Health Care, Self-Care, Who Cares – for Us?

About the Episode

Insights, affirmations and tips defy the obstacles and embrace the opportunities to Black women’s health and self-care.

  • Deon Haywood
    Executive Director, Women With A Vision, Inc.

    “What history has taught us, and what current day events have taught us [is that] the healthcare system [is] a system of oppression.”

  • Marita Golden
    Author

    “The stress of dealing with systemic racism becomes embedded in our bodies, almost like blood, almost like bones.”

  • Kanika A. Harris
    Health Equity Strategist

    “Black women are three to four times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy-related complications. The gap is wider now than it was during slavery.”

  • Vanessa Garrison
    Co-Founder and COO, Girltrek

    “On top of being an amazing political tool, the single most powerful thing a person can do for their health, verified through scientific research, is to actually walk.”

  • Dr. Camara Jones
    Family Physician and Epidemiologist

    “COVID-19 ripped the sheets off of the racial inequity and how racism has a differently structured opportunity and assigned value in this country. So it was a wake up call.”

    Editorial Team
    November 11, 2020

    Acknowledgement

    Our podcasts are possible with generous support from the following donors:

    • “Anonymous” Donors
    • Craig Newmark Philanthropies
    • Groundswell Fund
    • The Park Foundation
    • TD Charitable Foundation