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Black Coalition Against Covid (BCAC)

Medi Mondays Black Coalition Against Covid (BCAC)

Tune into Charleston’s WJNI Gospel Radio 106.3 FM or online at https://onlineradiobox.com/us/wjni on Monday, June 21, at 9:30 AM! Ambrose Lane, Jr. is a known long-time activist and community builder in the District of Columbia with over 35 years of leadership experience as an effective organizer and executive. In late 2013, Mr. Lane founded and […]

Community participation and research

Medi Mondays Community participation and research

This coming week’s episode will be The Importance of Community Participation in Research with guest expert Cyd Lacanienta, MSW,  Associate Director Stakeholder Engagement Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research  Tune into Charleston’s WJNI Gospel Radio 106.3 FM or online at https://onlineradiobox.com/us/wjni on Monday, June 14, at 9:30 AM! As Associate Director, Stakeholder Engagement, […]

Empowering our neighbors to make healthier food choices

Medi Mondays Empowering our neighbors to make

Join popular WJNI Gospel Radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and Olivia Myers, RDN, LD, registered dietitian and founder of GroceryRx, for a conversation about the social determinants of health!  ​Empowerment, equity, and education are critical to addressing the social determinants of health. Sometimes well-intentioned charitable food programs cross food […]

What does technology have to do with health disparities?

Medi Mondays What does technology have to do

Join popular WJNI Gospel Radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and M. Chris Gibbons, MD, associate director of the John Hopkins Urban Health Institute, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! Listen in below as they define health disparities, discuss why these disparities occur and how much progress […]

Tobacco and the Black community

Medi Mondays Tobacco and the Black community

Join popular WJNI Gospel Radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, Crystal Rouse, president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW): Bethune Leonard Section, and LaShandra N. Morgan, health committee chair for the NCNW: Bethune Leonard Section, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! On Monday morning, they […]

Menthol and the Black community

Medi Mondays Menthol and the Black community

Join popular WJNI Gospel Radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and April Lott, first vice president for both the A. Philip Randolph Institute of Greater Charleston and the South Carolina FL-CIO, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! On Monday morning, they’ll discuss the effects of menthol on […]

A formula for success re: COVID-19 response in the Lowcountry

Medi Mondays A formula for success re COVID 19 response in the Lowcountry

Join popular radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and Felicia Veasey, South Carolina DHEC’s community systems director, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! Listen in below as they discuss the steps DHEC has taken to achieve success in its COVID-19 response operations in the Charleston region. ​In […]

Special anniversary edition! COVID-19: What to do now, and how to prepare for the future

Medi Mondays Special anniversary edition COVID 19

Join popular radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and Glenn Ellis, MPH, CHCE, health educator, medical ethicist, and syndicated health columnist, for our special anniversary edition! Listen in below as we celebrate the first anniversary of the #MediMondays radio show with the return of Glenn Ellis, our inaugural speaker one […]

COVID-19 community engagement strategies

Medi Mondays COVID 19 community engagement strategies

Join popular WJNI radio host Terry Base, The Medi’s Garcia Williams, and Dr. Aretha R. Powers, DHA, MPH, MA, Fetter Health Care Network CEO, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! Listen in below as Dr. Powers talks about how healthcare organizations can forge and foster collaborative, positive partnerships in their local community […]

“Best Of” MEDI MONDAYS: Easter edition

Medi Mondays Best Of MEDI MONDAYS Easter edition

Join popular WJNI radio host Terry Base and Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, for a #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth conversation on Monday! Tune in at 9:30 AM, when the two will discuss their favorite quotes & information from past #MediMondays episodes and highlight current news.