Sipping Tea for Black Women’s Wellness

Sipping Tea with Dr. Alicia Williams

This episode features Dr. Alicia Williams, a leader with expertise across multiple public agencies including education, social services, and prisons. Our conversation with Dr. Williams offers insights about what it takes to create and implement trauma-informed, healing systems for our most vulnerable populations including youth, women, and communities of color.  For more information and resources, please visit our opioid use prevention and treatment resource page [https://seeherbloom.org/black-women-resources-opioids/] and our Narcan resource page [https://seeherbloom.org/narcan-resources/].

Sipping Tea with Christi Ketchum & Jen McKinney

This episode features the work of two community leaders – Christi Ketchum, founder of Sacramento Sister Circle, and behavioral health specialist and author, Gentamu (Jen) McKinney.  Christi and Jen share their efforts to build and sustain community as a tool to achieve health equity. Christi and Jen explore the role of community connectors and how anti-blackness prevents access to life-saving overdose prevention services and products such as Narcan.

Sipping Tea with Grace King & Sandie Burgess

In this episode, we talk about preventing opioid overdose. What does overdose look like? What can we do when we suspect someone is epxeriencing overdose? Will we get in trouble if we help? These are some of the questions we explore with Grace King and Sandie Burgess. We'll break down the facts and myths about using Narcan, a life-saving medication that reverses the impact of overdose. Our guests also help us better understand why the Black community continues to experience increasing rates of opioid overdose despite the availability of known treatment options. For more information and resources, please visit our opioid use prevention and treatment resource page [https://seeherbloom.org/black-women-resources-opioids/] and our Narcan resource page [https://seeherbloom.org/narcan-resources/].

Sipping Tea with Olivia Sapp & Dominique Boyd

Olivia Sapp and Dominique Boyd, both women in their early 20s, led efforts to launch getLIFTED [https://www.getliftedfam.org/] (Living in Faith to Elevate Dreams). The getLIFTED program works to prevent youth substance use and misuse through education and public awareness campaigns. As young leaders in the community, they share important insights about the intersections of age, race, and gender. Visit our See Her Bloom website [https://seeherbloom.org/narcan-resources/] for information and resources about Narcan, including how it is used and where it can be obtained.

Sipping Tea with Deborah Mitchell & Denisha "Coco" Bland

In this episode, we explore how faith influences the lives of Black women, especially as they navigate issues impacting their mental health. We talk about perceptions of the changing nature of the Black church and its work to navigate today's complex social and political challenges. Our guests are two amazing leaders in the community, Deborah Mitchell and Denisha "Coco" Bland, who share a belief in the power of faith and spirituality to heal and restore community.