During a pilgrimage to Alabama, Judy Young confronts hard truths about our country’s history of racial trauma. Judy’s relatives, Henry Corbin and Simon Garnett, were lynched by white mobs in Oxford, Ohio more than a century ago. In searching for her relatives' names at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which honors Black victims of lynching, Judy redefines her purpose and deepens her commitment to her own work toward racial justice and health equity.

[00:56] Story by Judy Young, MPH, executive director of the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and co-director of the Black Women’s Health and Livelihood Initiative

Mentioned in This Episode:

UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

UCSF Black Women’s Health and Livelihood Initiative

GLIDE Center for Social Justice

National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Just Mercy (book and feature film)

The Nocturnists

UCSF: The Campaign

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Thank you to host Liz Neeley and to Matt Logan for providing his original song for the credits music. Mr. Logan helps hospitalized children manage pain, build resilience, and find joy as a board-certified music therapist for the Music Therapy Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.