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In the midst of a global pandemic and nationwide calls for social justice, the urgency to advance health equity, combat bias, and eliminate racism within our health care system has increased substantially. The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion and its implications in improving workplace culture, community engagement, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes have been well documented in the literature [1]. To better understand how to address these issues, health care organizations have had to ask themselves how to unequivocally reverse decades of inequitable systems, policies, and beliefs.

One method that has been effectively utilized to properly address these issues is culture change [2]. Culture change, described as transformations in values, beliefs, and assumptions of people with shared organizational membership, uses specific interventions that aim to overhaul them. This is generally done through a combination of identifying the reason for the change, mobilizing a diverse group of advocates, creating avenues for success, leadership coaching, and tangible change through evolutions in policy, norms, practices, and values [3]. Mobilizing