The legacy of medical racism is strikingly palpable today as COVID underscores vast health inequalities long endured by communities of color, and a mistrust of the medical community rooted in a painful history of abuse. Join sex educator Ericka Hart and Queens Care Collective in a discussion about the history of medical racism and its impact on the world we are living in today.

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Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. Ericka’s work broke ground when she went topless showing her double mastectomy scars in public in 2016. Since then, she has been in demand at colleges and universities across the country, featured in countless digital and print publications like Vogue, Washington Post, Allure, Harper’s Bazaar, VICE, PAPER Mag, BBC News, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, W Magazine, Glamour, Elle, and Essence. Ericka’s voice is rooted in leading edge thought around human sexual expression as inextricable to overall human health and its intersections with race, gender, chronic illness and disability. Both radical and relatable, she continues to push well beyond the threshold of sex positivity. Ericka Hart has taught sexuality education for elementary aged youth to adults across New York City for over 10 years, including for 4 years at Columbia University’s School of Social work and the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. They are currently an adjunct faculty member at Widener University’s Center for Human Sexuality.

Queens Care Collective is a mutual aid network covering the entire borough of Queens, NY. They distribute food, supplies, PPE, and other essentials. Queens Care Collective is not a charity. They are a community of neighbors freely sharing resources and energy to meet each other's needs. QCC support comes without eligibility requirements, second-guessing, or judgement. Learn more about them at QueensCareCollective.NYC and @QueensCareCollective

This is a free event with an optional donation. All proceeds go to the Black Excellence Collective. The Black Excellence Collective is a black-led grassroots organizing collective that uses direct action, art, and popular education to uplift and empower queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming people of color. Learn more about their work at www.facebook.com/BlackXTour and @blackxcollective