I hope everyone is doing well today and always. The last several weeks have seen several milestones that I have been privileged to witness. September 28^th was  itself a pretty eventful day.

It started out with the 16^th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day that was founded by Lisa Peyton — then Lisa Peyton-Caire — in Maryland where she grew up. Lisa’s mom owned a beauty salon — if my memory serves me well — and died of a heart attack when she was only in her mid-50s. Outside of losing her mother at such a young age, it also served to remind lisa in a personal way of the health disparities that Black Women face. This was no statistic. This was Lisa’s mom.

And so the next year to commemorate her mother, Lisa held the first Black Women’s Wellness Day perhaps at a local library where a group of women gathered. A tradition had begun.

When Kaleem Caire got the job at the Urban League CEO, Lisa and the kids followed behind. And Lisa continued with the observance on the first floor of the Urban League’s new offices on S. Park Street. That is when I first covered the event.