Policy isn’t something that only happens in Washington. It affects the schools our children attend, the healthcare our families receive, the streets we travel and the resources available within our communities.

In this episode of Harmony Health: Heal Out Loud, Momma Bey sits down with Dr. Apryl Alexander, Jamaal Smith and Dr. Devonya Govan-Hunt for an honest conversation about advocacy, lived experience and making policy understandable to the people it affects most.

They discuss:

• Why policy starts at the kitchen table
• How complicated language keeps communities from participating
• The connection between policy, education, healthcare and mental wellness
• Why lived experience is a form of expertise
• The importance of local elections and civic engagement
• What communities can accomplish when people organize and show up
• Harmony Health’s next chapter as a nonprofit organization

Systems are created and maintained by people—which means people can also challenge, disrupt and redesign them.

Learn more about Harmony Health, explore its services and support its community work at Harmony Health Therapeutic Services.

This episode contains explicit language.