“I am my parent’s retirement plan.”

I want to put words to a part of the housing crisis I see playing out:

Many of our parents + grandparents weren’t able to get jobs w/ traditional retirement plans (due to discrimination) and as such, rely on their children for housing/care.

Dive into the world of #healthdisparities and advancing #healthequity with 'Research and Justice For All' by Health Affairs. Hear from #healthequity champions like Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH, MBA, Mary-Ann Etiebet, Dr Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD, and Karen DeSalvo. Don't miss this enlightening #podcast !

Attended an amazing talk by Dr Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD tonight about the Impact of Racial Trauma on Youth Development.

Everyone should check out her work, no matter what specialty you are interested in. Every specialty has racial disparities. Learn about it so you can address it!

Great session happening tonight!! With the amazing Dr Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD

#CAPtweet Akeem N. Marsh, MD, DFAACAP Sahit Nallani Menon UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD, IMH-E®🇨🇴🇺🇸 She/Ella Jessica Isom MD MPH Dr. Eric Rafla-Yuan Courtney McMickens #LatinxInPsych Black Psych Docs

Unacceptable

I have been so sick to my stomach. I cannot fathom how a white woman who performed surgeries on Black babies without a medical license, and who eventually killed over 100 babies in Uganda, gets to have fame and a documentary instead of serving prison time.

Would she have had a

In college I was just about always the only black person in class.

I decided to apply to medschool when I realized I was tutoring all these pre meds who are traditionally accepted.

Self studied 4 MCAT.

Got in, and turned out I was 1 of 2 black people.

No one’s stealing seats.

If I’m a white child in school and I’m fixated and struggling to transition, I have tunnel vision and I’m autistic

If I’m a Black child in school and I’m fixated and struggling to transition, I’m Oppositional, Defiant, a behavior problem. No IEP but I have a behavioral plan

There is no amount of self-care or wellness that can fix a broken system.
How many more residents have to suffer?

Dr Nakita Mortimer may you rest in power and finally find peace🕊️

Mother's Day is such a complicated holiday for me. I love being a mother & love celebrating my mother, but in 2018 I lost a good friend to suicide on Mothers day. I go through moments of joy and periods of mourning. I look at my kids & think about hers. My heart just hurts💔

A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed yesterday when he stopped to buy ice cream at a Florida convenience store, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.

To all reservations, yes. This is a national scandal.

#OnThisDay in 1997, Allen Iverson 🤝 ROTY.

@njmins

your 2022-23 Kia America NBA MVP: Joel Embiid 🏆

#KiaMVP

A 16-year-old Black teen named Kalief Browder spent 1100 days in jail b/c he couldn’t afford $3000 bail on the false accusation he stole a backpack

Peter Lester tried to murder a 16-year-old Black teen named Ralph Yarl & walked out of the police station 2 hrs later

Two Americas

A team of data analysts has found the presence of Black primary care docs in a county, even a single one, means Black residents in that county live longer. Even veteran researchers call the finding stunning statnews.com/2023/04/14/bla…

nstead of doing it all, let’s make having boundaries a superpower 💪

Dr Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD, member of our Women’s Health Advisory Council & #MentalHealth advocate, reminds us that clear communication & limits w/ loved ones is healthy & kind 💛 #Selfcare

Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a health system in Pennsylvania. nyti.ms/3GJT98Z

nstead of doing it all, let’s make having boundaries a superpower 💪

Dr Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD, member of our Women’s Health Advisory Council & #MentalHealth advocate, reminds us that clear communication & limits w/ loved ones is healthy & kind 💛 #Selfcare

Amazing, beautiful, brilliant future doctors of color. I 100% agree w/this response! Know your worth! Medicine is built on racism. Dont get discouraged. You will encounter racist pts, peers, attendings. You deserve to be there! We need you there! #thematch
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