This episode is an excerpt of a special live recorded conversation that I had a few weeks ago with my colleagues, we discuss how our children are doing and coping during these unprecedented times and ways to improve the systems that determine health outcomes.

Featured guests are:

• Dr. Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, MS
• Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo, MD
• Dr. Monique Jindal, M.D.
• Dr. Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH

Resources mentions:

-White Coats for Black Lives

https://whitecoats4blacklives.org

-Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity

https://www.mdhealthequity.com

-Dr Jasmine Zapata's Beyond Beautiful Girl's International Empowerment Movement

https://www.drjasminezapata.com

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On this episode, I interview Mijha Godfrey, co-founder of Jambo Books, a multicultural book subscription service for kids ages 0-13. Mijha is committed to ensuring that children of color have books where they see themselves as the stars of the story. She does this through curating diverse, inclusive, entertaining and engaging books for families.

During our conversation, we talk about the important role diverse and inclusive books play in a child's life, the theme of belonging, the inspiration behind Jambo Books and some great book recommendations.

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Links mentions in this episode:

• https://www.jambobooks.com

Announcements:

What is Black is launching a book club!

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To learn more about Mijha Godfrey and book recommendations, go to https://www.whatisblack.co/podcast to read this episode's show notes.

In this episode, were joined by sociologist Dr. Margaret A. Hagerman. These past few weeks have made this conversation that was recorded a few weeks before the recent news reports of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the experience of Christian Cooper just doing what he enjoys, watching birds in the park, more necessary. During our conversation, youll hear about Dr. Hagermans research on understanding the roles white parents actions have in reproducing racism and racial inequity.

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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, MD, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Affairs and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. We discuss the topic of talking about sexual health issues facing teens and young adults, how gynecologists can help parents and their daughters navigate conversations about sexual health, the connection of sexual to overall health and wellbeing and bonus topic on Dr. Jocelyn's work to increase the diversity of medical professionals.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This episode we share a great resource to address mental health in the Black Community. During this episode, I speak with Dr. Riana Anderson and Dr. Shawn Jones, clinical psychologists and researchers. We discuss their series, Our Mental Health Minute and how they're using media to increase the accessibility of mental health resources and destigmatize the conversation about mental health.

The goals of Our Mental Health Minute are

1) Reduce stigma about mental health in the Black community

2) Provide resources in access, utilization, and quality of mental health care

3) Increase mental health literacy (in a fun and relevant way!)

Resources:

Our Mental Health Minute

Our Mental Health Minute: Session Notes Ep. 4. "Tweets & Snaps & Tiki's Toks, Oh my!"

This episode tackles the role of media & social media on mental health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the health inequities faced by the Black community and other communities of color. One strategy that might help to address these health inequities is to increase the number of doctors of color in medicine.

This week we're discussing the importance of increasing the diversity of doctors in medicine. My guest is Dr. Frank Clark, MD. Dr. Clark and I discussed how increasing the number of docs of color can be a tool to achieve health equity, his medical experience, importance of finding a mentor, and tips for students interested in considering medicine.

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Twitter: @tapkidmd

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St. Clair Derrick-Jules shares her new book Dear Khloe: Love Letters to My Little Sister, inspired by her 6-year-old sister Khloe to help her love her afro. Dear Khloe features photos of a hundred Black women, accompanied by their personal narratives of sometimes harrowing but always triumphant journeys through a hostile landscape towards love of their natural hair. She put together this book because " its one thing for us to tell young girls to love themselves; its another for us to show them how its done."

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On this episode of What is Black Podcast, we're joined by Drs. Lanre Falusi and Lisa Varghese-Kroll to discuss the unique health challenges experienced by immigrant families and children, their immigrant experience, impact of COVID-19 and a preview of their upcoming podcast, Health and Home with the Hippocratic Hosts.

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It's important that moms feel supported and there's no better way to find that support than in a community with fellow moms.

During today's episode, I'm joined by Lara Schulte, host of Generation.Mom podcast, to talk with me about why it's so important for moms to build communities.

What's in this episode:

• Lara discusses why she and her co-host Jenn Rout created Generation.Mom podcast
• How they help mom navigate motherhood
• How a moms building community can help address feelings of isolation
• Tips on how mom can create community
• Discussing the vulnerability of building friendships and connections with other moms

Ashli St. Armant (@AshliStarmant) shares her Audible Original book VIVA DURANT AND THE SECRET OF THE SILVER BUTTONS, about 14-year-old Viva Durant who visits her grandmother in New Orleans for the summer and while she's there she ends up solving a mystery.

During our conversation

• You'll learn about Ashli's connections to New Orleans
• The role jazz plays in the story
• History of hand clapping games connection with African-American history

This book is filled with jazz, mystery, love and family. I enjoyed listening to the book and my conversation with Ashli. I think you'll enjoy it too!

Join us for the conversation!

You can listen to Viva Durant and The Secret of The Silver Buttons for free on Audible Discovery by going to https://buff.ly/2WHjcrx.

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