Panel: Black Women’s Healthcare in America - 1930 to Today
Feb. 19 evening post-show
Poncho Forum
Panel Discussion:
Black Women’s Healthcare in America - 1930 to Today
Wednesday, February 19 following the 7:30 p.m. performance of Blues for an Alabama Sky
Ongoing research demonstrates that there are significant disparities in healthcare access and outcomes for Black communities, and especially for Black women. Join community experts to examine these issues in their historical context through the lens of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky and how they continue to persist today. Presented in partnership with The Hansberry Project.
Meet the panelists below. Additional members to be announced.
Panelists

Dedra D. Woods
Moderator; The Hansberry Project

AJ Musewe
Panelist; Historian

Jazmin Williams
Panelist; Founder/Doula, BLKBRY
About The Hansberry Project
The Hansberry Project is a professional Black theater company dedicated to the artistic exploration of African American life, history, and culture. From initial sketches to fully-realized productions, The Hansberry Project promotes and supports Black theater artists of diverse interests and disciplines, centering them in the artistic process. The Project's goal is to create a space where the entire community can be enriched by the voices of professional Black artists, reflecting autonomous concerns, investigations, dreams, and artistic expression.
Visit hansberryproject.org for upcoming events and updates, and learn about the Project's partnership with The Drinking Gourd, a national cohort of Black Theaters focusing on the development and production of work by Black playwrights.
About BLKBRY
BLKBRY is a culturally responsive, evidence based practice that intends to interrupt harm to Black people and families by providing full spectrum wraparound support during the reproductive, prenatal, postpartum and lactation periods, and by building power and autonomy through relationships of trust and restoring community, and holistic and birthing knowledge.