Dear White Women

288 9th Avenue,Oakland CA 94606

27 October, 2021

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"Dear White Women: Let’s Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism" Authors Blanchard and Suzuki Graham will be in conversation with Adimika Arthur, Executive Director of Health Tech 4 Medicaid and visionary thinker committed to serving vulnerable populations. They will hold space for an audience Q&A and conclude with a book signing. This event is a partnership between the Collective Book Studio, the Collective Oakland bookstore, and Rocky’s Market Brooklyn Basin. All three are women-owned businesses based in Oakland, collaborating to unite the Oakland community after a difficult period of disconnect and isolation throughout the pandemic. Angela Engel (Collective Book Studio), Michelle Walton (The Collective Oakland), and Corinne Welpton (Rocky’s Market) are committed to facilitating a dialogue about racism in our communities, no matter how uncomfortable the conversations may be. Sara & Misasha are two biracial (White and Japanese daughters of an immigrant parent each) who’ve been best friends since they met at Harvard nearly 25 years ago. Misasha is a lawyer, amateur historian, and is married to a Black man; Sara is a life coach, facilitator, and is married to a White Canadian man. Together, as moms of very mixed-race children, they help White women use their privilege to uproot systemic racism through their award-winning weekly podcast, Dear White Women, their joint consulting work, and the publication of their book "Dear White Women: Let’s Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism" Together, our aim is to welcome more White people into uncomfortable conversations by seeing each other as humans first and foremost - and making changes in our daily lives to build a more equitable society for us all. The award weekly show since April 2019 Episodes include interviews showcasing people of color, and the two of us discussing / perspectives winning history Adimika Arthur is an experienced clinical epidemiologist and hospital/health system executive who loves to help people better understand health and healthcare through storytelling, connection and culture. She uniquely brings her population health, public hospital expertise and focus on improving health equity and access to quality care for vulnerable populations. She serves as the founding Executive Director for HealthTech for Medicaid (HT4M). HT4M is a collaborative convening of payers, providers, policymakers and innovative entrepreneurs collectively advocating for health equity and improvement of the Medicaid program on a national scale. This collective of advocates believe that with the strategic injection of technology and innovation into the Medicaid ecosystem and strives to be a bold, action-oriented, and inclusive network working to ensure critical new technology reaches Medicaid enrollees and other traditionally disadvantaged populations. HT4M sits at the intersection of where health equity and tech equity meet. Adimika is a public health leader, hospital executive and humanitarian who holds numerous certificates and awards. She combines her love of mentoring, servant leadership and service by maintaining non-profit board roles and advocate for women's leadership. Affectionately known as "Madam Medicaid" on social media and is a co-host to a podcast called Bring A Friend, in one of the top relationship podcasts globally. She received her BS in Biochemistry from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, her Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and Health Systems from the University of Washington and attended Boston University School of Medicine.