Black Women's Health Imperative

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Last activity: 05.09.2024

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The Black Women's Health Imperative is the only national nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellness of our nation's 21 million Black women and girls - physically, emotionally and financially.

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Overview

Location

United States, District of Columbia, Washington

Employees

11-50

Phone

+1 202-548-4000

Founded date

1983

Mentions in press and media 19

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Sep 20, 2023	Women In The Workforce: Staying On Your Feet	MPH, President & CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative a national nonprofit dedicated to improving health & wellness of Black women and girls
Apr 22, 2023	Black Women's Health Imperative releases after the Supreme Court issued a stay temporarily keeping medication abortion pills available	ATLANTA, April 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) issues the following statement on SCOTUS decision to preserve access to safe medication abortion. "This morning Black women across America have one less wor...
Mar 19, 2023	Black Women's Health Imperative releases statement as attacks on Black women's body autonomy erupt during Women's History Month.	Wyoming governor abortion pill ban and Texas judge potential decision to revoke an FDA approved abortion pill ATLANTA, March 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Black Women's Health Imperative issued the following statement in response to a...
Sep 28, 2022	14 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make When Forming Corporate Sponsorships	A nonprofit alone can only do so much work, and even with the right team and access to resources, the organization will only have so much reach within a community. This is where a partnership between a nonprofit and a for-profit can make a ...
Sep 12, 2022	13 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Actively Support Their Staff's Mental Health	Ensuring that staff members have the necessary tools and training to handle any challenge thrown at them is just one aspect of being a nonprofit leader. What’s also key to the role is creating a safe environment where employees and voluntee...
Jul 25, 2022	Expand Your Network, Tackle Workplace Disparities	MPH, President & CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative a national nonprofit dedicated to improving health & wellness of Black women and girls
Aug 11, 2021	Hologic : OWN AND HOLOGIC ANNOUNCE UNPRECENDENTED PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT HEALTH DISPARITIES PDF Format (opens in new window)	August 11, 2021 Download this Press Release PDF Format (opens in new window) OWN Your Health and Hologic's Project Health Equality Collaborate to Produce Culturally Competent Health Information, Research and Care Pathways to Serve the Uniqu...
Aug 11, 2021	Discovery : OWN AND HOLOGIC ANNOUNCE UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT HEALTH DISPARITIES	OWN Your Health and Project Health Equality Collaborate to Produce Culturally Competent Health Information, Research and Care Pathways to Serve the Unique Needs of Black Women LOS ANGELES - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and its first-ever heal...
Jun 22, 2021	Cerving Confidence and Ciara issue call to Black women: Commit to self-care and schedule a well-woman examPDF Format (opens in new window)	June 22, 2021 Download this Press Release PDF Format (opens in new window) --New initiative from Black Women's Health Imperative and Hologic's Project Health Equality to address racial disparities in cervical cancer with life-saving informa...
May 26, 2021	Black Women's Health Imperative Launches Covid-19 Vaccine Campaign to Reach Black Women and Communities of Color with a $400,000 Grant from The Rockefeller Foundation
Feb 23, 2021	Rare Disease Diversity Coalition Formed To End Racial Disparities In Rare Disease Diagnosis, Research And Treatment
Nov 18, 2020	Black Women's Health Imperative Announces The Rare Disease Diversity Coalition's "RISE For Rare" Campaign
Nov 1, 2020	Four Black Women—All CEOs—Have Created A ‘Call To Action’ To Close The Health Gap For Black Americans	Tracey Brown, Stacey Stewart, Angela Williams, Linda Goler Blount have created a ‘Call to Action’ to ... [+] close the health gap for Black Americans.Tracey Brown, Stacey Stewart, Angela Williams, Linda Goler Blount
Dec 4, 2019	How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants	Editors’ note (Dec. 12, 2019): The author of the study upon which this story is based has retracted the paper, published last week in Science Advances, citing data classification errors. Police shootings of unarmed black Americans have esca...
Oct 23, 2019	A million-dollar marketing juggernaut pushes 3D mammograms	“She said there’s a new approach and it’s much better, and it finds all cancer,” said McCaskill-Stevens, who declined the offer. A short time later, a technician asked again: Was the patient sure she didn’t want 3D? Upselling customers on h...
May 10, 2018	New Bill Could Help Save Black Mothers' Lives	The August day her twin boys were born should have been one of the happiest of Antoinette Ramos’ life. Instead, she told Broadly she thought she was going to die. During an emergency C-section, she started hemorrhaging, and for a moment, he...
	A million-dollar marketing juggernaut pushes 3D mammograms	When Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens made an appointment for a mammogram last year, she expected a simple breast cancer screening not a heavy-handed sales pitch. A receptionist asked if she wanted a free upgrade to a “3D mammogram,” or tomosynt...
	Black and Latina women face too many barriers when being treated for heart failure. We need a new approach.	As someone who has dedicated her life to caring for patients with cardiovascular disease, I’d like to believe that patients who walk into my clinic at Emory’s Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation in Atlanta, GA, have the sam...

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FAQ about Black Women's Health Imperative

When was Black Women's Health Imperative founded?

Black Women's Health Imperative was founded in 1983.

What has the press written about Black Women's Health Imperative?

Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Black Women's Health Imperative, among them “Women In The Workforce: Staying On Your Feet” (Sep 20, 2023) and “Black Women's Health Imperative releases after the Supreme Court issued a stay temporarily keeping medication abortion pills available” (Apr 22, 2023).

Is Black Women's Health Imperative still active?

Yes, Black Women's Health Imperative is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 5, 2024.