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PODCASTS

Peer Facilitation Trainer Kalatauma Rosario and Carlos Santiago tell the story of their journey with the Mandela Yoga intervention.
Mandela Yoga Project
An RWJF Grantee Audio Story
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BOOKS TO EXPLORE

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TED TALKS

The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes and walking in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled lives.

How racism makes us sick

Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system -- and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination.

Why we are stronger under a democracy | TEDxBillings

In this talk, Dr. Renée Crichlow shares a poignant stories, underscoring how the courage and collaboration of a community can safeguard more than just physical spaces—it can fortify the very principles of democracy. Dr. Crichlow delves into how using equity, as a guiding force, is essential for building a democracy that truly serves all, where the strength of our nation lies in our commitment to uplift and protect one another, especially in the face of adversity. Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP, practiced full-spectrum Family Medicine with Obstetrics for more than 20 years and is now the chief medical officer of Codman Square Health Center in Boston, a Vice-chair at the Boston University Medical School Department of Family Medicine, and a Lecturer at the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health.

ARTICLES

Mandela Yoga: a community case study for a post-incarceration reentry service for men of color in recovery,

Richa Gawande, PhD, Felipe Kalatauma Rosario, Carlos Santiago, Jeffrey Thomas, Julia Naganuma-Carreras, Tori Blot, Keyona Aviles, LMHC, Paula Gardiner, and Zev Schuman-Olivier, DMD, MD

Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health, Jennifer Jee-Lyn García, PhD, and Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, MPH
Social Determinants of Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Racism, Stress and Chronic Illness, Sana A Powell M.A., LPC SANA I. POWELL, M.A., LPCSANA I. POWELL, M.A., LP
“A Randomized Comparative Trial- Yoga and Relaxation”, Caroline Smith, Heather Hancock, Jane Blake-Mortimer, Kerena Eckert
“Yoga as Ancillary Treatment for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Hilary Meyer, Alexander C Stone, Alina Katsman, Daniel E Aurbach
“Does Racism make us sick?", Tatiana Sánchez 
“Black Babies Die at Twice the Rate as White Babies”, Priska Neely
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We envision a world where those affected by the American public health crisis of racism are empowered to heal their own communities with the proven integrative health benefits and emotional wellbeing of yoga that is offered - without regard to income - where they live, work, worship, and play. 

MANDELA YOGA PROJECT, INC.

Mandela Yoga Project, (MYP Inc.) — a 501(c)(3) — was created to center people of color as healers of the stressors that result in chronic diseases like diabetes & hypertension and that disproportionately affect Blacks (16.4% vs Whites 11.9%) and prematurely claim the lives of Blacks at twice the rate of Whites (37.8% vs 18.8%).

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