Today we’re sharing a story of Black women’s empowerment from our own backyard!
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Angela Mickens is a nurse, Black women’s health advocate, Vice President of Black Women 4 Healthy Living, and a Des Moines native! Mickens has worked in hospitals for over 25 years, but it was at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020 that she really began to step up her healthcare advocacy.
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She organized accessible vaccine clinics, joined Black Women 4 Healthy Living where she conducts monthly events that focus on Black women’s health, and organizes blood drives with the Red Cross to address the needs of sickle cell patients.
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Mickens plans to continue all of her work because she believes that change requires collective effort. You can learn more about Angela Mickens and Black Women 4 Healthy Living here.