“Our Health, Our Community” Second Webinar Hosted by Black Women’s Health Imperative, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., and EBONY

Black women spend a lifetime providing for the needs of others while neglecting their own need for self-care.  In light of heightened racism and the COVID-19 crisis, Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI), the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW), and EBONY have launched a joint initiative addressing the health of Black women.

Through
a series of webinars titled, Our Health,
Our Community: Mobilizing the Survival of Black Women Beyond COVID-19, in
addition to policy recommendations and a practical guide, BWHI, NCBW and EBONY
hope to raise awareness around the roots of health disparities and provide
access to information and resources that promote healthy behaviors and safe
environments for them.

This
webinar, the second in the series, takes place on Thursday, July 9th at 7:00 p.m. EDT hosted by Black Women’s Health Imperative,
the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., and EBONY.  All are invited to view the webinar by
registering in advance at the link: https://bit.ly/OurHealthWebinar 

A
dynamic discussion moderated by Emmy award-winning journalist and WUSA-9
anchor Lesli Foster will
include featured guest Mayor Muriel
Bowser of Washington D.C. and panelists:

• Virginia Harris, President, National
  Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
• Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO, Black
  Women’s Health Imperative 
• Dr. LaQuanda Nesbitt, Director, District of Columbia Department of Health
• Kim
  D. Saunders, President &
  CEO, National Bankers Association
• Tammy Boyd, Chief Policy Officer & Counsel, Black
  Women’s Health Imperative 
• Ayris
  Scales, President, Metro D.C. Chapter of NC100BW
• Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley, Founder R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions, LLC
• Candice Tolliver Burns, Friendship Public Charter Network  

“At
the conclusion of this initiative, we will release a post-recovery pandemic
guide that will not only focus on the impacts of COVID-19, it will highlight
Black women who survived death, financial loss, and individual hardship,” said
Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO, BWHI. 
“The final part of the guide, Surviving
and Thriving in America During COVID-19: 
A Guide for Black Women, will position the long-term resiliency and
strength of Black women as one of the reasons why we have been historically
able to navigate through some of the worst conditions and circumstances to lead
our families and communities.”

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