Upcoming events.
Book Talk: Pieces of Me
Our Board Advisor, Kimberly Simmons-Emory has written a book! Pieces of Me, Perfectly Imperfect is a wonderful, relevant and well written book. To honor her achievement we are hosting a book signing, fireside chat and question and answer period for her!!!
Join us for our first event of the year, you won’t want to miss it!
Teal Trot
Please join us on September 21, 2024 in Atlanta, GA for the annual Teal Trot. The event is hosted by our partner organization- Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Learn more here.
Summer Book Series: Black Man in a White Coat
One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans.
Register here
Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.
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We are thrilled to embark on this enriching journey with you later this month. We are delighted to announce that Dr. Damon Tweedy will be joining us for a stimulating discussion in August. Make sure to secure your copy of the book from any major retailer as we delve into its pages. Our schedule includes diving into the first half of the book on June 29th, the second half on July 27th, and concluding with a captivating discussion on August 24th alongside Dr. Tweedy. This promises to be an event not to be missed, a wonderful opportunity to engage with a great book and insightful discussions.
A Zoom link will become available upon registration.
Teal Together
Join us for our monthly Teal Together brunch! See the location and address below. RSVP in advance is required.
Belle & Lilly’s Caribbean Brunch House
3350 Chamblee Tucker Road
Atlanta, GA 30341
Summer Book Series: Black Man in a White Coat
One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans.
Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.
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We are thrilled to embark on this enriching journey with you later this month. We are delighted to announce that Dr. Damon Tweedy will be joining us for a stimulating discussion in August. Make sure to secure your copy of the book from any major retailer as we delve into its pages. Our schedule includes diving into the first half of the book on June 29th, the second half on July 27th, and concluding with a captivating discussion on August 24th alongside Dr. Tweedy. This promises to be an event not to be missed, a wonderful opportunity to engage with a great book and insightful discussions.
A Zoom link will be available upon registration.
Teal Together
Join us for our monthly Teal Together brunch! See the location and address below. RSVP in advance is required.
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/NxJ1hnJzK9KQTTxe6
921 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Summer Book Series: Black Man in a White Coat
Register here
One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans.
Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.
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We are thrilled to embark on this enriching journey with you later this month. We are delighted to announce that Dr. Damon Tweedy will be joining us for a stimulating discussion in August. Make sure to secure your copy of the book from any major retailer as we delve into its pages. Our schedule includes diving into the first half of the book on June 29th, the second half on July 27th, and concluding with a captivating discussion on August 24th alongside Dr. Tweedy. This promises to be an event not to be missed, a wonderful opportunity to engage with a great book and insightful discussions.
The Link: The Connection Between Breast and Ovarian Cancer
In recent years, physicians have found a link between breast and ovarian cancers through BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. This is referred to as HBOC, or hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, that makes some women more high risk. The syndrome is an adult-onset, cancer predisposition syndrome. So much about the link between these two cancers is still unknown but genetic testing is key to identifying the risk.
Please join us on April 13, 2024 from 10-2pm for a panel discussion and fireside chat. Virtual attendance is available. Register here
This event was planned in collaboration with the Thelma Jones Breast Cancer Fund.
For more information about HBOC and the BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic mutations, please see below:
NPR: Testing your genes for Cancer Risk
Moffitt: Link Between Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Yale Medicine: Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
Providence Missionary Baptist Church Community Street Festival
Providence Missionary Baptist Church is holding its spectacular PMBC Community Street Festival. Come visit the Oshun Charitable Organization’s table as we share about our organization alongside our partner organization. The event will be held on October 14, 2023, from noon until 4:00 pm. The church is located at 2295 Benjamin E. Mays Dr., SW, Atlanta, GA 30311.
The Transition Network Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Appreciation Luncheon
The Transition Network (TTN) has chosen the Oshun Charitable Organization as its fundraising partner for the month of September - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of September, TTN has led fundraising efforts and shared information regarding ovarian cancer symptoms with their members.
Join us for our appreciation event for TTN’s fundraising efforts on behalf of Oshun. The event, ‘More Than a Diagnosis’ will go in depth about the ways that ovarian cancer affects black women beyond their diagnosis. This event will feature members of the Oshun Charitable Organization’s board and survivors of ovarian cancer who will all share their stories with the disease.
Register here: https://forms.gle/sD9ACdzrTc3ShYcL8
Learn more about The Transition Network here: https://ttnwomen.org/
Teal Trot 2023
Join Team Oshun as we participate in this year’s Teal Trot, hosted by the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance.
Want to join our team? Join here: https://raceroster.com/events/2023/75046/2023-goca-teal-trot-5k-walkrun/pledge/team/550918
Under the Skin: Chapters 7-8
Please join us as we read and discuss Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa . All backgrounds and perspectives are welcome!
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About the book:
From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.
In 2018, Linda Villarosa’s New York Times Magazine article on maternal and infant mortality among black mothers and babies in America caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa’s article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore.
Now, in Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Today’s medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.
Under the Skin: Chapters 4-6
Please join us as we read and discuss Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa . All backgrounds and perspectives are welcome!
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About the book:
From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.
In 2018, Linda Villarosa’s New York Times Magazine article on maternal and infant mortality among black mothers and babies in America caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa’s article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore.
Now, in Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Today’s medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.
Under the Skin: Chapters 1-3
Please join us as we read and discuss Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa . All backgrounds and perspectives are welcome!
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About the book:
From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.
In 2018, Linda Villarosa’s New York Times Magazine article on maternal and infant mortality among black mothers and babies in America caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa’s article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore.
Now, in Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Today’s medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.
Let's Talk About it
Join us for the first installation our highly anticipated discussion series “Let’s Talk about It.” On March 25, 2023, we will discuss a podcast episode from NPR’s 1A titled “Why are Women’s Health Concerns Dismissed so Often?”
Listen to the Podcast episode here: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/04/1146931012/why-are-womens-health-concerns-dismissed-so-often
Register for the event here: bit.ly/OCOLetsTalk
This event will be held virtually.
Teal Trot
Please join us on September 17, 2022 in Atlanta, GA for the annual Teal Trot. Use below the link to register!
https://gaovariancancer.org/programs/georgia-ovarian-cancer-alliance-teal-trot-5k-walk-run/
Documentary Screening: Aftershock
Join us for a special documentary screening of Aftershock, which highlights disparities in black maternal mortality in America.
A short facilitated discussion will take place after the meeting. A registration link will be provided at a later date.
Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cysts & Ovarian Cancer
Join the Health Ministry of Providence MBC and the Oshun Charitable Organization for our final event in our series ‘Let’s Talk About It": Conversations on Black Women’s Reproductive Health.” Our final topic will be about ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer. We will be joined by the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance who will facilitate this conversation.
‘Let’s Talk About It: A Series on Black Women’s Reproductive Health’: Black women are disproportionately affected by reproductive health issues. This impacts everything from our comfort, medical care, and even our life expectancies. Join us in a conversation about the issues that affect us, facilitated by us. This series will allow black women a space to be vulnerable and become more educated about our health. Come as you are, all are welcome.
The registration link will be available at a later date.
Let’s Talk About It: Endometriosis & Endometrial Cancer
Join the Health Ministry of Providence MBC and the Oshun Charitable Organization for our second event in our series ‘Let’s Talk About It": Conversations on Black Women’s Reproductive Health.” We will discuss endometriosis and endometrial cancer during this session. We are honored to be joined by Dr. Delores Lloyd of Emory Healthcare for this discussion.
‘Let’s Talk About It: A Series on Black Women’s Reproductive Health’: Black women are disproportionately affected by reproductive health issues. This impacts everything from our comfort, medical care, and even our life expectancies. Join us in a conversation about the issues that affect us, facilitated by us. This series will allow black women a space to be vulnerable and become more educated about our health. Come as you are, all are welcome.
Let’s Talk About It: Fibroid Tumors
Join the Health Ministry of Providence MBC and the Oshun Charitable Organization for our first event in our series ‘Let’s Talk About It": Conversations on Black Women’s Reproductive Health.” The first topic is fibroid tumors in their commonality amongst black women.
‘Let’s Talk About It: A Series on Black Women’s Reproductive Health’: Black women are disproportionately affected by reproductive health issues. This impacts everything from our comfort, medical care, and even our life expectancies. Join us in a conversation about the issues that affect us, facilitated by us. This series will allow black women a space to be vulnerable and become more educated about our health. Come as you are, all are welcome.