Black Leaders in Health & Justice
What is Ernestine Wiedenbach?
This nurse was the first Black woman to serve as president of the American Nurses Association.
What is primary care?
Black Americans are more likely to lack access to this basic healthcare service.
What is the ER?
Many unhoused individuals rely on this place for emergency medical care.
What is advocacy?
Speaking up for improved healthcare access is called this.
What is February?
Black History Month is celebrated during this month.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This civil rights leader argued that healthcare inequality was a major form of injustice.
What is hypertension?
This chronic condition disproportionately affects Black communities due to systemic barriers.
What is lack of storage?
This is one major barrier unhoused people face when managing medications.
What are care package drives?
Project Icarus helps communities by organizing these supply-based initiatives.
What is Week?
This year Black History Month began as “Negro History ___.”
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
This physician helped establish hospitals for Black Americans who were denied care.
What is preventable illness?
Black individuals experiencing homelessness face higher risks of this outcome.
What is the homeless population?
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of this population.
What is stigma?
Education helps reduce this harmful belief about homelessness.
What is inequality?
Carter G. Woodson emphasized education to fight this.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
She founded the National Council of Negro Women and advocated for health equity.
What is lack of insurance?
This factor makes it harder for unhoused people to receive consistent care.
What is an ID?
Lack of this document often prevents access to healthcare services.
What is community support?
Connecting volunteers to shelters helps strengthen this.
What is equal opportunity?
Health equity aligns with this core civil rights goal.
Who is Dr. Harold Jaffe?
This Black epidemiologist helped lead the U.S. response to HIV/AIDS.
What is systemic racism?
This term describes unequal treatment in healthcare systems based on race.
What is preventive care?
This type of care focuses on prevention and is often inaccessible to the unhoused.
What are policies?
Advocacy aims to change these long-term solutions.
What is health justice?
Project Icarus’s mission directly supports this Black History Month theme.