Resistance In Color, Part 12: “We Are the Ones We’re Waiting For” (Dr. Lavonne Moore)

Mental Health In Minnesota

Dr. Lavonne Moore is a doctor of nursing practice, the founder and CEO of Chosen Vessels Midwifery Services a subsidiary of Kemet Circle, LLC. In a bid to address health disparities for women of color, she provides training through the Chocolate Milk club offering intimate services such as health counseling, lactation and birth support for all women. The conversation explores breastfeeding as an act of resistance against systems that have created a lack of control for women over their own bodies. Her resistance work is medical activism centered locally on the ground work to create accessible solutions that protect marginalized communities from systems that have often disfavored them. We talk about what individuals need to do to be engaged about their own health and providers on how be culturally informed to ensure patients know how to navigate the health care system in the best serving way. This episode was recorded on 7/08/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.” Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental Mike Leite’s additional music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite Mike Leite’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC43d6_zlCOZUWz42z5asZkQ/about Creative Commons license info: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/