Join Dr. Michael H. Forde, a public health expert and Black health storyteller, and Dr. Valencia Walker, a nationally recognized health equity advisor, neonatologist, and founder of the Birthing the Magic Collaborative, for a grounded conversation on the history of health disparities.

Together, they will explore how policy, practice, and power have shaped the gaps we see today, why trust has been broken, and what it will take to rebuild it.

This session connects the why behind the data to what safer, more respectful care can look like right now for families and communities.