AKILA-KA MA'AT, PHD

The Communicating Equity and Health Justice (CEHJ) Research Lab at George Mason University is founded on the will and self-determination...

This pandemic has shaken the world to its core and will change life as we know it. In the United States, COVID19 has unveiled our dirty...

COVID-19 highlights unacceptable and avoidable systemic health inequities that are devastating African American communities and families.

This blog is based on the article "Toxic stress and children’s outcomesAfrican American children growing up poor are at greater risk of...

While we trust our doctors to treat everyone equally and address all concerns, this does not always occur. Physicians are challenged by...

I Internalized racial oppression is a sociopolitical and economic process. It is part of the chain of causation of racism. It is a risk...

Great lunchtime webinar II today by the Center African American Heath Disparities Education and Education. Internalized racial oppression...

Health systems should be evaluated on how many diseases and deaths are prevented as opposed to the quality of their services and...

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With all the things happening in the U.S., this is what ‘seniors lives don’t matter’ looks like.

Out of 100,000 Black Americans, 42.8% have died from COVID19 compared to 16.6% of Whites