Dr. Philip Dorian McAdoo is an organizational strategist, educator, author, advocate, and storyteller. He serves as Director of Internal Equity & Workplace Well-Being at IHI, where he helps strengthen the cultures, practices, and conditions that allow people and systems to improve. As host of Turn on the Lights, Philip brings a human-centered lens to conversations about trust, dignity, leadership, and building better healthcare systems.

In this episode, Ricki Fairley joins Turn on the Lights to discuss trust, science, and collective action in the fight against Black breast cancer. Drawing on her own journey as a triple-negative breast cancer survivor, Ricki explains why the science of Black breast cancer must be treated differently, how the "purple cape" of accountability shapes Black women's experience of illness, and why doctors, pharma, and health systems must change the language, the data, and the support they offer.

In this IHI Spotlight, Ashley Jackson introduces IHI's Cancer Collective Action Collaborative, a 14-month initiative connecting healthcare organizations, cancer centers, and community-based and advocacy groups to address disparities across the cancer care journey. She shares why moving from awareness to action requires an honest look at gaps in care, committed partnerships, and accountability, and why building trust with communities must come before any collaborative work begins.