What does it take to step into something when there isn't a roadmap? Dr. Alexis Travis has done that more than once. At 28, in her first directorship, she was asking hospital leaders across Massachusetts to change maternity-care practices. Years later, she became the first person of color to lead...
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We follow women's stories of courage wherever they lead.
What is your own relationship with courage?
I talk with women of color doing the work of public health. Their lives are different. Their circumstances are different. Courage doesn't always look the same.
Sometimes it means speaking. Sometimes it means staying quiet.
Sometimes it means saying yes. Sometimes it means saying no.
Sometimes it means staying. Sometimes it means leaving.
An investigation that keeps growing.
75+ Episodes
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Courageous Public Health
Hosted by Dr. Kristi McClamroch
An investigation into the lives of women of color doing the work of public health. Their lives are different. Their circumstances are different. Courage doesn't always look the same.
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CPH 76 — Taking Up Space on the Land: A Conversation with Marcella Juarez, MS
What does it mean to take up space? For Marcella Juarez, that question is tied to land that has been in her family for more than 160 years—land she is now using to grow food for her community. It's also tied to her own place in agriculture, where she is...
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CPH 75 — What Happens Around the Courage
In this solo episode of the Courageous Public Health Podcast, I pause to reflect on what I’ve learned from 75 conversations — and why I’m becoming more curious about what happens around courage. I ask questions that don’t have easy answers: What shapes the way someone responds? What shifts when...
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