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8 Health Conditions That Disproportionately Affect Black Women-And what you can do to prevent them

From an article By Zahra Barnes, Executive Editor, SELF Magazine (originally published in 2017) Here are eight health conditions Black...

Black Maternal Health Week 2022

(reprinted from Black Mommas Matter Alliance webpost) 2022 marks the fifth year anniversary of the Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW)...

Negotiating As A Woman of Color

by Deepa Purushothaman, Deborah M. Kolb,Hannah Riley Bowles, and Valerie Purdie-Greenaway Negotiating on your own behalf is hard, and...

Black Women, It is Okay to Let Go of Your Cape

A blog post created by By Hannah L. Drake When I learned about the death of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, I immediately felt compelled to...

How the Birthing Project can be utilized to provide social supports for women of color

By Ryan Coleman, 4th Year Medical Student Racial disparities have an enormous impact on maternal and infant health outcomes. The Maternal...

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