Take Me to the Go-Gos

October 22, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

If you’ve sat in a conversation with me for more than 30-minutes, at some point I’ve probably drifted into some ideas of afro-futurism; black people planning their future and preserving their history as radical acts of time-travel and time reclamation. As a practical matter. I constantly wrestle with how we ENSURE spaces for black people […]

Brittney Drakeford Selected for New National Leadership Program to Build Health Equity

September 27, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m ready to live in a community where all people have the opportunity to live the
healthiest life possible—regardless of their ethnicity, geography, race, socioeconomic
status, or physical circumstance. I know I can’t do it alone, so I’m collaborating with
leaders from a diverse range of fields—including transportation, education, food systems and many more—as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of
Health Leaders program. I’m excited to embark on this journey and share it with this
community! Learn more at cultureofhealth-leaders.org