Health disparities in Tennessee
Social Determinants of Health
• Employment and income
• Housing and safety
• Education, literacy
• Access to healthy Food
• Community and support systems
• Healthcare (access, insurance, quality of care)
Local Organizations to Address These Areas
Economic Justice
Workers’ Dignity
• Housing and safety
Criminal Justice Reform
Choosing Justice Initiative
Nashville Bail Fund
Free Hearts
No Exceptions Prison Collective
ACLU of Tennessee
Racial Justice
Showing Up for Racial Justice NASHVILLE
• Education, literacy
Women Serving
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
• Access to healthy Food
Food Insecurity
• Community and support systems
LGBTQ Serving
Religious Organizations/ Churches
Black Political Organziation
Black Lives Matter Nashville
Color of Change
• Healthcare (access, insurance, quality of care)
Black Health - Forum
Black Mental Health - Forum
Black Suicide Rate
Substance Abuse
Black Mental Illness
Black Mental health Organizations
Community Crisis Response
NCCR
Black Healthcare Access
Black Quality of Care
Access to Reliable Insurance
Health Disparities /Racism in Medicine
Black Cancer Rate
Black CAD rate
Black Maternal Mortality
Black Infant Mortality
Black Med Political
Meharry WC4BL
Health Equity and Justice in Medicine (HEJIM)
Healing Between the Lines (HBL);
Black Healer Network (BHN);
Coalition to Advance Antiracism in Medicine (CAAM).
NAMI Davidson
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Black Mental Health Organizations
BMHA
BMHA Nashville ***
https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/connect - UK
https://www.beam.community/ This one is major key
https://www.stuckinthemiddle.org/
Health Insurance
Historical
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (Vanderbilt)
National Museum of African American Music
Global Education Center
Hands on Nashville
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women-- Nashville Chapter
My House Clinic
100 Kings
Park Center Development
The Brothers Round Table - Community clean up
TN Voices
Mental Health Association Of Middle Tennessee
Nashville People's Budget Coalition
Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce
Drea Pryor
Art
Other Issues and Movments to Solve It
Children
ACEs
Divorce - separation / changing dynamics
Child Abuse
Child sex abuse
Interpersonal violence
Neglect
Physical
Emotional
Verbal
Children safety
https://www.preventchildinjury.org/
School to-prison-pipeline (“Education”) Reform
No Exceptions Prison Collective
https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/
GIEDEONS ARMY https://www.facebook.com/GideonsArmyUnited/
Public Education
Math is love Tutoring https://mathislovetutoring.as.me/schedule.php
Foster Care Reform / Protection for Vulnerable Youth -
Adults
Black Homicide Rate -Violence Disrupter
GIEDEONS ARMY https://www.facebook.com/GideonsArmyUnited/
Community
Center Black men
https://therapyforblackmen.org/ National
https://blackmenheal.org/ National
Center Black women
https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
https://www.blackgirlfest.com/
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Disability Justice
https://www.facebook.com/NashvilleDJC/
https://aimihamraie.wordpress.com/resources/
Navigating Poverty - Financial Education/Wellness & Reparation and/or Equitable Taxation
Homelessness - Housing Justice
Food insecurity (Hunger) and diet
Divorce - Coparenting
Family planning, using protection, & abortion- Reproductive Justice
Abortion
Rasing Kids
Teenage Pregnancy / Child out of wedlock that both aren’t willing to support
Past trauma/Loss/ Death of a loved one - Therapy
Abuse, Interpersonal violence & Neglect
CW: Sexual Violence
Human Trafficking
Mental health and criminal justice
Black Incarceration rate - Prison Abolition
No Exceptions Prison Collective
https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/
Police Violence
Police violence mapped out https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
Issues common to Refugees and Immigrants - Immigration Justice
https://www.tnjustice.org/intersection-childrens-mental-health-criminal-justice/