February 2023

Da’Na and Tenisha walked us through each room, with all of their colors, flair, and artwork paying homage to Black individuals who have played a major part in helping to advance modern medicine, including Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy—known as the Mothers of Modern Gynecology—three enslaved women who were grotesquely experimented on in the name of gynecology

This Valentine’s Day the Village of Healing Center will officially start taking in patients, delivering love through health care that’ll meet the social and cultural needs of Black women.

Despite pandemic-related delays, Langford and Gaines say their goal remained: eliminating racial health disparities.