This special edition of Equity Dispatch highlights the critical call-to-action presented by keynote speaker Dr. Christina Pate at the MAP Center’s 2022 Equity Leaders Institute (ELI), entitled Fortifying Ourselves and the Work Toward Education Justice: Attending to the Mental Health of Educators and Students. In her talk, Dr. Pate reflected the 2022 ELI’s purpose to facilitate participants’ understanding of key components and practices that support mind-body wellbeing of the people – both students and adults – within our educational systems.