🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 77: Black Women and the Fight for Healing📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from North Carolina🎙️ Tonight's Guest: Dr. Jennifer Montgomery, PharmD, MBA, LCMHCABridging the gap between physical and mental wellness for underserved communities.Black women are holding the movement, the family, the community — and their own bodies are screaming for rest. Tonight we slow down and go deep. 🔥 What We're Covering:💊 The Body Keeps the Score — A Pharmacist & Therapist's View- Dr. Jennifer Montgomery bridges physical and mental health in ways the system refuses to- What prescriptions and therapy sessions reveal about collective Black trauma- Can medication heal what systemic oppression creates — or is that just managing symptoms?⚰️ Black Maternal Mortality — Engineered Death- Black women are 3–4x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women- The disparity holds regardless of income or education — Serena Williams almost died- Is this medical negligence, or is this what the system was designed to do?🧠 Protecting Your Peace in a Nonstop Crisis- Vicarious trauma, news exhaustion, and the weight of carrying everyone else- Is it okay to opt out of news consumption to protect your mental health?- What does self-preservation look like without abandoning the fight?✊🏾 Celebration vs. Survival — Women's History Month Honestly- How do you honor Black women's brilliance while telling the truth about the exhaustion?- What does healing look like inside systems that were built to harm you?- Community care vs. clinical care — and the limits of individual healing under collective oppression📢 Join Us LIVE Tonight 8:30 PM ET📲 @RadicalRootsPodcast | 🌐 radicalroots.us📧 [email protected]🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell#RadicalRootsPodcast #BlackWomensHealth #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackMentalHealth #HealingIsResistance #UnionCountyNC #MonroeNC #ProgressThroughAction