To celebrate Women's History Month, we hosted a virtual panel event on women's access to healthcare. This topic is both local & global: it affects our coffee supply chain every day, but is rarely discussed. In this talk, "Women in Coffee: Access to Healthcare & Barriers to Reproductive Justice," we invited two medical professionals with experience in both the US and countries where coffee is grown to discuss their work to put women at the center.

Watch the recording by hitting “play” above, or by checking it out on Youtube.

We accepted encouraged donations for attendance and split proceeds equally between Grounds for Health & TREE (Treatment, Research, & Expert Education) in Kenya.

What did we talk about?

💉The gross inequities in health care systems across the globe that came to light during the pandemic, & the barriers faced by women in minority, rural, or low-income groups in terms of vaccine equity or COVID treatment

💊The relationship between poverty & reproductive healthcare access

😷Areas where women still face stubborn barriers to reproductive healthcare

🏥Areas where programs are providing new access

💉Healthcare in the coffee "workplaces" & how this intersects with racial & gender equity

Invited panelists include:

⏺Ellen Starr, MSN, WHNP, Executive Director of Grounds for Health

⏺Dr. Michael Chung, MD, PhD, MPH. Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Global Health at Emory University, Assoc. Director of the Emory Global Health Institute, & Executive Director of TREE (Treatment, Research, & Expert Education)

⏺moderated by Cydni Patterson, Founder of Sweet Finish, Glitter Cat alumna, & the host of "Cascara," a coffee travel podcast on the Sprudge Podcast Network