FEBRUARY 3RD, 2021

BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
Presented by Women in Science & Math (WISAM)

ROYAL EASE
MEQUITTA AHUJA

IMPACTS OF DISCRIMINATION
Historical adversity, which includes slavery, sharecropping, and race- "You have to act as
based exclusion from health, educational, social, and economic if it were possible
resources, translates into socioeconomic disparities experienced by to radically
Black and African American people today. Socioeconomic status, in transform the
turn, is linked to mental health: people who are impoverished, world. And you
homeless, incarcerated, or have substance use problems are at higher have to do it all the
risk for poor mental health. (1) time. "
Rates of mental illnesses in African Americans are similar with those of
the general population. However, disparities exist in regard to mental
health care services. African Americans often receive poorer quality of - ANGELA DAVIS
care and lack access to culturally competent care. (2)
Dr. Cary Gross and colleagues found that black Americans are 3.5
times more likely to die of COVID-19 than white Americans. - COVID-19
is disproportionately affecting black people in the U.S. (3)
1..https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health
2. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/cultural-competency/education/mental-health-facts
3. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/racial-inequalities-in-covid-19-the-impact-on-black-
communities#What-explains-the-disparities?-And-how-does-racism-play-into-it?-
 RECOGNIZING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Left: Dr. Roger Arliner
Young
A prominent biologist who
served as head of the Zoology
at Howard University.
Completed her PhD in
Zoology at UPenn. (4)

Right: Dr. Mae C. Jemison

First African American woman
in space. Obtained her MD from
Cornell University Medical
College. (5)

Left: Dr. Shirley Ann

Jackson
First African American woman
to receive doctorate of
Physics in the US. Previous
chairman of the US Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and
serves as president of
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. (6)

Right: Dr. Kizzmekia

Corbett
One of the NIH's leading
scientists behind the COVID-
19 Moderna vaccine. Received
her PhD in Microbiology and
Immunology from UNC-
Chapel Hill. (7)

I was able to stand on the

shoulders of those women
who came before me, and
women who came after me
were able to stand on mine.
- Dr. Christine Darden

4. https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/young.html
5. https://www.biography.com/astronaut/mae-c-jemison
6. https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/shirley-ann-jackson/
7. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/kizzmekia-corbett-african-american-woman-praised-key-
scientist/story?id=74679965
WAYS TO DONATE
& SUPPORT
Events: Mental Health Resources:
African and Diasporic
Cultures Celebration
African Americans in STEM
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
The Economic Impact of
COVID-19 on the African
American Community
Black History Month Antiblackness Education:
Virtual Festival
Donation Links:
The Loveland Foundation
Black Youth Project
National Civil Rights
Museum
Equal Justice Initiative
Facing History and
Ourselves
Black Girls Code
National Queer & Trans
Therapists of Color
Network
Black Emotional and
Mental Health
Black Girl in OM
The Safe Place App
The Mental Health
Coalition
The 1619 Project
Elijah Anderson "The
White Space"
BLACK WOMAN UNIVERSITY
The Case for Reparations
GENSESIS TRAMAINE
The Urgency of Music & Podcasts:
Intersectionality Influential Songs that
Camara Phyllis Jones Celebrate Black History
"Levels of Racism: A Month
Theoretic Framework and Code Switch
a Garderner's Tale" About Race
Ethan Siegel "4 Ways That The Black Girl Podcast
Scientists and Academics Insta Accounts:
Can Effectively Combat @ourstreetsluc
Racism" @wc4blstritchsom
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