Elephant Stories T'Pring Westbrook

Wrapping up a challenging Season 2. Great guests but a tough personal haul…
#blackwomanchronicillness
#spoonlife
 
Explore Topics in this Episode:
David Johns: Omnipresent Yet Hyper-Invisible
Daniel Dawes: Political Determinants of Health
The Mighty
Invisible Disabilities Association

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What happens when people stop being polite … and start getting real?
The CEO Circle hosted the Community Development for Liberation conference to bring together experts from multiple academic and professional backgrounds to focus on one issue: community development. Six of those experts share their insights and experiences with me. 
In order of appearance
Nelson Colon, President & CEO of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation 
Tony Pickett, CEO of the Grounded Solutions Network 
Michael McAfee, President and CEO of PolicyLink 
Jeremy Moore, Director, Community Health Programs, Spectrum Health
Janelle Williams, leader in community economic development
Akilah Watkins, founder of the CEO Circle
 
Explore Topics in This Episode:
Season 1: Dr. Akilah Watkins
In Loiza the Fight for Property Rights Has a Long History
Shelterforce: Getting Competitive Health Care Systems to Work Together For the Community
 
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Daniel Dawes, executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine, has a lot to say about health inequities in the U.S. This lawyer who spends his day with doctors is uniquely qualified to talk about how the law and medicine can pair up to be a force of evolution or of destruction. Mr. Dawes takes us through the cultural and political history that forms the foundation of our current healthcare system as well as the unfortunate disparities, intended and unintended.
Resources Referenced in this Episode:

Reprint of 1973 Article: “Does Race Interfere With the Doctor-Patient Relationship? (2021). JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 326(7), 679–680. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.1001/jama.2021.10464
The Political Determinants of Health by Daniel Dawes
150 Years of Obamacare by Daniel Dawes    

Agent Orange Exposure and VA Disability Compensation

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Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI)
Harvard School of Public Health, Voices in Leadership, David Satcher Intervie             
Rebecca Lee Crumpter
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The COVID Pandemic brought new light to many existing fissures in U.S. society. One of those is the disconnect between declarations of our children being our future and the lack of attention paid to their early care and education. Taking care of children and taking care of their caregivers – whether professional, family, friend, or neighbor – is fundamental to a healthy future for our children and our community and or world. Come along as Dr. Leah Austin, President & CEO of NBCDI (National Black Child Development Institute) connects the dots and takes us on a ride from children’s classrooms to Afrofuturism to Global Citizenry.

Elephant Stories Episodes Referenced in Show:
Jhumpa Bhattacharya: Centering Blackness
Iheoma Iruka: Journey of Discovery
 
Resources Referenced in Show:
NBCDI (National Black Child Development Institute) 
Responsible Transformation of the Early Childhood Education Workforce
Moynihan, Daniel P. 1965. The Negro family: The case for national action. Washington, DC: Office of Policy Planning and Research, U.S. Department of Labor.
Targeted Universalism Primer
 
Explore Topics from this Episode:
Afrofuturism
Essence Magazine - A Beginner's Guide To Afrofuturism: 7 Titles To Watch And ReadGrace Gibson chapter "Creating and Imagining Black Futures through Afrofuturism" in  #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation
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We're finishing up the final episodes of the season. Watch this space.

We’re talking about babies! Babies are my favorite! And Iheoma Iruka, PhD, founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition specializes in babies. We talk about babies, families, society and all the beautiful complexity we love here at Elephant Stories.

Explore Topics in the Episode:
NY Times: Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates
Gov. Cox: Why I’m Vetoing HB11
Tara J. Yosso: Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth

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