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See You Now103: Women Making HistoryWomen’s History Month celebrates women’s achievements, acknowledging notable women in history and the important role they’ve played across societies, industries, and culture. There is perhaps no greater source of women’s history-making and contributions to society, science, and social systems than healthcare and the nursing profession with its historically high representation of women among its ranks. In 2024 Women’s History Month focuses on those women who have and continue to advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion, and SEE YOU NOW is filled with stories of women making an impact across these dimensions. In this epis...2024-03-1831 min
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Editors’ PicksEditors’ Picks for October 2023Dr. Jason Wright, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. John Fischer, Podcast Editor, Dr. Ebony Carter, Associate Editor for Equity, and Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Special Issue Steering Committee member, review the articles that have been designated as Editors’ Picks for the October 2023 issue (rethinking “race” as a risk factor; community-informed randomized trial design; data equity in reproductive health research; disparities in antepartum anemia and severe maternal morbidity).2023-09-2200 min
The Green Room: A Podcast from Obstetrics & GynecologyEditors’ Picks for October 2023 Dr. Jason Wright, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. John Fischer, Podcast Editor, Dr. Ebony Carter, Associate Editor for Equity, and Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Special Issue Steering Committee member, review the articles that have been designated as Editors’ Picks for the October 2023 issue (rethinking “race” as a risk factor; community-informed randomized trial design; data equity in reproductive health research; disparities in antepartum anemia and severe maternal morbidity).2023-09-2254 min
Justice Above AllHow does criminalizing abortion hurt Black communities?In 2022, the Supreme Court reversed decades of precedent in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The decision held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion and that the authority to regulate abortions rests with states. While the long-term ramifications of overturning the right to an abortion are unknown, Dobbs immediately triggered states’ existing laws banning abortion and prompted several states to enact laws that would eliminate or restrict access to abortion. As abortion bans spread across the country and prosecutors become more emboldened, Black pregnant people will...2023-08-1434 min
The Perkins PlatformThe Connection Between Race, Maternal Health, Healthcare and Life OutcomesFounder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry joins us to discuss race, maternal health, healthcare and life outcomes. Dr. Crear-Perry is a physician, policy expert, thought leader, and advocate for transformational justice who identifies and challenges racism as a root cause of health inequities. She is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker who has been featured in national and international publications, including Essence and Ms. magazines. She has twice addressed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality. Previously, she served as...2023-07-1333 min
The Connection Between Maternal Health, Education and Early Life OutcomesFounder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry joins us to discuss the connection between prenatal health care and education and early life outcomes. Dr. Crear-Perry is a physician, policy expert, thought leader, and advocate for transformational justice who identifies and challenges racism as a root cause of health inequities. She is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker who has been featured in national and international publications, including Essence and Ms. magazines. She has twice addressed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge a human rights framework to improve maternal...2023-07-1333 minThe Connection Between Race, Maternal Health, Healthcare and Life OutcomesFounder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry joins us to discuss race, maternal health, healthcare and life outcomes. Dr. Crear-Perry is a physician, policy expert, thought leader, and advocate for transformational justice who identifies and challenges racism as a root cause of health inequities. She is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker who has been featured in national and international publications, including Essence and Ms. magazines. She has twice addressed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality. Previously, she served as...2023-07-1333 min
JAMA Medical NewsWorsening US Maternal Death RatesThe 2021 US maternal mortality rate is more than 10 times the rate of other high-income countries, according to a March 2023 CDC report. In this Q&A, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, is joined by Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, University of Washington, Audra Meadows, MD, MPH, UC San Diego, and Joia Crear-Perry, MD, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, to discuss these concerning numbers and why preventable death rates are worsening in the US. Related Content: Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States...2023-07-0333 min
JAMA Clinical ReviewsWorsening US Maternal Death RatesThe 2021 US maternal mortality rate is more than 10 times the rate of other high-income countries, according to a March 2023 CDC report. In this Q&A, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, is joined by Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, University of Washington, Audra Meadows, MD, MPH, UC San Diego, and Joia Crear-Perry, MD, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, to discuss these concerning numbers and why preventable death rates are worsening in the US. Related Content: Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States...2023-07-0333 min
Spiritually Fly Podcast with Faith Hunter10. Black Women's Health with Dr. Joia Crear-PerryIn Episode 10, Faith Hunter connects with her childhood friend and Dr. Joia Crear-Perry about Black Women's Health, mental health, racism, raising children, and the healthcare system. Dr. Crear-Perry is the Founder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative. Recently she addressed the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the Birthing Project, Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Jefferson Community Healthcare Center, and as the Director of Clinical Services for the City of New Orle...2023-03-0541 min
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQAInside Health Care #83: Looking Back to Look Ahead on Health EquityWith more than 80 broadcasts under our belt, our latest spotlights an incredibly important running theme in our show: Health Equity. You’ll hear segments from past episodes of Inside Health Care and three cutting-edge thought leaders, each dedicated to resolving Equity gaps for all.In our fight to bridge the Health Equity gaps in the U.S. once and for all, NCQA launched the H.E.A.: the Health Equity Accreditation programs. Our first segment features a discussion with leaders from two health systems who agreed to pilot these programs starting in 2022: Dr. Nneka Sederstrom, Chief Health Eq...2022-07-1438 min
The Clinical Problem SolversEpisode 240: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 17 – ‘Just’ Births: Reproductive Justice & Black/Indigenous Maternal Health Equity
https://clinicalproblemsolving.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ARM-EP-17_RTP.mp3 CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine SeriesEpisode 17 – ‘Just’ Births: Reproductive Justice & Black/Indigenous Maternal Health EquityShow Notes by Ayana WatkinsMay 31, 2022Summary: This episode centers the roles of reproductive justice and anti-racist action in rectifying inequities faced by Black and Indigenous birthing persons. This discussion is hosted by Naomi Fields, MD, Chioma Onuoha, and Victor Lopez-Carmen MPH, as they interview Dr. Joia Crear-Perry—a physician, policy expert, and highly sought-after birth equity an...2022-05-3157 min
Health Equity Podcast ChannelSee You Now: Black Midwives & Mamas MatterThe CDC reports that Black mothers die at three to four times the rate of white mothers and that the mortality rate of Black infants is higher than that of any other ethnic group in the U.S. Regardless of income and education level, childbirth for Black women is more dangerous than it is for white women. Even tennis legend Serena Williams had a dangerously close call during her pregnancy. In examining why these disparities are so stark, it is clear that structural and systemic racism, racialized health inequities, and implicit bias not only play a role but also...2022-04-2049 min
Hustle Grind Shine & Reignite with Jessica HartleyHustle Grind Shine & Reignite: Episode 7 with Dr. Joia Crear-PerryEven as a child, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry was an activist and advocate for those that could not champion for themselves. As the founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC), Dr. Crear-Perry identifies and challenges racism as a root cause of health inequities, including Black maternal mortality. In this episode, we explore how she took all the curveballs that life could throw at her, and turned them into triumphs for herself, for her family, for her patients and for Black and Brown birthing people everywhere.How preparation meeting opportunity allows you to forge your o...2022-04-1434 min
On the Ground w Esther Iverem‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 3, 2021: As a Far-Right Majority on the Supreme Court Heard Arguments that Could Overturn Roe v. Wade, Reproductive Justice Activists Rallied Outside, Saying that “Abortion is Essential”As a far-right majority on the Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case that could overturn the landmark abortion rights law, Roe v. Wade, reproductive justice activists spoke outside the court at the Abortion Is Essential Rally. These organizers from around the country competed for ear space with hecklers and nearby anti-abortion activists, including those specifically targeting Black women in the pro-choice movement. With Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Maya Ward, Lori Bertram Roberts, Jessica Arens, Irma Garcia and other speakers at the Abortion is Essential Rally.
The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to k...2021-12-0358 min
RightsUpRightsUp Pops: Joia Crear Perry on Texas Abortion LawVox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts.2021-10-0708 min
Intersectionality Matters!37. Black Women's Health Through the Twin PandemicsOn today’s episode, Kimberlé and a group of leading champions for equitable healthcare take us behind the “white coat” of medical racism, and explore its disproportionate impact on Black women and girls. Guests share their own stories being mistreated and ignored as patients, and reflect on the struggles they’ve endured as Black woman doctors working in a medical system with roots in eugenics and racialized violence. The conversation analyzes the lessons learned from the tragic case of Dr. Susan Moore, examines how the experiences of Black women in healthcare relate to historical racism and sexism, and asks what it would...2021-05-141h 05
Intersectionality Matters!33. And Still We FightIn this post-inauguration roundtable, Kimberlé and her guests grapple with the events of the past month, and contemplate the crossroads that the country now finds itself in. As we prepare for four years of Democratic leadership, how must we organize ourselves in order to fight for a more just future, rather than merely a return to the past? And what becomes possible when we embrace a political agenda that centers intersectionality as a means for achieving that future?
With:
BARBARA ARNWINE - President and Founder, Transformative Justice Coalition
KIM FOXX - State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois
JOIA CREAR-PERRY - Fou...2021-01-301h 12
On The Issues With Michele GoodwinTaking Politics Out Women’s Health: Biden’s First 100 DaysFriday, January 22 marked the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming a constitutional right to abortion. Yet, decades later, reproductive health care access remains illusory for many women and people of birthing capacity. Is the constitutional right to abortion a reality today? If so, for whom? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted women’s health and exacerbated existing disparities? What can we expect from the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration? What is the status of reproductive health, rights and justice—48 years after Roe? Helping us to sort out these que...2021-01-261h 05See You Now31: Black Midwives & Mamas MatterThe CDC reports that Black mothers die at three to four times the rate of white mothers and that the mortality rate of Black infants is higher than that of any other ethnic group in the U.S. Regardless of income and education level, childbirth for Black women is more dangerous than it is for white women. Even tennis legend Serena Williams had a dangerously close call during her pregnancy. In examining why these disparities are so stark, it is clear that structural and systemic racism, racialized health inequities, and implicit bias not only play a role but also...2020-11-1349 min
The DoseHealth Care has a Bias Problem: Here's How to Fix It (Rebroadcast)***Originally Aired Nov 2019*** Bias in medicine – based on race and sex – is a well-documented problem. It’s a problem because the health care system has historically marginalized the medical concerns of people of color and women, which has led to worse health outcomes. On this episode of The Dose, host Shanoor Seervai discusses ways to tackle bias in health care with Ann-Gel Palermo, who works on diversity and inclusion at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Joia Crear-Perry, who founded the National Birth Equity Birth Collaborative to address racial disparities in healt...2020-09-0420 min
Brave Voices, Bold Actions: Women's Health, Rights & YouEnding Racism & Discrimination During ChildbirthToo often, treating women with respect is seen as a luxury. It is not. Violations of human rights during childbirth are all too common in labor wards, hurting women’s chances of surviving pregnancy and childbirth. This episode of White Ribbon Alliance’s Brave Voices, Bold Actions podcast explores Article 5 of the Respectful Maternity Care Charter, and the human right to equality, freedom from discrimination & equitable care during pregnancy and childbirth.We hear from Bruce McIntyre, who bravely shares the story of his partner Amber Rose Isaac's experience with racism during childbirth, and Dr...2020-08-2028 min
The Full SetThe Full Set Trailer 2020You are listening to a montage of The Full Set: Black-centered, candid conversations that radiate warmth, boldness and vulnerability. Listen up for discussions with hustlers, intellectual heavyweights, Blackademics, single mothers and front line community organizers who identify as radical Black feminists, women, femmes, or non-men and are excluded from mainstream media through respectability politics.
You are hearing: Dr. Joia Crear Perry, Luana Morales, Daizy October Latifah, Elle Hearns, Hari Ziyad, JD Stokely, T. Anansi Olajuawon, Nina Monei, Janaya Khan, Nina Monei, Feminista Jones, Lawrence Barriner II, Dr Shamell Bell and Melody Gross. The track is Underground Lyfe...2020-08-0601 min
For The WinTaking on COVID-19: Dr. Joia Crear Perry and Daniel DawesBlack communities have been ravaged by police violence. Now those communities are being ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic — and both problems are getting worse. Amid the fallout from George Floyd's murder, Yochi spoke to Dr. Joia Crear Perry, President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, and Daniel Dawes, a health policy expert at the Morehouse School of Medicine, about why police violence is exacerbating the impact of COVID-19 and how to keep the situation from spiraling even further out of control.2020-06-1627 min
#THISMATTERS: Conversations on COVID-19#THISMATTERS: Birthing While Black During COVID-19Black women are 243% more likely than white women to die during or shortly after childbirth in America due to the effects of structural racism that exists in our healthcare system and our society. Now, COVID-19 is creating new obstacles. Our last episode of #THISMATTERS which was recorded during Black Maternal Health Week back in April 2020, features two interviews. In the first, LOOM CEO Erica Chidi and OBGYN and policy expert Dr. Joia Crear-Perry discuss how racism impacts a Black women's care, what they can do to support themselves and how the collective can care for Black women during this...2020-06-0144 min
New Security BroadcastHighlights from COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s InequitiesCOVID-19 has wreaked havoc the world over, and recent data shows that the hardest hit will be the world’s women and girls and populations impacted by racism and discrimination. This week’s Friday Podcast highlights remarks from a recent Wilson Center event sponsored by EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the United States and Canada, on the impact of COVID-19 on race and gender inequities.“Mortality of men [due to COVID-19] is higher but let me just emphasize that women play an outsized role in responding not only to COVID-19, but in many o...2020-05-2820 min
New Security BroadcastHighlights from COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s InequitiesCOVID-19 has wreaked havoc the world over, and recent data shows that the hardest hit will be the world’s women and girls and populations impacted by racism and discrimination. This week’s Friday Podcast highlights remarks from a recent Wilson Center event sponsored by EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the United States and Canada, on the impact of COVID-19 on race and gender inequities. “Mortality of men [due to COVID-19] is higher but let me just emphasize that women play an outsized role in responding not only to COVID-19, but in many o...2020-05-2820 min
AMA Prioritizing EquityThe Root CauseEarn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. In the May 28, 2020, Prioritizing Equity webinar, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, chief health equity officer at the AMA, speaks with a panel of health equity advocates and trailblazers on their work to address the root causes of health inequity and the social determinants of health. Panel: Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MSPH—Assistant scientist, Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; managing director, Health Equity Research Solutions, LLC Joia Crear-Perry, MD—President, National Birth Equity Collaborative Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD—2019-2020 Evelyn Green...2020-05-281h 01
You Had Me at BlackCrosspost: NATAL - Two: Roots of the Black Birthing CrisisMartina explores the historical roots of modern obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry and Dr. Mimi Niles explain how flaws in medical education and research contribute to the Black birthing crisis.NATAL is a collab between You Had Me at Black and The Woodshaw. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.Visit www.natalstories.com to learn more about NATAL, access our resource hub, read our community blog, and donate to our production fund.Follow NATAL on social media: @natalstories. Join our Facebook Community to connect with other parents, birth workers, and advocates. 2020-05-0700 min
NATALTwo: Roots of the Black Birthing CrisisMartina explores the historical roots of modern obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry and Dr. Mimi Niles explain how flaws in medical education and research contribute to the Black birthing crisis. In this episode we mention: Dr. Joia Crear Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative; Dr. Mimi Niles of The Birth Place Lab; and Healing Circle Podcast. Visit natalstories.com to learn more about NATAL, access our resource hub, and donate to our production fund. Follow us social media: @natalstories, and join our Facebook Community to conne...2020-05-0625 min
The Full SetThe Full Set w/ Dr. Joia Crear-PerryVenmo: @Joia-CrearPerryJoia
Adele Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG – a thought leader around racism as a root cause of health inequities, Speaker, Trainer, Advocate, Policy Expert, and fighter for justice – is the Founder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative. Recently, she addressed the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the Birthing Project, Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Jefferson Community Healthcare Center and as the Director of Clinical Services for the City of New Orlea...2020-04-231h 20
We Can Do This!Born too soon; the difference a day makesDr. Joia Adele Crear-Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative and Dr. Kelle H. Moley of March of Dimes joins NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg for a dialogue about premature births, maternal outcomes, and the societal stressors that disproportionately affect some pregnant women more than others.*Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, this episode was recorded remotely. Audio quality may not be consistent throughout.*2020-04-2152 min
The DoseHealth Care has a Bias Problem: Here's How to Fix ItBias in medicine –based on race and sex – is a well-documented problem. It’s a problem because the health care system has historically marginalized the medical concerns of people of color and women, which has led to worse health outcomes. On the latest episode of The Dose, host Shanoor Seervai discusses ways to tackle bias in health care with Ann-Gel Palermo, who works on diversity and inclusion at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Joia Crear-Perry, who founded the National Birth Equity Birth Collaborative to address racial disparities in health care. They e...2019-11-1520 min
WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare ImprovementWIHI: Black Women and and Maternal Care: Redesigning for Safety, Dignity, and RespectDate: August 8, 2019
Featuring:
Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG, Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative
Ebony Marcelle, CNM, MS, FACNM, Director of Midwifery, Community of Hope
Shannon Welch, MPH, Project Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
A significant rise in maternal deaths in the United States, especially among black women, has recently gotten a lot of public attention. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), acute events tied to childbirth are contributing to the upward trend. Experts also highlight other factors putting black women, in particular, at risk: racism and implicit bias wi...2019-08-0855 min
The ConversationWomen delivering better birthsWomen around the world are still dying unnecessarily in childbirth, and suffering 'violence' in the delivery room. What can be done to empower pregnant women? Kim Chakanetsa talks to two female obstetricians who are fighting to improve birth experiences and safety for women in Brazil and the US.Dr Maria Helena Bastos is a Brazilian obstetrician who says that women in Brazil give birth in a very medicalised and highly scrutinised way, with some even forced to have Caesarean sections against their will. She is campaigning for women to be able to take control back of their b...2019-06-1727 min
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQAInside Health Care Episode #019: Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Maternity Health EquityThe conversation about the quality of maternal health in the United States has suddenly become more urgent. In 2019 American women have more chance of dying in childbirth than women do in any other industrialized nation. The maternal mortality rate in 2007 was 55 percent higher than the rate reported in 1990, and it has only increased since then.
Why is this happening? How can we improve Maternal Health?
We asked Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, about that. She recently gave her “Mothers’ Voices Driving Birth Equity” presentation at the Roy Wood Foundation Grante...2019-06-0716 min
Birth Stories in Color23 | From the ROOTT - Jessica Roach, MPHIn honor of Black Maternal Health Week we had the opportunity to interview CEO and co-founder Jessica Roach, MPH about the mission and work of Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT).For Jessica this work began from the experiences she had birthing her children. Through them discovering her internal power but also that of the black community. The work of ROOTT is to remind families of where their history is and where they come from. Understanding that they have all they need in creating their stories and their families.This interview we delve deep into...2019-04-111h 00
The Leslie Marshall Show#Trumpcare's Effect on Women's Healthcare & Reproductive Rights; #GorsuchHearing with guest host Michele JawandoMichele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.1. Trumpcare's Effect on Women's Healthcare and Reproductive RightsGuest 1: Dr. Joia Crear Perry, Founder & President, National Birth Equity CollaborativeTweets: @DocCrearPerryGuest 2: Dr. Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow at the Center for American ProgressTweets: @DrTaylor092. Day number three of the hearings for SCOTUS Nominee Neil GorsuchGuest 1: Billy Corriher, Deputy Director of...2017-03-2239 min
The Leslie Marshall Show#Trumpcare's Effect on Women's Healthcare & Reproductive Rights; #GorsuchHearing with guest host Michele JawandoMichele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.1. Trumpcare's Effect on Women's Healthcare and Reproductive RightsGuest 1: Dr. Joia Crear Perry, Founder & President, National Birth Equity CollaborativeTweets: @DocCrearPerryGuest 2: Dr. Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow at the Center for American ProgressTweets: @DrTaylor092. Day number three of the hearings for SCOTUS Nominee Neil GorsuchGuest 1: Billy Corriher, Deputy Director of Legal...2017-03-2239 min
The Leslie Marshall ShowNew Orleans Jazz Fest, Climate Deniers By State, 2016 Race UpdateMichele L. Jawando guest hosts the show this hour. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.Here are the guests Michele interviewed along with the topics they discussed. 1. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, President of the National Birth Equity CollaborativeMichele and Joia discuss the 2016 New Orleans...2016-05-0839 min
The Leslie Marshall ShowNew Orleans Jazz Fest, Climate Deniers By State, 2016 Race UpdateMichele L. Jawando guest hosts the show this hour. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.Here are the guests Michele interviewed along with the topics they discussed. 1. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, President of the National Birth Equity CollaborativeMichele and Joia discuss the 2016 New Orleans...2016-05-0839 min
KPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – September 19, 2008For Us, By Us. Health Care after Katrina
Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ranks among the costliest disasters in lost human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history. And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the surrounding region are still in a state of "rebuilding". But what does that mean in real terms for many of its citizens? How does this ongoing state of recovery translate into the daily lives of the city’s marginalized populations? Migrants. Communities of color. Working class women. Queer and transg...2008-09-1904 min