Monthly Monday Primary Care Talks is dedicated to interviewing guest speakers from across Texas, covering a wide range of primary care topics. Today, you will hear from Kelenne Blake about her work on connecting Black mothers to maternal care.
Monthly Monday Primary Care Talks is dedicated to interviewing guest speakers from across Texas, covering a wide range of primary care topics. Each month, TPCC will bring you informative episodes as your go-to resource on all things primary care in Texas.
Today, you will hear from Kelenne Blake about her work on connecting Black mothers to maternal care. She has an amazing perspective on the primary care system and how we can improve it for the better.
Kelenne Blake
Executive Director, Black Mamas Community Collective
Kelenne Blake is a health advocate, creative, and Blackacademic from Trinidad and Tobago, based in Austin, TX. She has been involved with Black Mamas Community Collective, a.k.a Black Mamas ATX in various roles since 2018 and now serves as the executive director.
As a creative, Blake does visual and performance art as well as writing, including poetry and screenwriting. She also considers herself a Blackademic. She is a former professor at Huston-Tillotson University and a current doctoral student of public health at Johns Hopkins University, concentrating in health equity and social justice.
Living in the intersections as a Black immigrant woman, everything she does involves working creatively with vulnerable communities, disrupting false hierarchies, and creating spaces for those communities to assert their unique voices, perspectives, and power—and, in so doing, creating a better world.
Questions for Kelenne Blake?
Feel free to connect with her at kelenne@blackmamasatx.com.
Questions, comments, or feedback for the TPCC team?
We would love to hear what you thought of today’s episode! If you would like to participate in our Monthly Monday Primary Care Talks as a guest or recommend a guest, please contact Nishi Singhal at nsinghal@texashealthinstitute.org.
Missed a previous episode?
View Monthly Monday: January 2024 with Dr. Laurel Williams
View Monthly Monday: February 2024 with Elena M. Marks
View Monthly Monday: March 2024 with Dr. Stacy Ogbeide
View Monthly Monday: April 2024 with Dr. Ryan D. Van Ramshorst and Emily Rocha
View Monthly Monday: May 2024 with Diane Arms
The Texas Primary Care Consortium is a statewide collaborative between the Texas Health Institute and the Texas Medical Home Initiative. THI provides the financial and administrative support for the TPCC team and work. To learn more about THI, please visit texashealthinstitute.org.
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