides us. Questions we have considered include: What are the downsides to canceling Kidney Week in Orlando? And, if we go to Florida, are we complicit in supporting racist, anti-LGBTQ+ policies, as some have questioned? Unanimously, we agree that, above all, we must uphold the mission of ASN and its guiding principle, which is to do what is best in the interests of people living with kidney diseases. The ASN leadership and staff-who come from diverse backgrounds-have thought deeply and carefully about holding Kidney Week in Florida this year. This sort of legislation has the horrifying potential to adversely impact the very future of this country.Įver since the Governor of Florida signed the "Parental Rights in Education" legislation-better known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill-last month, members of our community have questioned whether we should cancel our meeting in Orlando, move it elsewhere, or move it online exclusively.
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Of course, ASN selected the site for the meeting and signed contracts long before the COVID-19 pandemic and a decade before legislation was passed in Florida that endangers some of our most vulnerable patients, family members, friends, colleagues, and communities-the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual & gender minority (LGBTQ+) communities. We are excited that Kidney Week will take place in person in Orlando, FL, with a virtual component this year. Held virtually during the past two years, Kidney Week has succeeded thanks to the tremendous efforts and talents of the Kidney Week Education Committee, faculty, and staff. ASN Kidney Week is the premier nephrology meeting, a gathering of colleagues and friends, and an opportunity to network with clinicians, scientists, trainees, patients, and other stakeholders from around the globe.