We connect communities, providers, and health leaders to strengthen equitable systems of care. Together, we build solutions that last and relationships that foster trust.
Collaborative Partnerships
We advance health equity through connection, collaboration, and cultural understanding. Our programs link national dialogue with local action, turning shared insight into impact.
How We Work
We center the leadership of those most affected by chronic and autoimmune illness. Their experiences shape how we educate, advocate, and reform care systems.
Community-Led Change
The AIP BIPOC Network began as a grassroots movement to close the gap between autoimmune and chronic-illness care and the communities most often excluded from those conversations.
What started as peer discussions has grown into a national effort to advance both systemic change and individual empowerment through education, advocacy, and culturally grounded wellness programs.
We have built spaces where representation leads to trust and community becomes a bridge between awareness and action. Our programs link policy, research, and access to the lived realities of patients and families, offering tools that support prevention, healing, and everyday wellness. Each initiative reflects our belief that health equity happens within systems and within people.
Understanding Our
History & Evolving Work
Our work is guided by five pillars that define our path forward: Awareness, Advocacy, Action, Assessment, and Alignment.
These pillars connect every program and partnership across both levels of our framework, strengthening institutions while equipping individuals with practical tools for real-world change.
As we expand collaborations across healthcare, research, and public health networks, we continue to center community voice and culturally relevant practice. Our vision is a future where prevention, access, and inclusion are not only built into systems but lived in homes, families, and communities every day.
Creating A Strong
Foundation For Our Future
Jamie Nicole founded The AIP BIPOC Network to center BIPOC voices in autoimmune and chronic illness care, and to transform research and lived experience into culturally relevant, practical tools that support healing in everyday life. She brings her own experience as a patient, coach, and advocate to guide the organization’s mission toward equity, prevention, and inclusion, helping communities access care that feels personal, informed, and possible.
JAMIE NICOLE
meet our founder
We act on equity every day, building fairness into everything we do
Collaboration & Sustainability
Equity in Action
We honor culture as the foundation of healing and belonging
Cultural Integrity
We build lasting change through shared purpose and partnership
Evidence-Grounded Practice
We balance science and lived experience to guide progress
Community Leadership
We elevate the voices most impacted to shape solutions that last
At The AIP BIPOC Network, equity is not a statement, it is a practice. We work to ensure that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are built into every level of our organization. We recognize that identity, culture, and lived experience shape health access and outcomes.
Our programs and partnerships are designed to reflect that reality, centering the voices and needs of those most impacted by systemic barriers. We embed equity into our leadership, governance, and outreach, ensuring that inclusion drives every initiative we take on.
Our commitment is not symbolic. It is action-based, measured, and woven into how we show up for our community every day.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We uplift the voices, expertise, and cultural perspectives of BIPOC individuals living with autoimmune and chronic illnesses. Representation shapes every story we tell and every space we create.
Guiding Principle #2:
Representation Matters
We design programs and partnerships that center communities most impacted by chronic illness and systemic barriers. Our approach translates equity into measurable outcomes, not just intentions.
Guiding Principle #1:
Equity in Action
We believe inclusion is the foundation of trust and healing. Our work builds environments where people feel seen, supported, and empowered to lead within their own communities.
