We energize, mobilize and support Black Women to transform their health and their lives through education, advocacy, support, and powerful partnerships.
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The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness is an outgrowth of work begun by Founder Lisa M. Peyton, after losing her mother, Roberta Peyton, on May 26, 2006 at the age of 64. Roberta died of heart disease, which affects nearly 50,000 African-American women annually. Since that time, the Foundation has been dedicated to informing, inspiring, and empowering women and girls to build and sustain healthy, thriving, wellness-centered lives and bring together women, health partners, wellness practitioners, community leaders, and organizations in support and solidarity Black women's health.
“Our primary concern is to keep Black women alive in the face of alarming disparities and to move ourselves and our families from surviving to thriving. To do that starts with confronting where we are and engaging everyone in the solutions. We’re pulling back the curtain so we can chart a new course for Black Women’s health. Join us.”
-Lisa M. Peyton, MSEd, Founder & CEO
The Foundation continues to be a leading voice and advocate for Black Women and families in Dane County and across Wisconsin, ensuring Black Women are shaping the policies, practices, and narratives that most impact their lives. We are committed to raising public awareness, engagement and accountability for advancing Black women’s health and broad health equity through publications and original research as follows:
Black women’s health is in a state of emergency in Wisconsin.
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This special report focuses on health disparities between racial groups.
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Uncovering solutions to lower the incidence of low birth weight babies born to Black mothers in Dane County.
DOWNLOAD REPORTImproving Black Women's Health in Wisconsin: A Preamble to The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Policy Blueprint
