How does “The Skin You’re In” play a role in your health? This week Dr. Pernessa Seele and Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D., Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine discuss the burden of health that plagues African American’s, and its root cause.

This week, Dr. Pernessa Seele and Dr. LaPrincess C. Brewer M.D, M.P.H., Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Mayo Clinic Division of Preventive Cardiology, discuss Cardiovascular Health and its affect on the African American community. In order to protect our hearts and be there for our loved ones, Dr. Brewer shares the Ten Commandments to a Healthy Heart. This episode also features a special segment on the black male’s perspective on love, featuring Jeffrey Marlow.

In support of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Dr. P has a candid conversation with Rev. Savalas R Squire Sr. on living with HIV and the response of the Black church community.

Dr. Pernessa Seele features TED Talk speaker Clint Smith. Clint is a writer, poet, teacher and PhD student at Harvard University, where he studies the sociology of education.The original recording can be viewed at the link below. The Balm In Gilead does not own the rights to this TED Talk and is only used under their Creative Commons License.https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_how_to_raise_a_black_son_in_america

Dr. Pernessa Seele chats with Maya Harris this week from Richmond, VA about her two books, education in schools and some tips for parents with school-aged children.

Dr. P chats with retired internal medicine physician, Dr. Mavis Thompson Blaize who is 91 year old living in Bronx, NY.

Dr. Pernessa Seele features TED Talk speakers T. Morgan Dixon and Vannessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek. The original recording can be viewed at the link below. The Balm In Gilead does not own the rights to this TED Talk and is only used under their Creative Commons License.https://www.ted.com/talks/t_morgan_dixon_and_vanessa_garrison_walking_as_a_revolutionary_act_of_self_care

Rev. Dr. Jerome Barber, Senior Pastor of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Temple joins Dr. P this week to discuss their successful prediabetes program as part of the Southeast Diabetes Faith Initiative.

Dr. Lauren Powell, Director of the Office of Health Equity at the Virginia Department of Health joins Dr. P on the Pod this week to discuss how we discuss race in respects to health and what we can do as a community to champion for racial and health equity.

Pastor Vernon Walton, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Vienna joins Dr. P on the Pod this week to discuss why prevention and education is so important to mobilize in the church!