The Black Women’s Health & Livelihood Initiative envisions a world where Black women are valued and nurtured in the same way that Black women care for others. We prioritize and amplify the voice and power of Black women, at UCSF and beyond, to achieve their optimal health and well-being.
This Initiative places UCSF in a national movement to address the current realities of health care inequities for Black women. Read more about the initiative
Health & Wellness
EMBRACE: Group Prenatal Care for Black Families. A clinical program developed to give Black mothers and Black pregnant people an opportunity to receive prenatal care from an intentional angle of racial consciousness.
Community Building
Our first Bay Area Black Women’s Leadership Retreat with over 45 of the Bay Area’s and UCSF’s most prominent and leading Black women in the areas of clinical and public health, community, advocacy, education, and leadership.
Justice & Equity
The Black Womxn’s Patient Family Advisory Council is a group of self-identified Black womxn and gender expansive individuals who experience their care at UCSF. This group shares their wisdom, experiences, and perspectives with UCSF with the goal of improving the quality of Black womxn’s and Black gender expansive individual’s care and reducing the trauma Black womxn and Black gender expansive individuals experience in the health care setting.