February is Black History Month - 2022 is Black Health & Wellness

LEARN FROM THE PAST…

African American Medical Pioneers - from the PBS series, The African American Experience
"Explore the profiles of six pioneers who held themselves to a standard of excellence, although the odds were stacked against them.” Like Mary Eliza Mahoney. She was the first black professional nurse in America, and organized among African American nurses.

LEARN FROM THE PRESENT…

Racial Injustice Negatively Affects Health -Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Panel on Race, Criminal Justice and Health

ACTION NOW…

Envision Community
"Where housing instability is addressed by empowering and elevating potential residents as designers, problem solvers and decisionmakers." A collaboration of unique groups coming together to build and operate an intentional community of microhomes and common living areas.

FOR MORE HISTORY:

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (PDF)
NPR Story: Why is February Black History Month
White House Proclamation on Black History Month