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Black Women For Wellness conference set Aug. 26

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Black Women for Wellness will conduct its annual Reproductive Justice Conference on Monday, Aug. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St., in Downtown Los Angeles.

The conference, now in its 16th year, is the only conference focused on the experiences of Black women and girls seeking reproductive justice. This year’s theme, “400 Years: Reflections on Lesson Learned and Imagining Our Futures,” will delve into topics surrounding intersecting areas including: Environmental justice, technology, maternal health, social determinants of health and more. “Four Hundred Years” intends to gather the lessons learned from Black history, the battles fought, the victories won, the joys shared, and the insights to move forward.

This year will feature activists, academics, authors, community members and health professionals and  include a variety of research studies, programs, and recent policy that influence the health and well-being of Black women.

The conference will include keynote presentations, workshops, and a unique “teen track” focusing on Black youth.

Janette Robinson-Flint has curated the conference based on what she has witnessed as the executive director of Black Women for Wellness.

“‘Four Hundred Years’ will ask participants to imagine health and well-being for Black women and girls, name how it looks and feels, then plant seeds now that will grow toward that vision,” Robinson-Flint said. “Our interaction with the environmental justice movement, our use of integrated voter engagement, how we wield the media tools available to us in shaping and determining our futures. ‘400 Years’ will ask us to take a firm stance in our today’s realities as we imagine our future to determine what tools, strategies, resources and influences are needed with shaping our tomorrows and generations to come.”

Black Women for Wellness began as a grassroots program that matched pregnant women with mentors who coached them from pregnancy until the child was one year old. Within four years, Black Women for Wellness branched out to address systems and public policy for Black women and became a non-profit organization in 1997. Since then Sisters in Control Reproductive Justice program has expanded to include comprehensive sex education, policy, environmental justice, maternal health, chronic disease prevention and civic engagement.

For more information on the Black Women for Wellness and the Reproductive Justice Conference,  contact raena@bwwla.com  or call (323) 503-8579.

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