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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare is committed to creating an equitable, anti-racist and inclusive environment where all patients, families and staff are welcomed and valued. We believe diverse perspectives and identities foster excellence, improve patient care and are essential for Gillette to fulfill its mission.

A Statement from Gillette's Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare is committed to the principles and practices of diversity, equity and inclusion. Please read the statement from our board, here:

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

At Gillette Children's, we believe that when we all have a voice, we all do better. This principle is central to our mission and informs every aspect of the care that we provide for our patients and their families.

Creating an environment at Gillette Children’s that is open, diverse, equitable and inclusive is a daily process of listening, learning and trying to do better the next day.  

We will continue to do this work by: 

  • Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce.

  • Fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and anti-racist environment for our patients, families and staff. 

  • Improving quality of care and reducing health disparities in our patient population.

  • Building new community partnerships within and outside our main hospital campus and clinics, to ensure we can provide an equitable, inclusive environment, where all feel welcome.

Read more about Gillette's work related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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The Power of Story: A Conversation with Tammy Sinkfield-Morey

When Tammy Sinkfield-Morey began her career as a nurse at Gillette, she was the first black woman to do so. Through the years, she’s been a tireless advocate for building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace at Gillette. We recently spoke with Tammy about a recent article she co-authored in Creative Nursing, and what Black History Month means to her.
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Ethiopia to Minnesota: An Interview with Hakeem on His Journey to Nursing

December 13, 2020

It’s More than a Doll: The Value of Seeing Yourself in the World

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December 13, 2020

It’s More than a Doll: The Value of Seeing Yourself in the World

In a time where many may feel disconnected, the providers at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare are going out of their way to remind our patients and their families that we see them and that their inclusion matters. This is happening in a variety of ways, but let’s start with a girl named Mari and her new doll.
Hakeem Abdulwahab posing in one of our patient rooms
May 9, 2018

Ethiopia to Minnesota: An Interview with Hakeem on His Journey to Nursing

It’s National Nurse’s Week! Read about one of our many outstanding nurses, Hakeem Abdulwahab, RN. Born and raised in Ethiopia, Hakeem worked his way up to a nursing position at Gillette through years of hard work and determination.
Photo of Tammy Sinkfield-Morey, Gillette nurse
February 25, 2021

The Power of Story: A Conversation with Tammy Sinkfield-Morey

When Tammy Sinkfield-Morey began her career as a nurse at Gillette, she was the first black woman to do so. Through the years, she’s been a tireless advocate for building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace at Gillette. We recently spoke with Tammy about a recent article she co-authored in Creative Nursing, and what Black History Month means to her.
May 28, 2020

Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press Brings the Personal and Medical to Parents

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has launched a new resource to help parents of children who have complex, rare or traumatic conditions. The first book released by the new Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press is Spastic Diplegia—Bilateral Cerebral Palsy and it’s written by Lily Collison, an Ireland-based author and the mother of a Gillette patient.
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