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black history month black health and

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wellness program we are so excited to

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have you all here with us today and

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thank you so thank you for joining us

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and we look forward to you enjoying the

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we're gonna go ahead and get started

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kevin if you will go to the next chart

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so i'm kirsten white i am the chair of

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the headquarters african-american erg

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called macau

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and i'm here i'm going to go through the

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agenda with you and then i'm going to

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hand it over to um to get our program

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kicked off so today we're going to have

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a welcome from mr gregory robinson the

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director of the james webb telescope

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program

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then we'll have a message from the

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we'll then transition into a fireside

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nasa astronauts so

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look forward to that piece of the

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program um we'll then transition into

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our medical professionals we have three

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great individuals here with us today who

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mental health and stress

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and um in the workplace and just in

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general in life and how some tips on how

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we'll we'll round that out with a q a

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section and so if you have questions if

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you may have seen it in our kind of our

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on our housekeeping chart in the

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previous video but just put your

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and then we'll we'll have a moderator

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that will ask your questions so if you

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think of something along the way please

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utilize the chat to put your questions

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today with the associate administrator

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for diversity and equal opportunity mr

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so with that said i'm not gonna prolong

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us any prolonged us i'm going to hand it

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well thanks kirsten and welcome to all

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for joining us uh

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today uh certainly at the beginning of

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black history month

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coincidentally i received a note from my

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uh saying that black history is not

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just today or this month black history

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so i know we all live it but i think we

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need to take the time to appreciate it

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uh that it's a lifetime

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as i think back to um

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some of my early mentors and folks who

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influenced me directly indirectly and

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and i just happened to be in baltimore i

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just drove back today um at the space

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telescope science institute where we're

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doing uh commissioning for mission ops

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uh james webb space telescope i thought

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about all of the rich history in

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baltimore of people like

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garrett morgan elijah mccoy and people

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valley many many giant pioneers that we

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our early explorers particularly in

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space uh you know ed dwight's and the

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that uh fred gregory also a mentor of

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jameson and there are many many more who

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right and continue to influence

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uh our communities and we thank them for

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that and certainly we hear a lot today

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about wellness um black health

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uh the young lady that played a lead

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murder her first name

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uh one thing i reflect on and then i'll

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we often say everything we need to know

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rest of our lives keep our bodies in

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motion of course they tried to feed us

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very healthy meals and snacks

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and we continue to practice that today

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minds uh sharp and busy

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but the panel here today will tell us a

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lot more about what we can do and about

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the data and what it's telling us

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so i look forward to hearing the rest of

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the panel panelists

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and again welcome and welcome to black

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history month

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thank you and i'll hand it off to

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welcome to the 2022 black history month

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program

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now we will have a special message from

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hi everyone this is armani brooks from

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the houston rockets

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and i'm willie cruz director of athletic

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performance for the houston rockets as a

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professional athlete nutrition and

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exercise is important for my performance

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nutrition and exercise are important for

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athletes because they help increase

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energy levels build strong muscles and

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help with overall bone health one of my

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go-to healthy meals during the season is

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grilled chicken pasta with asparagus and

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my favorite exercise to stay in shape

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health should be a focus for everyone

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because it prevents chronic diseases and

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helps with our longevity helping us to

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thrive in our daily lives

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as we celebrate black history month we

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hope you'll join us in putting a

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priority on your health and wellness

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thank you nasa and enjoy the event

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the chair of the johnson space center

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a-a-e-r-g and we would like to thank the

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participating in this year's program

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now up next we are going to see a panel

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discussion that i have the honor to

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hello welcome everyone i am candace

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today with these four amazing astronauts

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um each one has such an incredible bio

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we could spend the whole day talking

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about them i encourage everyone to go to

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nasa.gov backslash astronauts to get

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more information on them

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but today they are going to be talking

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about this year's black history month

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theme which is about wellness

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coming from four different astronaut

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one just landing and three preparing for

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new missions they are going to have a

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the people around me are really what

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mentally strong and mentally healthy and

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you know pouring pouring into other

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people's lives and allowing them to pour

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energy and encouragement uh to continue

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life on station um and we have a huge

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team of people on the ground that help

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us keep track of that um so victor can

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everything that we eat and all of the

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nutrition facts that are in each of

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the team can track and make sure that

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the ground you're thinking about what we

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energy and as fuel um so that we can

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enable ourselves to be physically and

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who just landed how did how did you go

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preparing for that aspect of the mission

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walking and and the research the many

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research projects that we have but to

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know that you do have to prepare

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yourself for this major life shift where

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you literally turn your life experience

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on his head

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is time well spent

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um i think one big thing for me was

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knowing that my family was going to be

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okay and so i told when i got assigned i

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sat my family down and told them what

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was happening and said hey nasa is going

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to spend the next two to three years

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preparing me for this mission i'm going

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to spend that same time preparing you

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for this mission and so that was a big

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part of it for me knowing that they were

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okay

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is is a big part of helping me to be

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okay

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and uh let's see well i'll answer more

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questions about food later if we get

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into that too

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awesome um so jeanette

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what are the special exercises and

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routines that you do to one prepare for

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a mission

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and then two that you do while you're

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on a mission

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well for me right now one of the big

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things that i'm learning is that i need

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to work every muscle especially as i get

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older so like recently one of the

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challenges that i had was doing the 100

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kettlebell swings you know per day

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at least three or four times a week so

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for me that's just a way to build muscle

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from head to toe and build your entire

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body up to strengthen you so that when

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you do fly you've got the strength the

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mental capacity you've got everything

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going for you so that's one of the big

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exercise things that i'm focusing on now

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especially

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leading up to a flight is getting strong

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completely from head to toe and making

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sure that i'm ready to go and i can

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withstand anything and i'm ready for

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whatever comes at me

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wow okay i might give myself that

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but no that's amazing also um

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so

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going into stephanie what would as far

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as preparing yourself um for self-care

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that looks a lot different um on earth

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as it does in

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space so what is something of you doing

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to prepare yourself for self-care um and

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then victor if you could go i know you

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said you talked about your family after

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that

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and actually self-care preparation is uh

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similar um what we do on earth it can be

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similar to what we do in space a lot of

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the work that we do leading up to the

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mission the training the preparation

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preparing our families

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and in order to be vibrant parts of the

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team

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we have to express and uh be good at

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self-care on the ground and that

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translate translates also into our work

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on orbit

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being member of the team

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working with mission control being a

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good crew member being a good

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teammate

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also

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it's very helpful when

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the crew member experiences and

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participates and

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does uh self-care

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also and so that is something that is

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constant throughout all of the work that

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yeah great questions and i love what you

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know what what these things are bringing

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up and and how you're going to get a lot

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of different perspectives on it and so i

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think that uh

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um intentionality again is a big part of

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it and because humans are who are

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creatures of habit yeah i think it's

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important to have good habits and like

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stephanie said you're not going to all

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of a sudden gain these new skills on

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orbit in fact that's a dangerous

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strategy if you're trying to wait till

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you're on orbit to do something so

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building good strategies on the ground

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but also because you know i i just went

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from not having flown to having flown

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for the first time and so that you know

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unknown aspect of it creates this

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challenging and and you know knowing

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that hey i'm gonna get there and have to

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adjust on the fly as well i mean i've

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got the skills the training i've tried

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to do these things to take care of

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myself one strategy that i took in

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preparing for this mission you know

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listening to people like stephanie who

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was a mentor to me and other folks who

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had recently returned i knew that it was

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important to keep things simple

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so keeping things simple allowed me to

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be flexible and that allowed me to keep

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my stress levels low so anything that

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you know was a stressor that i could get

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rid of you know there are going to be

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natural stressors but things that i

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could control i tried to keep it very

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simple so that when i got to space and

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things weren't exactly like they are on

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earth and now i have to adapt to living

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in weightlessness and managing this new

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problem set you know that you can't

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effectively train for you can't train

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for the integrated real world experience

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of living on iss on earth it's just not

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possible you get little pieces of it but

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then you go to space and it's all

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together all day every day and so

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keeping it simple is one important

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aspect in my opinion of having uh an

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effective strategy for coping with

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stresses and health and well-being on

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iss and like i said we're creatures of

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habit so the other thing is too is you

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know thinking about mathematics and how

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you add up the area under a curve

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integrals right it's essentially adding

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up little bits along the way and so

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instead of thinking about these sweeping

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changes it's january and people are

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setting new year's resolutions but

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really it's about small things that you

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can maintain forever drinking more water

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going to bed a little bit earlier and

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getting more sleep things like that as

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opposed to this new workout regime you

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know having these small but consistent

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things that we can maintain again are

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are an important part of a good health

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and wellness strategy

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awesome and so with that said as you

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said when you know when you're um in

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orbit you're with a different group of

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people right you're not always um you

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know it's not always the same crew each

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time so how about what is it like to

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um

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be with different individuals where

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you're adapting to different

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personalities and how important is

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everybody's um whether it's humor

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or you know understanding if you said if

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things are changing how do you adapt to

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those different personalities in a very

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unique setting

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sure i'll start and that um

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it is important to be adaptable and that

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is also a skill that we look for when we

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select classes we look for individuals

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who can be flexible and can be adaptable

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can function as leaders and followers

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and so that general theme carries

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through

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as we work with individuals in our

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office and also with other organizations

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and then when we come to uh being part

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of a of a particular crew

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and every crew is different and so even

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as individuals so we may have

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certain characteristics or certain

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things that we like different uh parts

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of our personalities may come out as

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we're with different uh

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uh different

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crews or different

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we're able to i guess i should say

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focus and or stress different aspects of

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our personalities and so we'll have a

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chance to as we have different roles

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function uh in different ways doing

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different activities but also um having

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a chance to have some down time share

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stories

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uh have some humor uh that's also part

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of the uh off time or the personal time

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that we're able to

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to share and so those things

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we do have a chance to experience those

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things and it is important to be as

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flexible as possible and to know that

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one's role may change or

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different aspects of

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personality uh may change with different

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crew members uh as being part of

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different groups

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well i haven't flown but um i can add

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just from the experience of doing all

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these analog missions

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and one of the things um that you know

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either your natural

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personality comes out especially doing

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um

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a nose class that's the national outdoor

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leadership living underwater or living

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in a cave and all of these analog

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missions you end up living with people

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who you don't normally spend time with

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and you can spend a lot of time doing

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like we talked about the self-care

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the nutrition but also getting to know

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your teammates and doing teen care as

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well

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so i do think that the aspect of

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living together can we can kind of get a

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little bit of taste of that here on

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earth through all of the analog missions

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that we have and even being deployed

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like with the military or in other

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places you become very self-aware and

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you become more flexible adaptable and

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understanding of other people so that

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when you do live with different people

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you can be a little bit more

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understanding a lot more understanding

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actually and even more flexible

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yeah i

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i certainly echo what these guys have

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said and would would just add that you

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know i think one of the unique things

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one of the coolest parts about what we

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do on iss is that we we have to both

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live and work together

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and live slash play and work together

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right and so in in many other

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environments um aside from the analog is

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a great great example but um in a lot of

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work environments you know you have to

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be adaptable and flexible professionally

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and that's certainly true on board but

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there's this added aspect of being

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flexible and adaptable in um you know

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kind of more of the the living side of

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things the in-between spaces and in the

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everyday activities

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and so i think that's where spending

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time together really fully understanding

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each other both as

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colleagues but also as friends and and

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as

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you know

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peers is what really makes iss super fun

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uh just honestly seeing these three

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ladies faces i mean i would love the

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four of us i think would make a great

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crew i would love to fly with them you

550
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know and it just like like stephanie

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said we put a lot of effort into picking

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people that that exhibit adaptability

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and flexibility professionally

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and when you get to this office you know

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someone told me early on i don't care

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what you're used to i care what you can

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adapt to i think that is a huge part of

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being successful in this job is being

559
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able to adapt but that's a hard thing to

560
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exercise right on earth we generally try

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to you know try to prioritize

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convenience and efficiency and and when

563
00:24:11,590 --> 00:24:10,000
you get to space you know you're not

564
00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:11,600
always going to be in in a in a

565
00:24:14,310 --> 00:24:13,279
situation where that is the priority

566
00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:14,320
you're going to have to do things a

567
00:24:17,669 --> 00:24:15,360
certain way and it's going to really

568
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,679
require you to be adaptable and so in

569
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:19,360
trying to weave together a team that can

570
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:20,720
accomplish the mission this really

571
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:23,360
complex mission of working and living on

572
00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:25,440
the international space station we try

573
00:24:28,710 --> 00:24:26,960
to put the groups together on the ground

574
00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:28,720
so that they can get used to each other

575
00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:31,120
but with the nature of things now the

576
00:24:34,549 --> 00:24:32,880
the beginnings of this commercial crew

577
00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:34,559
program but still flying folks on

578
00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:36,720
russian spacecraft and now we're adding

579
00:24:41,590 --> 00:24:39,200
in these uh non-professional astronauts

580
00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:41,600
or space flight participants and movie

581
00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:43,360
stars and you've just got this

582
00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:45,360
interesting amalgamation of people and

583
00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:47,440
personalities that i think it's really

584
00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:49,120
going to be incumbent on us to think

585
00:24:53,830 --> 00:24:50,880
about having to do

586
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:53,840
real-time uh bonding of a crew when you

587
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:56,240
don't have time training on the ground

588
00:24:59,990 --> 00:24:57,840
and so and so you know we've talked

589
00:25:01,990 --> 00:25:00,000
about how to how we do it on on orbit

590
00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:02,000
how we you know try to do it on the

591
00:25:07,190 --> 00:25:04,400
ground like knowles and and nemo the

592
00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:07,200
underwater and caves expeditions one of

593
00:25:11,590 --> 00:25:08,960
the reasons it's so important though

594
00:25:13,909 --> 00:25:11,600
there's a pragmatic side to knowing your

595
00:25:16,789 --> 00:25:13,919
crew and having an understanding of them

596
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:16,799
it's when things really uh are going

597
00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:18,880
normally nominally as nasa likes to say

598
00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:20,640
when things are nominal you could take

599
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:22,080
anybody from our office put them

600
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:23,760
together and that mission is going to be

601
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:26,320
fine but when alarms start going off or

602
00:25:29,269 --> 00:25:28,000
when the schedule gets really crammed

603
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:29,279
and you got to work through weekend

604
00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:31,679
after weekend after weekend that's when

605
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:33,600
it's important to to really have that

606
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:35,760
that tight bond you can really help each

607
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:38,080
other out and when you know somebody

608
00:25:42,710 --> 00:25:40,159
well you can notice when they're when

609
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:42,720
something has changed you know i always

610
00:25:46,789 --> 00:25:44,720
smile that's my nickname i you know hey

611
00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:46,799
ike is always smiling and for this this

612
00:25:51,430 --> 00:25:48,880
weekend he hasn't smiled once you know

613
00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:51,440
something's wrong ike is always eating

614
00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:53,440
he hasn't eaten a bite today something

615
00:25:56,710 --> 00:25:55,279
is really wrong if i'm not eating so

616
00:25:58,310 --> 00:25:56,720
it's also important to know your

617
00:26:00,710 --> 00:25:58,320
crewmates so that you know when to check

618
00:26:02,470 --> 00:26:00,720
on them because one of us or more of us

619
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:02,480
are usually or something called a true

620
00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:04,400
medical officer and that is a very

621
00:26:08,070 --> 00:26:06,240
important part of it is the the mental

622
00:26:10,710 --> 00:26:08,080
health and well-being aspect of

623
00:26:13,269 --> 00:26:10,720
healthcare as well

624
00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:13,279
what is it like when you're the only

625
00:26:18,070 --> 00:26:15,520
woman and a woman of color

626
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:18,080
in that room and how does that

627
00:26:21,510 --> 00:26:19,840
affect you you know mentally in that

628
00:26:23,269 --> 00:26:21,520
space and there will be times when

629
00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:23,279
you'll be in orbit and you will be the

630
00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:24,960
only woman and you may be able to call

631
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:27,679
it um how do you prepare for that and

632
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:30,159
kind of keep your your space in those

633
00:26:33,990 --> 00:26:32,400
environments

634
00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:34,000
being in these advanced graduate

635
00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:36,960
programs we're constantly the only one

636
00:26:41,269 --> 00:26:38,960
but i don't think that um

637
00:26:44,149 --> 00:26:41,279
i ever really focused on being the only

638
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:44,159
one like in graduate school i focused on

639
00:26:47,990 --> 00:26:46,240
i'm a part of the team we're in the

640
00:26:49,669 --> 00:26:48,000
rotorcraft group and we're working on

641
00:26:50,950 --> 00:26:49,679
different projects but we're working on

642
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:50,960
one system

643
00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:53,760
and so for me it was never really

644
00:26:58,390 --> 00:26:56,720
a a thing that i would focus on so i

645
00:27:00,549 --> 00:26:58,400
always like to tell little girls you

646
00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:00,559
know don't focus on being the only one

647
00:27:03,909 --> 00:27:02,320
in there but what are you going to do

648
00:27:05,029 --> 00:27:03,919
how are you going to contribute how are

649
00:27:07,909 --> 00:27:05,039
you going to make

650
00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:07,919
your team know that you're invaluable

651
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:10,000
that you're you can be a go-to person to

652
00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:12,480
help the crewmates help anyone if they

653
00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:15,120
need it and get your job done as well so

654
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:17,039
being a part of the crew

655
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:18,880
rather than being the black female on

656
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:21,840
the crew is what i focused on and that's

657
00:27:27,350 --> 00:27:24,559
what i always focus on and all of my um

658
00:27:30,070 --> 00:27:27,360
jobs when i was on the team was the only

659
00:27:33,029 --> 00:27:30,080
i could have been the only american too

660
00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:33,039
so i think um as females

661
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:34,799
you know sometimes we do have a tendency

662
00:27:39,430 --> 00:27:36,640
to focus on that but i think and

663
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:39,440
especially in a crew like going to space

664
00:27:45,110 --> 00:27:42,080
going to the moon even being deployed in

665
00:27:47,269 --> 00:27:45,120
different places i'm focusing on the

666
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:47,279
crew being a member of the crew how

667
00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:48,720
you're going to contribute how you're

668
00:27:51,909 --> 00:27:50,480
going to make sure that your crew know

669
00:27:55,190 --> 00:27:51,919
that you're invaluable and that you're

670
00:28:00,630 --> 00:27:57,590
jeanette uh speaks very good words and

671
00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:00,640
my experience is very similar

672
00:28:04,630 --> 00:28:01,600
uh

673
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:04,640
as a child of the 60s and

674
00:28:09,510 --> 00:28:07,520
going to being in college in the 80s

675
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:09,520
there were very few women and people of

676
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:12,080
color particularly in the stem fields

677
00:28:17,590 --> 00:28:15,200
and i have seen that grow over time and

678
00:28:19,190 --> 00:28:17,600
it's great now that there are more women

679
00:28:20,870 --> 00:28:19,200
and more people of color in the

680
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:20,880
technical fields

681
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:24,320
uh we're not uh having to focus on being

682
00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:27,360
uh the only one and

683
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:30,240
for the crews that i've been a part of

684
00:28:34,789 --> 00:28:32,480
there have been other women and so that

685
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:34,799
has been nice to share that experience

686
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:36,960
as well and i think it is important as

687
00:28:41,669 --> 00:28:39,200
jeannette says to

688
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:41,679
focus on being a good team member

689
00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:43,679
whatever that means for a particular

690
00:28:46,149 --> 00:28:44,559
team

691
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:46,159
focus on

692
00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:48,799
the strengths that as an individual

693
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:52,080
you bring to the team and

694
00:28:56,230 --> 00:28:54,080
do your best to

695
00:28:57,990 --> 00:28:56,240
ensure the success of the team you know

696
00:28:59,750 --> 00:28:58,000
and that can look different uh for

697
00:29:01,029 --> 00:28:59,760
different uh teams

698
00:29:03,029 --> 00:29:01,039
but um

699
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:03,039
it's it's more important to focus on the

700
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:05,840
role and to be a contributing member of

701
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:11,110
you know i think it really is is a

702
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:14,240
decision that we make individually on on

703
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:15,840
how you're going to perceive the person

704
00:29:19,029 --> 00:29:18,320
this situation um it's

705
00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:19,039
it

706
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:22,159
ignore

707
00:29:26,789 --> 00:29:24,159
that fact but you can choose to either

708
00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:26,799
see that as kind of a burden um your

709
00:29:31,110 --> 00:29:28,720
burden of representation or you can see

710
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:31,120
it as an opportunity as these guys

711
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:31,840
have

712
00:29:38,230 --> 00:29:35,360
opportunity to

713
00:29:42,149 --> 00:29:38,240
uh show we're capable of as individuals

714
00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:42,159
um and and then and in doing so also

715
00:29:46,549 --> 00:29:44,159
paved the way for people that are coming

716
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:46,559
behind us so that they are not the first

717
00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:50,640
or the only um and so the opportunity to

718
00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:53,039
to lay that foundation and continue into

719
00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:54,559
that future

720
00:29:59,190 --> 00:29:57,120
i think is is the best way to look at it

721
00:30:01,669 --> 00:29:59,200
and i just want to say that that can

722
00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:01,679
create a challenging balancing act for

723
00:30:06,630 --> 00:30:04,480
you to navigate and these three ladies

724
00:30:08,630 --> 00:30:06,640
while it may you know on the outside

725
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:08,640
they have done it with grace and and

726
00:30:13,110 --> 00:30:10,960
again you know they're mentors to me

727
00:30:14,549 --> 00:30:13,120
even even jessica who hasn't been here

728
00:30:16,710 --> 00:30:14,559
as long as i have i've learned things

729
00:30:20,149 --> 00:30:16,720
from her as well and watching them

730
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:20,159
navigate that has truly been a a

731
00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:22,480
personal and professionally enlightening

732
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:25,120
thing so uh they have also managed to do

733
00:30:30,070 --> 00:30:27,360
that with grace and poise and insight

734
00:30:32,710 --> 00:30:30,080
and so it is not it's not as easy as

735
00:30:34,549 --> 00:30:32,720
they make it look but uh it is a

736
00:30:37,029 --> 00:30:34,559
challenge and they have done it with uh

737
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:37,039
amazing toys

738
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:39,279
so and just kind of going into feeding

739
00:30:42,149 --> 00:30:41,039
on what you may have said was that you

740
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:42,159
know there are instances where you guys

741
00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:44,240
are the first you had you were the first

742
00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:47,840
uh to do it and what is your hope for

743
00:30:50,389 --> 00:30:49,760
you know what's coming next who's behind

744
00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:50,399
you

745
00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:53,440
and they do

746
00:30:55,830 --> 00:30:54,240
um

747
00:30:57,509 --> 00:30:55,840
as far as as they continue in their

748
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,519
journeys because being the first isn't

749
00:31:01,190 --> 00:30:59,200
always you know if there's there's

750
00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:01,200
challenges in that uh when you don't

751
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:03,360
have a blueprint in front of you so i

752
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:05,519
commend all of you because you know

753
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:08,640
having a not having someone to say this

754
00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:10,080
is how you're going to do it this is how

755
00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:11,440
it's going to feel and what you're going

756
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:12,960
to experience

757
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:14,799
there's a challenge in its own so what

758
00:31:18,549 --> 00:31:16,640
are your hopes for those that are coming

759
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:18,559
behind you

760
00:31:23,269 --> 00:31:22,000
yeah i certainly uh agree that you know

761
00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:23,279
i think

762
00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:25,440
ultimately the goal is for there to not

763
00:31:29,909 --> 00:31:28,080
be first in the near future right for

764
00:31:32,549 --> 00:31:29,919
their or to limit the number of first we

765
00:31:35,350 --> 00:31:32,559
get to a point where um you know having

766
00:31:37,669 --> 00:31:35,360
women women of color people of color um

767
00:31:40,789 --> 00:31:37,679
you know fill in the blank of whatever

768
00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:40,799
first it is that that is no longer a big

769
00:31:45,269 --> 00:31:42,720
deal because it's something that that we

770
00:31:46,789 --> 00:31:45,279
do on a regular basis that diversity is

771
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:46,799
something that we see all the time i

772
00:31:52,470 --> 00:31:49,919
think that's the end goal um and so to

773
00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:52,480
the extent that we can be a part of

774
00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:55,120
helping us get there um you know that's

775
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:56,559
that's we're grateful for that

776
00:32:01,110 --> 00:32:00,159
opportunity to be able to step in and

777
00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:01,120
you know

778
00:32:05,669 --> 00:32:04,000
be the first so that later on

779
00:32:12,470 --> 00:32:05,679
the next person doesn't doesn't have to

780
00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:14,630
i also want to just add that it's a

781
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:17,200
lovely thing to see this because for my

782
00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:19,840
nieces who are like watching everything

783
00:32:24,149 --> 00:32:22,240
that i do to them this is like normal

784
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:24,159
this is what girls do this is how the

785
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:26,320
group looks this is how people

786
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:28,559
participate where everybody

787
00:32:33,110 --> 00:32:30,960
doesn't matter race you know nothing

788
00:32:35,110 --> 00:32:33,120
matters gender we're all included and

789
00:32:36,630 --> 00:32:35,120
we're all doing this together so it'll

790
00:32:39,350 --> 00:32:36,640
be like a normal thing oh yeah that's

791
00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:39,360
just what we do that's how we do it

792
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:42,240
so it's a nice thing where we have like

793
00:32:45,830 --> 00:32:44,240
this whole notion of hey you're the

794
00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:45,840
first does that mean that we couldn't do

795
00:32:49,029 --> 00:32:46,880
it before

796
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:49,039
or you know why is it that we're the

797
00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:50,159
first now

798
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:53,120
so um get rid of that whole notion is

799
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:54,799
going to be important for my nieces in

800
00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:57,360
particular

801
00:33:02,389 --> 00:33:00,559
and i like all of those ideas um

802
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:02,399
and being able to pave the way for the

803
00:33:08,230 --> 00:33:04,480
future and if we think about it in

804
00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:08,240
particular for space flight we um we are

805
00:33:15,590 --> 00:33:11,760
still flying first in many areas

806
00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:15,600
and uh if you draw this circle correctly

807
00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:17,760
all of our colleagues are first

808
00:33:21,350 --> 00:33:19,039
and uh

809
00:33:24,149 --> 00:33:21,360
he or she may be first in a neighborhood

810
00:33:26,149 --> 00:33:24,159
a high school an area a particular area

811
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:26,159
of a state

812
00:33:34,870 --> 00:33:31,269
portion of the military test pilot

813
00:33:38,870 --> 00:33:34,880
school or particular area particular

814
00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:38,880
part of engineering so we are all first

815
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:41,440
and so everybody um

816
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:44,399
uh can be uh we can support everybody in

817
00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:46,320
that uh in that endeavor and in that

818
00:33:52,549 --> 00:33:48,720
effort and then look to

819
00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:52,559
uh unifying that so that we as an

820
00:33:58,230 --> 00:33:54,480
organization are being sure to lay the

821
00:34:00,470 --> 00:33:58,240
foundation and set the framework so that

822
00:34:02,230 --> 00:34:00,480
our future can continue and we can

823
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:02,240
continue to bring more people into the

824
00:34:10,869 --> 00:34:09,349
and you know i think uh the the big idea

825
00:34:12,629 --> 00:34:10,879
that pops into my head when you say what

826
00:34:13,990 --> 00:34:12,639
do i think about for future generations

827
00:34:15,909 --> 00:34:14,000
you know based on the work that we've

828
00:34:18,069 --> 00:34:15,919
been able to be a part of this awesome

829
00:34:21,109 --> 00:34:18,079
legacy is that that this isn't what

830
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:21,119
defines us you know it's a challenge to

831
00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:23,760
to not be defined by this you know like

832
00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:25,119
stephanie was saying and actually

833
00:34:29,510 --> 00:34:27,280
everybody's touched on this but you know

834
00:34:32,629 --> 00:34:29,520
there's lots of different firsts and so

835
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:32,639
uh it's easy the pao wants to label this

836
00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:34,560
they want to put a label on it and you

837
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:35,760
know i just wanted to go up there and be

838
00:34:39,589 --> 00:34:37,280
an astronaut contribute be a flight

839
00:34:40,869 --> 00:34:39,599
engineer board engineer and do my part

840
00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:40,879
and to me

841
00:34:44,869 --> 00:34:42,560
i think it's it'll it'll really be

842
00:34:47,109 --> 00:34:44,879
telling when like i think jessica misses

843
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:47,119
it too when you go up there and and no

844
00:34:50,950 --> 00:34:49,119
one has to say talk about it being a

845
00:34:52,710 --> 00:34:50,960
first because you know as stephanie said

846
00:34:54,950 --> 00:34:52,720
you dice it the right way and you can

847
00:34:57,030 --> 00:34:54,960
say a first about everything but when it

848
00:34:59,829 --> 00:34:57,040
just becomes normal this is the way we

849
00:35:01,589 --> 00:34:59,839
do business and this business is done by

850
00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:01,599
a group of people that looks like

851
00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:04,560
america or humanity at large that to me

852
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:06,320
is is really something to celebrate you

853
00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:08,640
know so i'm happy that we have this you

854
00:35:12,230 --> 00:35:10,400
know group of people that have these

855
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:12,240
firsts after their names but i think all

856
00:35:16,630 --> 00:35:14,480
of us unanimously want to hurry up and

857
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:16,640
get to the next one first one of the

858
00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:18,000
most important things at least for me

859
00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:19,680
i'm just gonna talk to myself for me

860
00:35:22,630 --> 00:35:21,280
people wanted to talk about first but

861
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:22,640
when i was up there working i was like

862
00:35:25,510 --> 00:35:24,400
don't be the last don't be the class i

863
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:25,520
don't want to put any i don't want

864
00:35:29,190 --> 00:35:27,599
anybody walking away from this going man

865
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:29,200
that guy i don't want anybody else

866
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:30,480
looking like him going because of what

867
00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:32,480
he did so i wanted to go up there and

868
00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:34,720
then get back and have nobody remember

869
00:35:37,990 --> 00:35:36,000
anything

870
00:35:41,349 --> 00:35:38,000
out of the ordinary if i went up there

871
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:41,359
and played my role and came back and was

872
00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:43,359
not exceptional in a good or bad way

873
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:45,920
just i did my job then you know the next

874
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:47,760
person comes in with a clean slate or as

875
00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:49,920
much of a clean slate as possible so

876
00:35:55,270 --> 00:35:52,240
when that's not notable to me that'll

877
00:35:59,109 --> 00:35:57,109
that's awesome no i appreciate

878
00:36:02,150 --> 00:35:59,119
your your candor and your honesty and

879
00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:02,160
jen i have two nieces and um

880
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:04,720
yes i think i think they've seen me and

881
00:36:07,349 --> 00:36:06,240
it's changed maybe their dynamic of how

882
00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:07,359
they view

883
00:36:10,390 --> 00:36:08,400
um

884
00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:10,400
a girl

885
00:36:15,109 --> 00:36:12,720
and working and finding all those things

886
00:36:17,349 --> 00:36:15,119
so i completely relate so i'm seeing

887
00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:17,359
their brains change their thought

888
00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:19,200
process and they're just like

889
00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:22,480
oh no my auntie she works at nasa and

890
00:36:26,870 --> 00:36:24,640
she's you know she's you know they they

891
00:36:29,030 --> 00:36:26,880
think they think i'm an astronaut you

892
00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:29,040
know i have to tell them that's not me

893
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:31,440
but yeah i think also just just changing

894
00:36:34,950 --> 00:36:33,200
those perspectives even if in our own

895
00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:34,960
community in our own families that

896
00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:37,440
that's a good starting point um

897
00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:39,280
what i did want to talk about um with

898
00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:41,680
what we've seen and uniquely in these

899
00:36:45,990 --> 00:36:43,839
last couple of years is

900
00:36:48,069 --> 00:36:46,000
a more attention towards social

901
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,079
injustices that we are seeing in the

902
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:50,400
united states um

903
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:52,560
and a lot of people are having a

904
00:36:56,150 --> 00:36:55,040
difficulty time coping with that

905
00:36:57,910 --> 00:36:56,160
um

906
00:37:01,030 --> 00:36:57,920
your situations are a bit unique because

907
00:37:02,710 --> 00:37:01,040
i know with victor um you were in orbit

908
00:37:05,030 --> 00:37:02,720
at the time when

909
00:37:07,430 --> 00:37:05,040
the death of george floyd was

910
00:37:09,750 --> 00:37:07,440
being widely publicized all over the

911
00:37:13,349 --> 00:37:09,760
news and being reported

912
00:37:16,069 --> 00:37:13,359
how do you cope with those situations

913
00:37:17,990 --> 00:37:16,079
when you can't be with you know

914
00:37:19,910 --> 00:37:18,000
physically be with your loved ones

915
00:37:21,910 --> 00:37:19,920
during that time

916
00:37:23,270 --> 00:37:21,920
whether it's you're in training or

917
00:37:25,589 --> 00:37:23,280
you're preparing you're just not

918
00:37:28,069 --> 00:37:25,599
surrounded by your family and those that

919
00:37:30,710 --> 00:37:28,079
you care about how do you cope um when

920
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:30,720
you see those types of images um

921
00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:36,790
yeah this is uh

922
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:39,280
this is a deep rabbit hole for me

923
00:37:44,150 --> 00:37:42,400
um i'll try to be brief i think one i'll

924
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:44,160
i'll give you one really pragmatic thing

925
00:37:49,030 --> 00:37:46,720
that i did a lot of and that's writing

926
00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:49,040
writing helped me

927
00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:52,240
sort out feelings put them out there uh

928
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:54,800
and in a controlled fashion so i i wrote

929
00:37:58,710 --> 00:37:56,240
i journaled i

930
00:38:00,790 --> 00:37:58,720
wrote it in word documents on my phone

931
00:38:02,630 --> 00:38:00,800
and so i just put things on paper and it

932
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:02,640
helped me sort out things and and

933
00:38:05,430 --> 00:38:04,000
knowing i was going to be in a role

934
00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:05,440
where people were going to ask me

935
00:38:09,349 --> 00:38:06,880
questions and put a microphone and a

936
00:38:11,910 --> 00:38:09,359
camera in my face it helped me collect

937
00:38:12,950 --> 00:38:11,920
my thoughts and and again prioritize

938
00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:12,960
them and

939
00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:14,240
and put them

940
00:38:18,390 --> 00:38:16,000
in a way that i could communicate those

941
00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:18,400
messages effectively but also in the

942
00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:20,160
process of doing that i had to also

943
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:22,320
metabolize the emotions that came with

944
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:24,160
it you know and you it's interesting you

945
00:38:27,190 --> 00:38:25,680
you referenced george floyd and the

946
00:38:29,910 --> 00:38:27,200
world was thinking i mean i'm still

947
00:38:32,150 --> 00:38:29,920
amazed i watched a protest that was uh

948
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:32,160
folks in germany channing in english

949
00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:35,359
george floyd and that was it was an

950
00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:38,320
amazing and interesting and and also

951
00:38:41,589 --> 00:38:40,240
unsettling time in our country and all

952
00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:41,599
around the world but

953
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:44,320
the a few names that really resonate

954
00:38:47,829 --> 00:38:46,960
with me are ayanna jones a young lady

955
00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:47,839
who

956
00:38:52,790 --> 00:38:50,400
was killed uh during the filming of a

957
00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:52,800
police officer show she was seven and my

958
00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:54,560
oldest daughter was seven at the time

959
00:38:57,990 --> 00:38:56,320
and then a mod arbory 25 year old young

960
00:39:00,150 --> 00:38:58,000
man out you know getting exercise

961
00:39:01,430 --> 00:39:00,160
jogging around his neighborhood and he

962
00:39:03,990 --> 00:39:01,440
was gunned down

963
00:39:05,990 --> 00:39:04,000
uh and and i jog around my neighborhood

964
00:39:09,109 --> 00:39:06,000
and so those two cases really resonated

965
00:39:11,190 --> 00:39:09,119
with me uh and before my launch

966
00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:11,200
i spent a lot of time writing and

967
00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:13,440
thinking but also sharing it i mean

968
00:39:16,950 --> 00:39:15,040
actually these three ladies here that

969
00:39:19,510 --> 00:39:16,960
are a part of this panel i shared some

970
00:39:21,910 --> 00:39:19,520
of my thoughts and asked them questions

971
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:21,920
and so they were a part of my team you

972
00:39:26,390 --> 00:39:23,839
know one of the things i talk about in

973
00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:26,400
this pandemic these tough times it

974
00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:27,920
really will help you figure out who your

975
00:39:31,510 --> 00:39:29,520
friends are that's one of the benefits

976
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:31,520
one of the silver linings

977
00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:33,680
of these uh tumultuous times it'll help

978
00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:35,040
you figure out who your friends are and

979
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:38,240
so they help me knowing the pro the

980
00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:40,720
personal connection but the professional

981
00:39:45,990 --> 00:39:42,320
responsibility that comes with this

982
00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:46,000
position and so having friends uh uh

983
00:39:50,470 --> 00:39:48,000
really helped that that was the biggest

984
00:39:52,710 --> 00:39:50,480
one writing and then talking to to folks

985
00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:52,720
like uh the rest of this panel was a

986
00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:54,880
huge help for me

987
00:40:00,630 --> 00:39:57,200
just being quick um i you know my

988
00:40:03,109 --> 00:40:00,640
personality is such that you know when i

989
00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:03,119
see injustices like that i always want

990
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:05,440
to champion something but i do believe

991
00:40:10,069 --> 00:40:07,760
that being in our position

992
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:10,079
and you know knowing nasa nasa has a lot

993
00:40:14,069 --> 00:40:11,760
of compassion as well

994
00:40:15,510 --> 00:40:14,079
um for you know things like this when

995
00:40:19,190 --> 00:40:15,520
they do happen

996
00:40:21,030 --> 00:40:19,200
and so it was very difficult um

997
00:40:23,030 --> 00:40:21,040
to try to understand why these things

998
00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:23,040
were happening and what was going on and

999
00:40:29,030 --> 00:40:26,560
like victor um for me writing was huge

1000
00:40:31,270 --> 00:40:29,040
but also you know having a conversation

1001
00:40:34,069 --> 00:40:31,280
with people like victor stephanie

1002
00:40:36,150 --> 00:40:34,079
jessica and just having a pure raw

1003
00:40:38,630 --> 00:40:36,160
conversation about how you're feeling

1004
00:40:40,950 --> 00:40:38,640
and getting it out and it's not really

1005
00:40:42,870 --> 00:40:40,960
venting but just discussing just to

1006
00:40:44,550 --> 00:40:42,880
understand and try to wrap your brain

1007
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:44,560
around what's happening

1008
00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:46,720
having that talk with people you love

1009
00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:48,640
and people who understand and care about

1010
00:40:52,390 --> 00:40:50,400
you and even people who don't just

1011
00:40:56,069 --> 00:40:52,400
having an honest conversation

1012
00:40:57,829 --> 00:40:56,079
really does a lot for my my soul and

1013
00:40:59,670 --> 00:40:57,839
and in situations like this where you

1014
00:41:01,910 --> 00:40:59,680
want to champion the cause you want to

1015
00:41:03,910 --> 00:41:01,920
shout at the rooftops you want to go

1016
00:41:05,990 --> 00:41:03,920
talk to other people on you know

1017
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:06,000
wherever you can you know you can

1018
00:41:11,589 --> 00:41:08,240
influence things but um you know

1019
00:41:14,069 --> 00:41:11,599
situations like that um i think having a

1020
00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:14,079
panel of people like this and having a

1021
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:16,000
real conversation

1022
00:41:21,349 --> 00:41:18,240
um really helped and nasa had a lot of

1023
00:41:23,990 --> 00:41:21,359
great conversations after events took

1024
00:41:26,069 --> 00:41:24,000
place and that that really it really

1025
00:41:28,309 --> 00:41:26,079
touched my heart to see how much nasa

1026
00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:28,319
was allowing to happen and how much they

1027
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:30,880
championed this car this whole

1028
00:41:34,309 --> 00:41:32,400
um social

1029
00:41:35,270 --> 00:41:34,319
injustice thing that was happening at

1030
00:41:41,430 --> 00:41:35,280
the time

1031
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:43,349
yeah i i was essentially going to say

1032
00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:45,119
the same thing as jeannette i think for

1033
00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:48,160
me what was really and continues to be

1034
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:50,079
encouraging in this time

1035
00:41:53,349 --> 00:41:52,480
is having those honest conversations

1036
00:41:57,510 --> 00:41:53,359
with

1037
00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:57,520
me or you know in my inner circle but

1038
00:41:59,430 --> 00:41:58,560
also

1039
00:42:01,589 --> 00:41:59,440
you know

1040
00:42:02,790 --> 00:42:01,599
engaging others in conversation that

1041
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:02,800
maybe we wouldn't have had that

1042
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:04,240
conversation with

1043
00:42:08,470 --> 00:42:06,400
or certainly not on that topic

1044
00:42:10,150 --> 00:42:08,480
and so i think just seeing that seeing

1045
00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:10,160
people come together seeing people come

1046
00:42:15,349 --> 00:42:12,960
together to protest or um

1047
00:42:16,950 --> 00:42:15,359
you know together in that cause and be

1048
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:16,960
willing to have those conversations and

1049
00:42:21,829 --> 00:42:19,280
move forward together um that has been

1050
00:42:23,589 --> 00:42:21,839
really encouraging for me um kind of as

1051
00:42:25,349 --> 00:42:23,599
a silver lining for

1052
00:42:27,990 --> 00:42:25,359
you know in this this time of social

1053
00:42:30,710 --> 00:42:28,000
injustice

1054
00:42:33,750 --> 00:42:30,720
i know absolutely i agree nasa has been

1055
00:42:36,630 --> 00:42:33,760
extremely supportive during this time um

1056
00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:36,640
not a lot of people can say that um as

1057
00:42:40,309 --> 00:42:38,160
from you know place of where they work

1058
00:42:42,710 --> 00:42:40,319
and so that has been

1059
00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:42,720
something that we've all agreed that

1060
00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:44,400
they did a great job at least

1061
00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:45,760
encouraging

1062
00:42:50,309 --> 00:42:48,480
honest conversations and i think you all

1063
00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:50,319
kind of hit on that is it's having an

1064
00:42:55,270 --> 00:42:52,400
honest conversation with people

1065
00:42:57,030 --> 00:42:55,280
um around you um and sometimes that's

1066
00:42:59,030 --> 00:42:57,040
not always you know your family or your

1067
00:43:01,750 --> 00:42:59,040
friends but it's just your co-workers

1068
00:43:03,190 --> 00:43:01,760
and and being in a different environment

1069
00:43:05,270 --> 00:43:03,200
it's important to be able to feel like

1070
00:43:08,710 --> 00:43:05,280
you can have an honest conversation with

1071
00:43:10,069 --> 00:43:08,720
people you're interacting with um

1072
00:43:13,030 --> 00:43:10,079
i agree i'm stephanie sorry i didn't

1073
00:43:14,150 --> 00:43:13,040
mean i need to cut you off i

1074
00:43:15,990 --> 00:43:14,160
um

1075
00:43:17,670 --> 00:43:16,000
not sure i have too much to add except

1076
00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:17,680
to echo

1077
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:19,280
the things that have been said really

1078
00:43:23,109 --> 00:43:21,760
important to uh have a period of inner

1079
00:43:24,829 --> 00:43:23,119
reflection

1080
00:43:27,750 --> 00:43:24,839
and try to

1081
00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:27,760
um that was helpful to me just to really

1082
00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:29,760
try to sort through things that were

1083
00:43:35,430 --> 00:43:32,880
happening and get an understanding of um

1084
00:43:37,190 --> 00:43:35,440
how i felt about it and then having that

1085
00:43:40,230 --> 00:43:37,200
discussion with others

1086
00:43:41,430 --> 00:43:40,240
close to me thank you guys so much it's

1087
00:43:43,589 --> 00:43:41,440
been an honor it's been a pleasure

1088
00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:43,599
talking to you guys i'm a huge fan of

1089
00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:46,560
all of you so this is you know this has

1090
00:43:56,630 --> 00:43:48,720
been really amazing and thank you again

1091
00:44:01,349 --> 00:43:58,550
all right i hope you guys enjoyed that

1092
00:44:03,270 --> 00:44:01,359
um it was a true honor and pleasure to

1093
00:44:05,589 --> 00:44:03,280
sit down and have a very open and candid

1094
00:44:07,990 --> 00:44:05,599
conversation with all four of them

1095
00:44:10,550 --> 00:44:08,000
but now i will be handing it over to

1096
00:44:13,030 --> 00:44:10,560
portia keys um as she will take it on

1097
00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:13,040
for the next section of today's event

1098
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:16,000
just as a reminder uh please add any of

1099
00:44:21,109 --> 00:44:18,800
your questions into the chat box and we

1100
00:44:23,750 --> 00:44:21,119
will have a q a session later so we can

1101
00:44:25,430 --> 00:44:23,760
get those answered as well

1102
00:44:27,510 --> 00:44:25,440
all right thank you candace and hi

1103
00:44:29,109 --> 00:44:27,520
everyone i just wanted to say that was

1104
00:44:31,270 --> 00:44:29,119
very impressive just makes me feel

1105
00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:31,280
really proud to be part of the community

1106
00:44:33,990 --> 00:44:32,720
especially during this month here at

1107
00:44:35,670 --> 00:44:34,000
nasa so

1108
00:44:37,270 --> 00:44:35,680
um welcome everyone my name is portia

1109
00:44:39,190 --> 00:44:37,280
hees and i'm a contracting officer in

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the office of treatment located here at

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johnson space center and for our next

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part of the program we'll be hearing

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00:44:46,230 --> 00:44:44,400
from massive medical professionals on

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00:44:48,150 --> 00:44:46,240
this important topic of black health and

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00:44:50,309 --> 00:44:48,160
wellness and so each of our guests will

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00:44:52,069 --> 00:44:50,319
provide presentations approximately 10

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00:44:54,550 --> 00:44:52,079
minutes in length after which we'll have

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a 15-minute q a session with our doctors

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of other nasa astronaut secretary glover

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um kicking off this section will be

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doctor um the agency occupational health

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physician for the office of the chief

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and health and medical officer uh right

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here at nasa she is a board certified

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internal medicine and pediatrics and

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completed her residency at tulane

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university uh so dr um is going to

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educate us on social determinants of

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but you can hear me

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and i probably will turn off my video

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because they said that helps with the

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00:45:30,470 --> 00:45:29,359
bandwidth just to let you know but i

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00:45:32,950 --> 00:45:30,480
will be talking about social

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00:45:34,470 --> 00:45:32,960
determinants and african american health

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and i'm here in support of the office of

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the chief health and medical officer

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00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:39,359
next slide please

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00:45:43,349 --> 00:45:41,280
did you know that research suggests that

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00:45:45,430 --> 00:45:43,359
80 percent of what makes up a person's

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00:45:47,270 --> 00:45:45,440
health is actually determined by things

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00:45:48,870 --> 00:45:47,280
happening outside of hospitals and the

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health care system

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00:45:53,910 --> 00:45:50,880
social determinants of health are the

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00:45:57,109 --> 00:45:53,920
conditions in which people are born grow

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00:46:00,069 --> 00:45:57,119
live work and age they include factors

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00:46:02,230 --> 00:46:00,079
like socioeconomic status education

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00:46:04,950 --> 00:46:02,240
neighborhood and physical environment

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00:46:07,190 --> 00:46:04,960
employment social support networks and

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00:46:08,309 --> 00:46:07,200
discrimination as well as access to

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00:46:10,309 --> 00:46:08,319
health care

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00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:10,319
noted on the graphic of the person are

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00:46:15,470 --> 00:46:12,800
estimates of the relative contribution

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00:46:17,829 --> 00:46:15,480
of each of these factors to health

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00:46:20,550 --> 00:46:17,839
socioeconomic factors and health

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00:46:23,109 --> 00:46:20,560
behaviors such as smoking diet and

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00:46:24,550 --> 00:46:23,119
exercise are the primary drivers of

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00:46:27,109 --> 00:46:24,560
health outcomes

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00:46:28,950 --> 00:46:27,119
and the socioeconomic factors actually

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00:46:30,630 --> 00:46:28,960
play a large role in creating these

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health behaviors

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for example children born to parents who

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have not completed high school are more

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00:46:39,750 --> 00:46:37,119
likely to live in an environment that

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poses barriers to health such as lack of

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00:46:45,349 --> 00:46:42,720
safety exposed garbage and substandard

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00:46:47,829 --> 00:46:45,359
housing they are also less likely to

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have access to sidewalks parks or

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playgrounds rec centers or a library

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00:46:55,430 --> 00:46:53,359
further evidence shows that stress

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negatively affects health across the

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lifespan and that environmental factors

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may have multi-generational impacts

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learning about and discussing these

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social determinants of health is not

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only important for understanding how to

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improve overall health but also for

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reducing health disparities that are

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often rooted in social and economic

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disadvantages now let me give you a few

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00:47:21,670 --> 00:47:19,440
specific examples next slide please

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00:47:23,990 --> 00:47:21,680
there are about 40 million non-hispanic

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00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:24,000
black people in the united states this

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00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:25,920
equates to 13 percent of the total

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00:47:31,109 --> 00:47:28,960
population the 1960s was a turning point

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00:47:33,510 --> 00:47:31,119
for african americans with the march on

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washington martin luther king jr's

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00:47:38,470 --> 00:47:36,640
assassination the civil rights act of 64

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prohibiting discrimination

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the voting right acts of 65 removing

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some discriminatory voting practices and

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the civil rights act of 68 outlawing

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housing discrimination

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since that time african americans have

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00:47:56,230 --> 00:47:52,800
made many social gains according to the

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economic policy institute in 2019 more

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than 90 percent of african americans

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aged 25 to 29 graduated from high school

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in the 60s it was only about 50 percent

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compared to the sixties black americans

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00:48:12,230 --> 00:48:09,599
are now twice as likely to have a

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00:48:14,309 --> 00:48:12,240
college degree but this still equates to

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half as many as whites

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00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:16,559
this progress and educational attainment

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00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:18,319
of african americans has been

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accompanied by significant absolute

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00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:22,640
improvement in wages

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00:48:29,270 --> 00:48:26,960
incomes wealth and health since 1968

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00:48:31,430 --> 00:48:29,280
but black workers still only make 82

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00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:31,440
cents on every dollar earned by white

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00:48:36,069 --> 00:48:33,599
workers and are two and a half times as

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00:48:37,990 --> 00:48:36,079
likely to be in poverty the median white

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00:48:40,309 --> 00:48:38,000
family has almost as

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00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:40,319
almost ten times as much wealth as the

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00:48:45,670 --> 00:48:43,760
median black family next slide please

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00:48:47,910 --> 00:48:45,680
with respect to homeownership

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00:48:50,150 --> 00:48:47,920
unemployment and incarceration the

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00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:50,160
situation for black americans has either

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00:48:55,190 --> 00:48:52,720
failed to improve relative to whites or

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00:48:57,910 --> 00:48:55,200
has worsened in 2019 the black

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00:49:01,430 --> 00:48:57,920
unemployment rate was 6.1 percent

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00:49:03,750 --> 00:49:01,440
roughly twice that of whites in 2015 the

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00:49:06,630 --> 00:49:03,760
black home ownership rate was just over

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00:49:10,150 --> 00:49:06,640
40 percent virtually unchanged since

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00:49:12,309 --> 00:49:10,160
1968 and trailing a full 30 percentage

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00:49:14,630 --> 00:49:12,319
points behind the white home ownership

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00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:14,640
rate and the share of african americans

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00:49:20,630 --> 00:49:16,960
in prison or jail has almost tripled

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since 1968 and 2016 and is currently

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more than six times the white

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00:49:26,150 --> 00:49:24,240
incarceration rate

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00:49:29,349 --> 00:49:26,160
the impact of incarceration on the

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00:49:31,109 --> 00:49:29,359
family is devastating one of every 15

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00:49:34,069 --> 00:49:31,119
black children has an incarcerated

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00:49:36,470 --> 00:49:34,079
parent compared to one of every 110

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00:49:38,870 --> 00:49:36,480
white children this graphic demonstrates

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00:49:41,349 --> 00:49:38,880
that certain social factors also affect

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00:49:43,829 --> 00:49:41,359
african americans at younger ages

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00:49:46,309 --> 00:49:43,839
unemployment living in poverty not

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00:49:48,790 --> 00:49:46,319
owning a home cost prohibitive effects

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00:49:51,510 --> 00:49:48,800
of trying to see a doctor smoking

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00:49:53,670 --> 00:49:51,520
inactive lifestyle or obesity and in

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00:49:56,309 --> 00:49:53,680
terms of mental health a white paper

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00:49:58,549 --> 00:49:56,319
from cigna noted that african americans

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00:50:01,510 --> 00:49:58,559
are 20 percent more likely to report

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00:50:03,589 --> 00:50:01,520
psychological distress and fifty percent

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00:50:05,190 --> 00:50:03,599
less likely to receive counseling or

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00:50:08,390 --> 00:50:05,200
mental health treatment due to

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00:50:11,510 --> 00:50:08,400
underlying socioeconomic factors and

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this data was from before covet

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00:50:15,829 --> 00:50:13,200
next slide

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00:50:18,309 --> 00:50:15,839
covet 19 disproportionately impacted

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00:50:20,790 --> 00:50:18,319
black americans who continue to be more

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likely to be infected and more likely to

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00:50:26,309 --> 00:50:23,680
die from covet 19 than white americans

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00:50:28,710 --> 00:50:26,319
again due to social determinants such as

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00:50:30,870 --> 00:50:28,720
the use of public transportation having

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00:50:33,109 --> 00:50:30,880
more front-line jobs living in more

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00:50:35,349 --> 00:50:33,119
crowded housing etc

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00:50:37,190 --> 00:50:35,359
we also know that households with lower

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levels of wealth and historically

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00:50:42,630 --> 00:50:39,839
lower-wage jobs have fewer resources

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00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:42,640
available to temper the adverse economic

1263
00:50:48,710 --> 00:50:45,760
impacts of covid one study from michigan

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00:50:50,630 --> 00:50:48,720
showed that 26 of black respondents said

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00:50:53,030 --> 00:50:50,640
that the pandemic made it harder for

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00:50:55,430 --> 00:50:53,040
them to pay important bills like their

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00:50:57,589 --> 00:50:55,440
mortgage versus ten percent of white

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00:51:00,309 --> 00:50:57,599
respondents when labor markets go

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00:51:02,790 --> 00:51:00,319
through rough patches black workers are

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00:51:04,549 --> 00:51:02,800
more likely to lose their jobs first

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00:51:06,870 --> 00:51:04,559
even accounting for years of work

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00:51:09,270 --> 00:51:06,880
experience and skill level

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00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:09,280
black workers also remain consistently

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00:51:13,349 --> 00:51:11,040
underrepresented among recent

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00:51:16,069 --> 00:51:13,359
unemployment insurance claims due in

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00:51:18,309 --> 00:51:16,079
part to being paid lower wages or having

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00:51:20,470 --> 00:51:18,319
unstable jobs that are not eligible for

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00:51:23,030 --> 00:51:20,480
unemployment insurance

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00:51:26,069 --> 00:51:23,040
the quality of and type of housing

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00:51:28,549 --> 00:51:26,079
affects health asthma and asthma deaths

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00:51:31,430 --> 00:51:28,559
which disproportionately affects african

1282
00:51:33,750 --> 00:51:31,440
americans is related to poor housing

1283
00:51:36,790 --> 00:51:33,760
increased cardiovascular disease has

1284
00:51:39,109 --> 00:51:36,800
been correlated with segregated housing

1285
00:51:40,950 --> 00:51:39,119
people need access to healthy foods

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00:51:43,510 --> 00:51:40,960
black neighborhoods have significantly

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00:51:45,829 --> 00:51:43,520
fewer supermarkets than white ones

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00:51:48,549 --> 00:51:45,839
several studies also document that the

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00:51:51,349 --> 00:51:48,559
food available is less fresh and of

1290
00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:51,359
lower quality in contrast alcohol

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00:51:54,710 --> 00:51:53,520
outlets are much more numerous in black

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00:51:57,589 --> 00:51:54,720
neighborhoods

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00:52:00,230 --> 00:51:57,599
location impacts health black people are

1294
00:52:02,549 --> 00:52:00,240
significantly more likely to reside near

1295
00:52:04,710 --> 00:52:02,559
sources of air pollution and a greater

1296
00:52:07,109 --> 00:52:04,720
distance from air quality monitoring

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00:52:08,870 --> 00:52:07,119
sites african americans are more likely

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00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:08,880
to live in a neighborhood in close

1299
00:52:12,069 --> 00:52:11,200
proximity to a superfund toxic waste

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00:52:14,470 --> 00:52:12,079
site

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00:52:16,870 --> 00:52:14,480
exposure to violence is also a major

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00:52:18,390 --> 00:52:16,880
determinant of health outcomes it is a

1303
00:52:21,270 --> 00:52:18,400
major cause of injury

1304
00:52:23,670 --> 00:52:21,280
disability and premature death there is

1305
00:52:26,069 --> 00:52:23,680
a very significant lifelong inequity in

1306
00:52:28,870 --> 00:52:26,079
exposure to violence for black versus

1307
00:52:31,109 --> 00:52:28,880
white americans black male adolescents

1308
00:52:33,510 --> 00:52:31,119
are six times more likely than whites to

1309
00:52:34,790 --> 00:52:33,520
die of homicide primarily through

1310
00:52:36,630 --> 00:52:34,800
firearms

1311
00:52:38,549 --> 00:52:36,640
these young black males are four times

1312
00:52:40,630 --> 00:52:38,559
more likely to die from a gunshot than

1313
00:52:42,710 --> 00:52:40,640
their white peers

1314
00:52:45,030 --> 00:52:42,720
the fact that social determinants affect

1315
00:52:47,589 --> 00:52:45,040
all aspects of life has also been

1316
00:52:49,910 --> 00:52:47,599
unmasked by the killing of george floyd

1317
00:52:51,910 --> 00:52:49,920
and multiple other black americans

1318
00:52:54,069 --> 00:52:51,920
healthy people 2020 states that

1319
00:52:56,630 --> 00:52:54,079
discrimination is a key issue in the

1320
00:52:59,190 --> 00:52:56,640
social and community context of social

1321
00:53:01,270 --> 00:52:59,200
determinants of health discrimination

1322
00:53:03,829 --> 00:53:01,280
which includes racism can lead to

1323
00:53:06,150 --> 00:53:03,839
chronic and toxic stress you can

1324
00:53:08,630 --> 00:53:06,160
understand how these social differences

1325
00:53:10,390 --> 00:53:08,640
lead to differences in health next slide

1326
00:53:12,790 --> 00:53:10,400
please

1327
00:53:15,270 --> 00:53:12,800
a cdc analysis shows that younger

1328
00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:15,280
african americans are living with or

1329
00:53:20,950 --> 00:53:18,000
dying of many conditions typically found

1330
00:53:23,270 --> 00:53:20,960
in white americans at older ages the

1331
00:53:25,190 --> 00:53:23,280
differences show up in african americans

1332
00:53:28,470 --> 00:53:25,200
as young as in their 20s for both

1333
00:53:32,069 --> 00:53:28,480
diseases and causes of death african

1334
00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:32,079
americans aged 35 to 64 years are 50

1335
00:53:36,710 --> 00:53:34,400
percent more likely to have high blood

1336
00:53:39,510 --> 00:53:36,720
pressure than whites when diseases start

1337
00:53:41,430 --> 00:53:39,520
early they can lead to death earlier

1338
00:53:43,990 --> 00:53:41,440
chronic diseases and some of their risk

1339
00:53:46,390 --> 00:53:44,000
factors may not may be silent or not

1340
00:53:48,309 --> 00:53:46,400
diagnosed during these early years

1341
00:53:50,710 --> 00:53:48,319
heart disease is the leading cause of

1342
00:53:54,150 --> 00:53:50,720
death for most americans but african

1343
00:53:56,549 --> 00:53:54,160
americans aged 18 to 49 are nearly twice

1344
00:53:58,870 --> 00:53:56,559
as likely to die at this earlier age

1345
00:54:00,549 --> 00:53:58,880
from heart disease than whites

1346
00:54:02,549 --> 00:54:00,559
individuals with two or more risk

1347
00:54:06,069 --> 00:54:02,559
factors such as high blood pressure high

1348
00:54:08,630 --> 00:54:06,079
cholesterol diabetes current smoking

1349
00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:08,640
physical inactivity and obesity are at

1350
00:54:13,349 --> 00:54:11,440
higher risk for stroke and heart disease

1351
00:54:15,510 --> 00:54:13,359
the prevalence of two or more of these

1352
00:54:18,390 --> 00:54:15,520
factors is not only higher in african

1353
00:54:20,309 --> 00:54:18,400
americans but is present at younger ages

1354
00:54:22,309 --> 00:54:20,319
than in white americans

1355
00:54:24,549 --> 00:54:22,319
next slide please

1356
00:54:27,829 --> 00:54:24,559
and in general for all causes among

1357
00:54:29,589 --> 00:54:27,839
black americans aged 18 to 64 the data

1358
00:54:32,309 --> 00:54:29,599
showed that they are at higher risk of

1359
00:54:34,630 --> 00:54:32,319
early death than white americans the

1360
00:54:36,950 --> 00:54:34,640
director of the cdc's office of minority

1361
00:54:39,270 --> 00:54:36,960
health and health equity was quoted as

1362
00:54:41,589 --> 00:54:39,280
saying that these findings are generally

1363
00:54:44,150 --> 00:54:41,599
consistent with previous reports that

1364
00:54:47,270 --> 00:54:44,160
use the term weathering which suggests

1365
00:54:49,750 --> 00:54:47,280
that blacks experience premature aging

1366
00:54:51,589 --> 00:54:49,760
and earlier health decline than whites

1367
00:54:54,390 --> 00:54:51,599
and that this decline in health

1368
00:54:57,109 --> 00:54:54,400
accumulates across the entire lifespan

1369
00:54:59,910 --> 00:54:57,119
and potentially across generations this

1370
00:55:02,950 --> 00:54:59,920
happens as a consequence of psychosocial

1371
00:55:06,230 --> 00:55:02,960
economic and environmental stressors

1372
00:55:08,870 --> 00:55:06,240
poverty low education unemployment

1373
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:08,880
violence insecurity and environmental

1374
00:55:13,750 --> 00:55:11,359
exposures contribute to poor health

1375
00:55:16,630 --> 00:55:13,760
outcomes these factors affect black

1376
00:55:19,270 --> 00:55:16,640
families at multiple levels low access

1377
00:55:21,349 --> 00:55:19,280
to healthy foods inadequate access to

1378
00:55:23,670 --> 00:55:21,359
preventive health care exposure to

1379
00:55:26,549 --> 00:55:23,680
violence distrust of the justice and

1380
00:55:28,950 --> 00:55:26,559
police system unhealthy behaviors

1381
00:55:30,789 --> 00:55:28,960
substance abuse and stress

1382
00:55:32,950 --> 00:55:30,799
a greater proportion of black children

1383
00:55:35,990 --> 00:55:32,960
are born and live in the social

1384
00:55:38,230 --> 00:55:36,000
environmental and cultural milieu thus

1385
00:55:41,109 --> 00:55:38,240
they would grow and develop differently

1386
00:55:42,789 --> 00:55:41,119
socially psychologically and health-wise

1387
00:55:45,430 --> 00:55:42,799
throughout their lifespan

1388
00:55:47,589 --> 00:55:45,440
however this resultant catastrophe of

1389
00:55:49,829 --> 00:55:47,599
disparities is not the whole story of

1390
00:55:52,069 --> 00:55:49,839
black health it is also important to

1391
00:55:54,630 --> 00:55:52,079
emphasize that african americans have

1392
00:55:57,270 --> 00:55:54,640
been called upon to muster extraordinary

1393
00:56:00,069 --> 00:55:57,280
strength of mind and body for the sake

1394
00:56:02,150 --> 00:56:00,079
of psychological and physical survival

1395
00:56:04,870 --> 00:56:02,160
instances of survival and health among

1396
00:56:07,829 --> 00:56:04,880
blacks under extraordinarily adverse

1397
00:56:10,630 --> 00:56:07,839
circumstances represent the essence of

1398
00:56:12,630 --> 00:56:10,640
resilience to overlook this truth is to

1399
00:56:15,270 --> 00:56:12,640
miss an opportunity to better understand

1400
00:56:17,910 --> 00:56:15,280
not only black resilience but resilience

1401
00:56:20,069 --> 00:56:17,920
as a universal human phenomenon the

1402
00:56:21,990 --> 00:56:20,079
science that underlies it and how

1403
00:56:24,710 --> 00:56:22,000
mechanisms that preserve health in the

1404
00:56:27,990 --> 00:56:24,720
face of adversity may help end health

1405
00:56:30,789 --> 00:56:28,000
disparities and promote health equity

1406
00:56:32,870 --> 00:56:30,799
next slide please when it comes to the

1407
00:56:35,349 --> 00:56:32,880
overall health of black americans there

1408
00:56:38,069 --> 00:56:35,359
is some good news the overall death rate

1409
00:56:40,950 --> 00:56:38,079
for black people over 65 years of age in

1410
00:56:43,910 --> 00:56:40,960
the u.s has declined about 25 percent in

1411
00:56:45,829 --> 00:56:43,920
recent years african american health is

1412
00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:45,839
slowly improving and many of the

1413
00:56:51,510 --> 00:56:47,680
disparities we see in the chronic

1414
00:56:52,950 --> 00:56:51,520
diseases are largely preventable

1415
00:56:54,789 --> 00:56:52,960
through the study of these social

1416
00:56:57,190 --> 00:56:54,799
determinants we are learning how to

1417
00:56:59,990 --> 00:56:57,200
tailor interventions to more strongly

1418
00:57:02,950 --> 00:57:00,000
impact black american health to continue

1419
00:57:04,390 --> 00:57:02,960
to prove improve african-american health

1420
00:57:06,549 --> 00:57:04,400
we need to address the social

1421
00:57:09,670 --> 00:57:06,559
determinants of health and focus on

1422
00:57:11,910 --> 00:57:09,680
health in non-health sectors such as

1423
00:57:15,270 --> 00:57:11,920
faith and community organizations

1424
00:57:17,589 --> 00:57:15,280
education business transportation

1425
00:57:19,589 --> 00:57:17,599
housing to create social and economic

1426
00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:19,599
conditions that promote health starting

1427
00:57:24,549 --> 00:57:22,240
in childhood with safe neighborhoods

1428
00:57:26,390 --> 00:57:24,559
healthy food environments

1429
00:57:29,270 --> 00:57:26,400
opportunities for increased physical

1430
00:57:31,430 --> 00:57:29,280
activity etc improving community

1431
00:57:33,910 --> 00:57:31,440
resources and investing in black

1432
00:57:35,430 --> 00:57:33,920
communities to to improve access to

1433
00:57:38,230 --> 00:57:35,440
public safety

1434
00:57:40,789 --> 00:57:38,240
quality foods public recreation and

1435
00:57:42,789 --> 00:57:40,799
medical care could also

1436
00:57:45,510 --> 00:57:42,799
help further dismiss diminish these

1437
00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:47,030
excuse me

1438
00:57:50,150 --> 00:57:48,480
for this reason

1439
00:57:52,390 --> 00:57:50,160
it is important to highlight the role of

1440
00:57:55,829 --> 00:57:52,400
these social determinants to inspire

1441
00:57:57,670 --> 00:57:55,839
dialogue to encourage further research

1442
00:58:00,870 --> 00:57:57,680
and to develop strategies to address

1443
00:58:04,309 --> 00:58:00,880
them and their effect on health

1444
00:58:05,910 --> 00:58:04,319
as the lead author of the 2017 cdc study

1445
00:58:08,549 --> 00:58:05,920
on the overall health of african

1446
00:58:09,829 --> 00:58:08,559
americans said where we live determines

1447
00:58:12,069 --> 00:58:09,839
our health

1448
00:58:14,390 --> 00:58:12,079
it determines our quality of housing the

1449
00:58:15,670 --> 00:58:14,400
schools we attend and our employment

1450
00:58:18,150 --> 00:58:15,680
opportunities

1451
00:58:20,549 --> 00:58:18,160
individual behaviors are important but

1452
00:58:23,190 --> 00:58:20,559
one challenge we face is that we have to

1453
00:58:29,430 --> 00:58:23,200
invest in the places where people live

1454
00:58:37,349 --> 00:58:34,390
and that's my talk so i'll go ahead and

1455
00:58:39,109 --> 00:58:37,359
go on mute and stop my video thank you

1456
00:58:41,109 --> 00:58:39,119
all right i think thank you so much

1457
00:58:43,510 --> 00:58:41,119
doctor gushaff that's very informative

1458
00:58:46,230 --> 00:58:43,520
um some of the statistics were painful

1459
00:58:47,589 --> 00:58:46,240
i'd be interested to hear about um

1460
00:58:49,510 --> 00:58:47,599
some of the solutions perhaps in our

1461
00:58:51,750 --> 00:58:49,520
questions and answers section

1462
00:58:53,109 --> 00:58:51,760
um so next up we have dr four uh who's

1463
00:58:55,349 --> 00:58:53,119
currently the medical director of the

1464
00:58:57,270 --> 00:58:55,359
nasa headquarters health unit and she's

1465
00:58:59,910 --> 00:58:57,280
a wellness advocate with over 25 years

1466
00:59:01,750 --> 00:58:59,920
of experience in occupational medicine

1467
00:59:03,829 --> 00:59:01,760
was previously the medical director for

1468
00:59:05,670 --> 00:59:03,839
the department of affairs occupational

1469
00:59:07,430 --> 00:59:05,680
health center today she's going to

1470
00:59:10,230 --> 00:59:07,440
educate us on chronic prospective

1471
00:59:13,829 --> 00:59:12,230
welcome dr board

1472
00:59:15,030 --> 00:59:13,839
good afternoon everyone i hope you can

1473
00:59:17,430 --> 00:59:15,040
hear me

1474
00:59:19,190 --> 00:59:17,440
my name is dr andrea four and i'm the

1475
00:59:20,950 --> 00:59:19,200
medical director of the nasa

1476
00:59:25,430 --> 00:59:20,960
headquarters health unit

1477
00:59:27,750 --> 00:59:25,440
um i'd like to say thank you to everyone

1478
00:59:28,870 --> 00:59:27,760
for this invitation and i am honored to

1479
00:59:31,030 --> 00:59:28,880
be here

1480
00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:31,040
and while it's important

1481
00:59:35,910 --> 00:59:33,680
to recognize these health disparities

1482
00:59:39,030 --> 00:59:35,920
it's equally important to acknowledge

1483
00:59:41,270 --> 00:59:39,040
our individual role in moving forward

1484
00:59:42,710 --> 00:59:41,280
towards health equity

1485
00:59:44,230 --> 00:59:42,720
i thought it would be worthwhile to

1486
00:59:46,630 --> 00:59:44,240
spend some time thinking about how

1487
00:59:48,870 --> 00:59:46,640
chronic stress affects us

1488
00:59:50,870 --> 00:59:48,880
and how we can change that and how we

1489
00:59:53,190 --> 00:59:50,880
can thrive

1490
00:59:55,589 --> 00:59:53,200
next slide please

1491
00:59:58,150 --> 00:59:55,599
so take care of yourself and you take

1492
01:00:01,510 --> 00:59:58,160
care of the entire community

1493
01:00:04,230 --> 01:00:01,520
next slide please

1494
01:00:06,309 --> 01:00:04,240
so the road to healing you know as we

1495
01:00:09,190 --> 01:00:06,319
think about healing

1496
01:00:10,870 --> 01:00:09,200
some questions to ask yourself are am i

1497
01:00:13,430 --> 01:00:10,880
eating well

1498
01:00:15,430 --> 01:00:13,440
am i exercising

1499
01:00:18,549 --> 01:00:15,440
what about hydration

1500
01:00:23,430 --> 01:00:21,190
each one of these factors will impact

1501
01:00:25,910 --> 01:00:23,440
healing and they work synergistically

1502
01:00:27,270 --> 01:00:25,920
and improving overall health and

1503
01:00:29,430 --> 01:00:27,280
well-being

1504
01:00:31,990 --> 01:00:29,440
so you have this foundation

1505
01:00:34,069 --> 01:00:32,000
of health but you know it's built on

1506
01:00:36,069 --> 01:00:34,079
enhancing your immune function and

1507
01:00:38,230 --> 01:00:36,079
making sure you have good white blood

1508
01:00:41,190 --> 01:00:38,240
cell counts and good respiratory

1509
01:00:43,030 --> 01:00:41,200
function and good lymphatic function so

1510
01:00:44,789 --> 01:00:43,040
this is the foundation of health and we

1511
01:00:50,870 --> 01:00:44,799
have to pay attention to each one of

1512
01:00:55,750 --> 01:00:53,190
dr sophia will talk about mental

1513
01:00:57,829 --> 01:00:55,760
resilience a bit later but first i

1514
01:01:00,150 --> 01:00:57,839
wanted to point out how our bodies

1515
01:01:02,710 --> 01:01:00,160
function as a unit

1516
01:01:05,109 --> 01:01:02,720
everything is connected

1517
01:01:07,190 --> 01:01:05,119
so you can't really separate the mind

1518
01:01:09,190 --> 01:01:07,200
and the body

1519
01:01:11,750 --> 01:01:09,200
some key points to take away from this

1520
01:01:14,870 --> 01:01:11,760
are that mind and emotions have a

1521
01:01:17,990 --> 01:01:14,880
critical impact on immune function

1522
01:01:19,829 --> 01:01:18,000
and immune performance is depressed by

1523
01:01:22,069 --> 01:01:19,839
chronic stress

1524
01:01:25,109 --> 01:01:22,079
the most common cause of low immune

1525
01:01:28,150 --> 01:01:25,119
function is nutrient deficiency

1526
01:01:29,430 --> 01:01:28,160
seventy percent of your immune system is

1527
01:01:31,109 --> 01:01:29,440
in your gut

1528
01:01:33,270 --> 01:01:31,119
so remember that

1529
01:01:36,150 --> 01:01:33,280
nutrition is key

1530
01:01:38,309 --> 01:01:36,160
seventy percent of your immune function

1531
01:01:41,030 --> 01:01:38,319
is in your gut as you can kind of see

1532
01:01:48,309 --> 01:01:41,040
from the diagram here we have a robust

1533
01:01:48,319 --> 01:01:54,870
next slide piece

1534
01:01:59,190 --> 01:01:57,430
the body has several lines of defense

1535
01:02:02,069 --> 01:01:59,200
and that's a good thing

1536
01:02:04,950 --> 01:02:02,079
for starters the macrophages and other

1537
01:02:06,710 --> 01:02:04,960
innate immune cells are really our first

1538
01:02:09,829 --> 01:02:06,720
line of defense in getting rid of

1539
01:02:13,109 --> 01:02:09,839
bacteria and damaged cells

1540
01:02:15,270 --> 01:02:13,119
but we also have adaptive immunity where

1541
01:02:17,990 --> 01:02:15,280
certain cells are primed

1542
01:02:19,270 --> 01:02:18,000
trained and capable of remembering the

1543
01:02:21,510 --> 01:02:19,280
intruders

1544
01:02:24,309 --> 01:02:21,520
this is where vaccines come into play

1545
01:02:26,069 --> 01:02:24,319
and they help us to promptly recognize a

1546
01:02:28,710 --> 01:02:26,079
foreign attack from pathogens such as

1547
01:02:31,349 --> 01:02:28,720
bacteria or viruses

1548
01:02:34,069 --> 01:02:31,359
now our b cells make antibodies

1549
01:02:35,750 --> 01:02:34,079
and sort of lock onto foreign cell

1550
01:02:37,029 --> 01:02:35,760
surfaces which marks them for

1551
01:02:39,589 --> 01:02:37,039
destruction

1552
01:02:42,950 --> 01:02:39,599
they sort of handcuff the intruder

1553
01:02:45,750 --> 01:02:42,960
and finally helper t cells both assist

1554
01:02:48,549 --> 01:02:45,760
the b cells as they produce antibodies

1555
01:02:49,990 --> 01:02:48,559
and summon killer t cells to the scene

1556
01:02:52,630 --> 01:02:50,000
of the crime

1557
01:02:54,390 --> 01:02:52,640
these cells directly attack and destroy

1558
01:02:55,670 --> 01:02:54,400
other cells that they're capable of

1559
01:02:57,670 --> 01:02:55,680
recognizing

1560
01:03:01,750 --> 01:02:57,680
so this is a multi-layered defense

1561
01:03:05,750 --> 01:03:03,829
the important thing to remember here is

1562
01:03:07,910 --> 01:03:05,760
that the immune system is made of a

1563
01:03:10,549 --> 01:03:07,920
variety of different cells that have

1564
01:03:12,390 --> 01:03:10,559
unique functions and that need your

1565
01:03:16,950 --> 01:03:12,400
support and attention

1566
01:03:23,029 --> 01:03:20,150
chronic stress depletes us in a myriad

1567
01:03:26,470 --> 01:03:23,039
of ways and is insidious in the way that

1568
01:03:28,870 --> 01:03:26,480
it exacerbates underlying illnesses

1569
01:03:31,109 --> 01:03:28,880
in fact studies have shown that chronic

1570
01:03:33,829 --> 01:03:31,119
stress raises catecholamine and

1571
01:03:36,309 --> 01:03:33,839
suppressor t cell levels which leads to

1572
01:03:38,710 --> 01:03:36,319
suppression of the immune system the

1573
01:03:40,789 --> 01:03:38,720
2020 survey done by the american

1574
01:03:43,510 --> 01:03:40,799
psychological association shows that

1575
01:03:44,870 --> 01:03:43,520
among people of color more than two and

1576
01:03:47,589 --> 01:03:44,880
five

1577
01:03:50,230 --> 01:03:47,599
or forty four percent report that

1578
01:03:52,950 --> 01:03:50,240
discrimination is a significant source

1579
01:03:54,069 --> 01:03:52,960
of stress in their life

1580
01:03:56,309 --> 01:03:54,079
in fact

1581
01:03:59,190 --> 01:03:56,319
forty eight percent of black americans

1582
01:04:01,109 --> 01:03:59,200
reported discrimination as a stressor

1583
01:04:03,109 --> 01:04:01,119
so that when we look at the effect that

1584
01:04:06,069 --> 01:04:03,119
this has on our bodies

1585
01:04:07,750 --> 01:04:06,079
it's truly eye-opening

1586
01:04:09,589 --> 01:04:07,760
now in one sense cortisol gives you the

1587
01:04:11,510 --> 01:04:09,599
energy you need to start the day but

1588
01:04:13,270 --> 01:04:11,520
when we're under chronic stress we have

1589
01:04:16,069 --> 01:04:13,280
chronically elevated levels of

1590
01:04:19,190 --> 01:04:16,079
adrenaline and cortisol our white blood

1591
01:04:20,710 --> 01:04:19,200
cell formation and function is inhibited

1592
01:04:22,069 --> 01:04:20,720
and this is what we use to fight off

1593
01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:22,079
illnesses

1594
01:04:26,230 --> 01:04:23,760
you know chronic stress leads to blood

1595
01:04:29,109 --> 01:04:26,240
sugar problems fat accumulation

1596
01:04:32,150 --> 01:04:29,119
compromise immune function bone loss

1597
01:04:34,470 --> 01:04:32,160
and memory loss among other factors next

1598
01:04:36,549 --> 01:04:34,480
slide please

1599
01:04:38,230 --> 01:04:36,559
so there's a fine line

1600
01:04:40,470 --> 01:04:38,240
there's a fine line here because in

1601
01:04:43,829 --> 01:04:40,480
short spurts stress hormones like

1602
01:04:46,630 --> 01:04:43,839
cortisol can limit inflammation but over

1603
01:04:48,549 --> 01:04:46,640
time increased cortisol levels lead to

1604
01:04:49,829 --> 01:04:48,559
increased inflammation throughout the

1605
01:04:51,510 --> 01:04:49,839
body

1606
01:04:53,029 --> 01:04:51,520
and this can lead to lymphocyte

1607
01:04:55,270 --> 01:04:53,039
depletion

1608
01:04:58,950 --> 01:04:55,280
increased risk of infection

1609
01:05:01,589 --> 01:04:58,960
and even chronic diseases like diabetes

1610
01:05:04,789 --> 01:05:01,599
what we have here is

1611
01:05:07,750 --> 01:05:04,799
a recent article that essentially

1612
01:05:08,950 --> 01:05:07,760
points to the link between chronic

1613
01:05:10,630 --> 01:05:08,960
stress

1614
01:05:13,109 --> 01:05:10,640
and inflammation

1615
01:05:15,670 --> 01:05:13,119
and and being at increased risk for

1616
01:05:18,789 --> 01:05:15,680
viruses as a result of this next slide

1617
01:05:23,829 --> 01:05:22,069
a poor diet can alter immune responses

1618
01:05:25,910 --> 01:05:23,839
so we need to consistently make the

1619
01:05:29,349 --> 01:05:25,920
effort to give our bodies the raw

1620
01:05:31,829 --> 01:05:29,359
materials it needs and it requires to

1621
01:05:34,710 --> 01:05:31,839
heal and to thrive

1622
01:05:36,870 --> 01:05:34,720
so nutrients support the immune system

1623
01:05:38,710 --> 01:05:36,880
by working as antioxidants to protect

1624
01:05:41,190 --> 01:05:38,720
healthy cells

1625
01:05:43,430 --> 01:05:41,200
they support the growth and the activity

1626
01:05:45,349 --> 01:05:43,440
of immune cells and they also help in

1627
01:05:50,069 --> 01:05:45,359
the production of antibodies next slide

1628
01:05:53,910 --> 01:05:51,510
not only

1629
01:05:55,430 --> 01:05:53,920
does vitamin d play a vital role in

1630
01:05:57,750 --> 01:05:55,440
immune function

1631
01:05:59,829 --> 01:05:57,760
but most of us are probably not getting

1632
01:06:01,829 --> 01:05:59,839
enough vitamin d

1633
01:06:04,150 --> 01:06:01,839
the national health and nutrition

1634
01:06:07,270 --> 01:06:04,160
examination survey looked at the

1635
01:06:09,910 --> 01:06:07,280
prevalence of vitamin d deficiency as

1636
01:06:12,309 --> 01:06:09,920
defined by a level less than or equal to

1637
01:06:15,270 --> 01:06:12,319
20 nanograms per milliliter

1638
01:06:17,270 --> 01:06:15,280
and it was discovered that 41.6 percent

1639
01:06:19,029 --> 01:06:17,280
of people are deficient

1640
01:06:21,789 --> 01:06:19,039
in vitamin d

1641
01:06:24,230 --> 01:06:21,799
the highest rate was seen in blacks at

1642
01:06:26,950 --> 01:06:24,240
82.1 percent

1643
01:06:29,829 --> 01:06:26,960
and if you'll notice you need good liver

1644
01:06:33,349 --> 01:06:29,839
and kidney function to make increasingly

1645
01:06:35,990 --> 01:06:33,359
potent forms of vitamin d

1646
01:06:40,470 --> 01:06:36,000
next slide please

1647
01:06:41,829 --> 01:06:40,480
so in addition to promoting calcium

1648
01:06:43,910 --> 01:06:41,839
resorption which you're probably all

1649
01:06:45,510 --> 01:06:43,920
familiar with the evidence shows that

1650
01:06:48,630 --> 01:06:45,520
vitamin d plays

1651
01:06:49,829 --> 01:06:48,640
a role in the regulation of t cells

1652
01:06:53,190 --> 01:06:49,839
b cells

1653
01:06:55,910 --> 01:06:53,200
macrophages dendritic cells and more

1654
01:06:58,950 --> 01:06:55,920
and this means that there are vitamin d

1655
01:07:01,109 --> 01:06:58,960
receptors in activated human immune

1656
01:07:03,589 --> 01:07:01,119
system cells

1657
01:07:05,589 --> 01:07:03,599
the level should be a minimum of 20

1658
01:07:09,430 --> 01:07:05,599
nanograms per milliliter

1659
01:07:11,910 --> 01:07:09,440
but ideally 30 to 50 nanograms per

1660
01:07:15,670 --> 01:07:11,920
milliliter according to the endocrine

1661
01:07:17,829 --> 01:07:15,680
society next slide please

1662
01:07:20,870 --> 01:07:17,839
this is a recent article that comes out

1663
01:07:23,190 --> 01:07:20,880
of the journal of internal and emergency

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01:07:25,829 --> 01:07:23,200
medicine and what shows is that vitamin

1665
01:07:26,710 --> 01:07:25,839
d deficiency is associated with higher

1666
01:07:30,390 --> 01:07:26,720
risk

1667
01:07:32,470 --> 01:07:30,400
for sars covi2 infection and covet 19

1668
01:07:36,230 --> 01:07:32,480
severity

1669
01:07:38,710 --> 01:07:37,270
these

1670
01:07:40,549 --> 01:07:38,720
are the building blocks for a healthy

1671
01:07:42,549 --> 01:07:40,559
immune system

1672
01:07:44,470 --> 01:07:42,559
so now here's your part

1673
01:07:46,470 --> 01:07:44,480
for your homework i'm going to ask you

1674
01:07:48,549 --> 01:07:46,480
to check your grocery carts and be

1675
01:07:51,270 --> 01:07:48,559
intentional about that

1676
01:07:53,829 --> 01:07:51,280
you'll notice that this is real food

1677
01:07:56,950 --> 01:07:53,839
i want to challenge you to add at least

1678
01:07:58,710 --> 01:07:56,960
two of these to every meal for the next

1679
01:07:59,750 --> 01:07:58,720
two weeks and see if you notice a

1680
01:08:01,510 --> 01:07:59,760
difference

1681
01:08:05,589 --> 01:08:01,520
because i believe that you will next

1682
01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:08,789
next slide please

1683
01:08:13,670 --> 01:08:11,430
i feel that we have a unique opportunity

1684
01:08:15,430 --> 01:08:13,680
to re-examine our lives

1685
01:08:17,829 --> 01:08:15,440
and decide the best way forward for

1686
01:08:20,149 --> 01:08:17,839
ourselves and our communities

1687
01:08:22,870 --> 01:08:20,159
the potential long-term consequences of

1688
01:08:25,749 --> 01:08:22,880
persistent stress and trauma are

1689
01:08:27,910 --> 01:08:25,759
particularly serious for our children

1690
01:08:29,189 --> 01:08:27,920
this pandemic has made it that much

1691
01:08:31,430 --> 01:08:29,199
worse

1692
01:08:33,590 --> 01:08:31,440
but we can act now

1693
01:08:36,470 --> 01:08:33,600
we're stronger together and we can shape

1694
01:08:38,390 --> 01:08:36,480
a future that welcomes supports and

1695
01:08:40,070 --> 01:08:38,400
celebrates the best versions of

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01:08:41,829 --> 01:08:40,080
ourselves

1697
01:08:43,430 --> 01:08:41,839
i'll leave you with a quote from maya

1698
01:08:45,349 --> 01:08:43,440
angelou

1699
01:08:47,669 --> 01:08:45,359
do the best you can

1700
01:08:49,510 --> 01:08:47,679
until you know better

1701
01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:49,520
then when you know better

1702
01:08:57,269 --> 01:08:51,120
do better

1703
01:09:01,510 --> 01:08:59,269
thank you so much doctor for excellent

1704
01:09:03,269 --> 01:09:01,520
presentation again a reminder to all our

1705
01:09:06,309 --> 01:09:03,279
participants if you have any questions

1706
01:09:07,749 --> 01:09:06,319
for um the presentations our panelists

1707
01:09:10,390 --> 01:09:07,759
please feel free to put them in the chat

1708
01:09:12,630 --> 01:09:10,400
and we'll get to some q a after our last

1709
01:09:14,709 --> 01:09:12,640
presentation and so for this third and

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01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:14,719
final presentation we'll have dr sills

1711
01:09:18,390 --> 01:09:16,640
taylor uh dr teal is a licensed

1712
01:09:20,390 --> 01:09:18,400
professional counselor who's certified

1713
01:09:22,470 --> 01:09:20,400
nationally and is also a consular

1714
01:09:23,910 --> 01:09:22,480
educator she currently serves as an

1715
01:09:26,229 --> 01:09:23,920
assistant professor for the school of

1716
01:09:28,390 --> 01:09:26,239
behavioral science at liberty university

1717
01:09:30,789 --> 01:09:28,400
and dr taylor's also a proud veteran who

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01:09:32,470 --> 01:09:30,799
served in the navy and so today dr kipp

1719
01:09:34,870 --> 01:09:32,480
will educate us on mental health

1720
01:09:37,510 --> 01:09:34,880
wellness and african-american community

1721
01:09:38,789 --> 01:09:37,520
welcome dr taylor

1722
01:09:41,669 --> 01:09:38,799
much

1723
01:09:43,189 --> 01:09:41,679
and so um i i i'm sorry to do this y'all

1724
01:09:44,870 --> 01:09:43,199
but i have to say hi to my parents in

1725
01:09:46,309 --> 01:09:44,880
philadelphia i think they had a hard

1726
01:09:48,709 --> 01:09:46,319
time getting going i was like i'm gonna

1727
01:09:51,829 --> 01:09:48,719
be on nasa tv so i have to say hi to my

1728
01:09:56,630 --> 01:09:53,669
so the first thing i wanted to talk to

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01:09:58,790 --> 01:09:56,640
you about go to the next slide

1730
01:10:02,070 --> 01:09:58,800
is i just want to look at some stats um

1731
01:10:04,310 --> 01:10:02,080
earlier um dr oga um talked about this

1732
01:10:07,510 --> 01:10:04,320
that when you look at african americans

1733
01:10:10,709 --> 01:10:07,520
um we're 13.4 percent of the u.s

1734
01:10:14,149 --> 01:10:10,719
population but then um of the u.s

1735
01:10:15,669 --> 01:10:14,159
population 16 of 16

1736
01:10:17,750 --> 01:10:15,679
have reported um

1737
01:10:20,390 --> 01:10:17,760
mental illness over the past year so

1738
01:10:22,709 --> 01:10:20,400
that's seven million people and when you

1739
01:10:25,430 --> 01:10:22,719
look at it it's the combined populations

1740
01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:25,440
of chicago houston and philadelphia put

1741
01:10:30,310 --> 01:10:28,400
together of people who reported um

1742
01:10:33,990 --> 01:10:30,320
some form of mental illness go to the

1743
01:10:39,110 --> 01:10:36,390
now these are some of the stats um that

1744
01:10:43,110 --> 01:10:39,120
came from a study that was done by samsa

1745
01:10:46,470 --> 01:10:43,120
um in 2018 and these statistics um

1746
01:10:49,669 --> 01:10:46,480
are are really looking at overall mental

1747
01:10:51,750 --> 01:10:49,679
wellness um for black americans and so

1748
01:10:53,910 --> 01:10:51,760
um these were coming from like a

1749
01:10:56,149 --> 01:10:53,920
self-report so more than likely um

1750
01:10:58,310 --> 01:10:56,159
african-americans are to feel sadness or

1751
01:11:01,350 --> 01:10:58,320
hopelessness and worthlessness when

1752
01:11:04,310 --> 01:11:01,360
compared to um white americans

1753
01:11:07,669 --> 01:11:04,320
um 16 percent of african-americans have

1754
01:11:09,590 --> 01:11:07,679
reported some form of mental illness and

1755
01:11:11,110 --> 01:11:09,600
when it makes reference to serious

1756
01:11:13,990 --> 01:11:11,120
mental illness

1757
01:11:16,630 --> 01:11:14,000
some of the diagnoses are schizophrenia

1758
01:11:19,669 --> 01:11:16,640
bipolar disorder major depressive

1759
01:11:21,189 --> 01:11:19,679
disorder and then anxiety and so those

1760
01:11:23,510 --> 01:11:21,199
are some of the main

1761
01:11:26,229 --> 01:11:23,520
areas that people kind of report and

1762
01:11:28,790 --> 01:11:26,239
then also what falls under mental health

1763
01:11:31,030 --> 01:11:28,800
is substance abuse and so in terms of

1764
01:11:34,550 --> 01:11:31,040
binge drinking smoking cigarettes the

1765
01:11:37,590 --> 01:11:34,560
use of illicit drugs and pain and pain

1766
01:11:39,510 --> 01:11:37,600
medication um abuse

1767
01:11:41,910 --> 01:11:39,520
that was found to be very high in the

1768
01:11:44,390 --> 01:11:41,920
african-american community as well

1769
01:11:45,669 --> 01:11:44,400
and so what's interesting too is that

1770
01:11:47,430 --> 01:11:45,679
suicide

1771
01:11:49,430 --> 01:11:47,440
is up in african-american communities

1772
01:11:51,189 --> 01:11:49,440
some of the stats reported is that

1773
01:11:53,350 --> 01:11:51,199
suicide thoughts and plans and attempts

1774
01:11:55,510 --> 01:11:53,360
were also arising among african-american

1775
01:11:59,030 --> 01:11:55,520
young adults while still lower than

1776
01:12:01,270 --> 01:11:59,040
overall u.s population um

1777
01:12:04,229 --> 01:12:01,280
ages 18 to 25 9

1778
01:12:06,550 --> 01:12:04,239
which is 439 000 approximately of

1779
01:12:10,070 --> 01:12:06,560
african-americans 18 years or older has

1780
01:12:14,950 --> 01:12:10,080
serious thoughts of suicide

1781
01:12:19,189 --> 01:12:16,950
so when you look at african americans

1782
01:12:22,470 --> 01:12:19,199
mental health and stigma it's really

1783
01:12:25,189 --> 01:12:22,480
making reference to the fact that many

1784
01:12:27,030 --> 01:12:25,199
are are not um seeking assistance with

1785
01:12:29,110 --> 01:12:27,040
mental health issues so many african

1786
01:12:31,110 --> 01:12:29,120
americans hold negative beliefs

1787
01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:31,120
regarding on psychological openness the

1788
01:12:35,510 --> 01:12:33,280
willingness to talk about mental health

1789
01:12:37,350 --> 01:12:35,520
issues and then help seeking behaviors

1790
01:12:39,510 --> 01:12:37,360
the willingness to go out and actually

1791
01:12:41,910 --> 01:12:39,520
seek mental health there's this

1792
01:12:44,149 --> 01:12:41,920
perceived stigma and some of the reasons

1793
01:12:45,990 --> 01:12:44,159
um that uh

1794
01:12:48,070 --> 01:12:46,000
that mental this help mental health

1795
01:12:49,910 --> 01:12:48,080
stigma comes into place is because i

1796
01:12:53,510 --> 01:12:49,920
guess within the african-american

1797
01:12:56,149 --> 01:12:53,520
community us even talking about um

1798
01:12:58,070 --> 01:12:56,159
mental mental wellness like going out

1799
01:12:59,350 --> 01:12:58,080
and seeking these um assistance with

1800
01:13:02,790 --> 01:12:59,360
mental health

1801
01:13:05,110 --> 01:13:02,800
um is seen as almost as a luxury and so

1802
01:13:06,870 --> 01:13:05,120
this study was conducted it's a study on

1803
01:13:09,510 --> 01:13:06,880
african-american men and women's

1804
01:13:12,149 --> 01:13:09,520
attitudes towards mental illness and

1805
01:13:13,830 --> 01:13:12,159
perceptions of stigma and the primary

1806
01:13:16,630 --> 01:13:13,840
aim of the study was to examine

1807
01:13:18,870 --> 01:13:16,640
african-american men and women's um

1808
01:13:21,030 --> 01:13:18,880
beliefs and attitudes and so it was a

1809
01:13:24,149 --> 01:13:21,040
self-reported study and then some of the

1810
01:13:26,709 --> 01:13:24,159
outcomes were um that when they found

1811
01:13:29,350 --> 01:13:26,719
that people were asked about whether or

1812
01:13:30,229 --> 01:13:29,360
not they would seek um you know seek

1813
01:13:33,270 --> 01:13:30,239
help

1814
01:13:36,709 --> 01:13:33,280
it was again a repeat that less than two

1815
01:13:39,430 --> 01:13:36,719
percent of of psychological association

1816
01:13:41,390 --> 01:13:39,440
members uh for for the american

1817
01:13:44,229 --> 01:13:41,400
psychological association were

1818
01:13:46,229 --> 01:13:44,239
african-american and so then it's this

1819
01:13:49,750 --> 01:13:46,239
thought that there's not a lot of

1820
01:13:52,550 --> 01:13:49,760
culturally competent uh mental health um

1821
01:13:56,870 --> 01:13:52,560
workers out there and so if you go to

1822
01:14:01,510 --> 01:13:59,270
many african americans are over

1823
01:14:02,390 --> 01:14:01,520
represented in jails and prisons and

1824
01:14:04,709 --> 01:14:02,400
then

1825
01:14:08,390 --> 01:14:04,719
when you look at um african-americans as

1826
01:14:10,790 --> 01:14:08,400
only being 13 of the u.s population but

1827
01:14:13,110 --> 01:14:10,800
nearly 40 percent of those that are in

1828
01:14:16,470 --> 01:14:13,120
prison um it makes sense when you look

1829
01:14:18,070 --> 01:14:16,480
at the numbers actually are um a hundred

1830
01:14:21,270 --> 01:14:18,080
thousand um

1831
01:14:24,709 --> 01:14:21,280
black males are incarcerated and so some

1832
01:14:27,830 --> 01:14:24,719
of the reasons that uh we aren't even

1833
01:14:29,669 --> 01:14:27,840
accessing uh mental health is that

1834
01:14:32,229 --> 01:14:29,679
there's a lack of insurance or being

1835
01:14:34,790 --> 01:14:32,239
underinsured um

1836
01:14:38,229 --> 01:14:34,800
versus looking at white americans and

1837
01:14:41,910 --> 01:14:38,239
then also um when we talk about um the

1838
01:14:44,070 --> 01:14:41,920
stigma associated with seeking uh mental

1839
01:14:45,510 --> 01:14:44,080
health services is there's a trust a

1840
01:14:47,910 --> 01:14:45,520
general distrust

1841
01:14:49,990 --> 01:14:47,920
of um the health care system

1842
01:14:53,350 --> 01:14:50,000
a lack of providers um in our

1843
01:14:56,070 --> 01:14:53,360
communities that can offer competent

1844
01:14:56,870 --> 01:14:56,080
care at least that's the perception and

1845
01:14:59,750 --> 01:14:56,880
so

1846
01:15:01,990 --> 01:14:59,760
uh when we look at like a historically

1847
01:15:03,910 --> 01:15:02,000
that there's been a dehumanization of

1848
01:15:05,910 --> 01:15:03,920
african americans and a lot of

1849
01:15:07,990 --> 01:15:05,920
oppression particularly when you talk

1850
01:15:09,750 --> 01:15:08,000
about um some of the things that have

1851
01:15:13,030 --> 01:15:09,760
been happening in the last several years

1852
01:15:16,870 --> 01:15:13,830
so

1853
01:15:19,110 --> 01:15:16,880
what has come out of a lot of um

1854
01:15:21,430 --> 01:15:19,120
this need for african americans to

1855
01:15:23,669 --> 01:15:21,440
receive mental health is there so many

1856
01:15:26,310 --> 01:15:23,679
organizations that have created

1857
01:15:29,030 --> 01:15:26,320
resources simply to treat african

1858
01:15:31,910 --> 01:15:29,040
americans and so i just wanted to share

1859
01:15:33,270 --> 01:15:31,920
um some of the resources with you now if

1860
01:15:35,590 --> 01:15:33,280
you go to the next slide i want to

1861
01:15:36,870 --> 01:15:35,600
describe some of these um resources as

1862
01:15:39,669 --> 01:15:36,880
well

1863
01:15:41,990 --> 01:15:39,679
um this information um came from nami

1864
01:15:43,830 --> 01:15:42,000
which is the national alliance on mental

1865
01:15:46,310 --> 01:15:43,840
illness and what they do is they put

1866
01:15:49,350 --> 01:15:46,320
resources out so that

1867
01:15:50,390 --> 01:15:49,360
persons can go and seek um you know seek

1868
01:15:52,709 --> 01:15:50,400
help

1869
01:15:55,189 --> 01:15:52,719
these various organizations

1870
01:15:57,350 --> 01:15:55,199
um have created space particularly for

1871
01:15:59,669 --> 01:15:57,360
african americans and so one of the

1872
01:16:01,990 --> 01:15:59,679
organizations is the black emotional

1873
01:16:04,870 --> 01:16:02,000
mental health collective being and so

1874
01:16:07,030 --> 01:16:04,880
what they do is they help people to get

1875
01:16:09,990 --> 01:16:07,040
access to services and so you can

1876
01:16:12,790 --> 01:16:10,000
contact beam and what beam will do is

1877
01:16:15,510 --> 01:16:12,800
they will um help in terms of actually

1878
01:16:18,070 --> 01:16:15,520
locating services in your area another

1879
01:16:20,070 --> 01:16:18,080
organization is blackman hill and so

1880
01:16:22,550 --> 01:16:20,080
what they're trying to do is basically

1881
01:16:25,270 --> 01:16:22,560
target mental health um

1882
01:16:28,229 --> 01:16:25,280
services towards african-american men

1883
01:16:30,870 --> 01:16:28,239
and finding um low-cost or no-cost

1884
01:16:32,870 --> 01:16:30,880
mental health resources in your area the

1885
01:16:35,350 --> 01:16:32,880
black mental health alliance it helps

1886
01:16:37,830 --> 01:16:35,360
you to find a black therapist black

1887
01:16:39,750 --> 01:16:37,840
mental wellness another database that

1888
01:16:42,470 --> 01:16:39,760
will kind of help you find um

1889
01:16:44,310 --> 01:16:42,480
information really about mental illness

1890
01:16:45,910 --> 01:16:44,320
i think one of the biggest um just

1891
01:16:48,310 --> 01:16:45,920
adding this in there one of the biggest

1892
01:16:50,709 --> 01:16:48,320
misnomers that i've that i've heard as

1893
01:16:52,070 --> 01:16:50,719
african-american is that oh that's other

1894
01:16:54,149 --> 01:16:52,080
people's stuff

1895
01:16:56,070 --> 01:16:54,159
um that a lot of the

1896
01:16:58,709 --> 01:16:56,080
mental illnesses that doesn't affect us

1897
01:17:00,590 --> 01:16:58,719
and it's just not true

1898
01:17:03,350 --> 01:17:00,600
there's a high percentage of

1899
01:17:06,470 --> 01:17:03,360
african-americans with schizophrenia

1900
01:17:07,990 --> 01:17:06,480
with major mental illnesses um and in

1901
01:17:10,310 --> 01:17:08,000
particular what's interesting too is

1902
01:17:13,030 --> 01:17:10,320
personality disorders a lot of people

1903
01:17:15,350 --> 01:17:13,040
may not have familiarity with the term

1904
01:17:17,910 --> 01:17:15,360
of talking about personality disorders

1905
01:17:19,830 --> 01:17:17,920
but it's a very pervasive mental health

1906
01:17:23,030 --> 01:17:19,840
issue that has that impacts

1907
01:17:26,070 --> 01:17:23,040
relationships including narcissism

1908
01:17:28,310 --> 01:17:26,080
including people being histrionic um

1909
01:17:31,669 --> 01:17:28,320
those who are border have borderline

1910
01:17:33,750 --> 01:17:31,679
personality disorder but it's not um

1911
01:17:35,189 --> 01:17:33,760
other ethnicities it's uh it's very

1912
01:17:36,229 --> 01:17:35,199
pervasive in the african-american

1913
01:17:39,669 --> 01:17:36,239
community

1914
01:17:41,510 --> 01:17:39,679
um wars um lawrence henson foundation um

1915
01:17:44,790 --> 01:17:41,520
they've lost the cove um launched a

1916
01:17:46,790 --> 01:17:44,800
covenant 19 free uh by virtual therapy

1917
01:17:48,630 --> 01:17:46,800
support so what they're trying to do is

1918
01:17:51,910 --> 01:17:48,640
get mental health professionals to

1919
01:17:53,990 --> 01:17:51,920
provide um low cost or no cost services

1920
01:17:56,630 --> 01:17:54,000
to those who may need support simply

1921
01:17:59,590 --> 01:17:56,640
because of covet 19. i'm brother you're

1922
01:18:01,830 --> 01:17:59,600
on my mind which is omega sci fi i'm

1923
01:18:05,669 --> 01:18:01,840
fraternity incorporated um they've

1924
01:18:07,510 --> 01:18:05,679
created um an online wellness kit and

1925
01:18:09,030 --> 01:18:07,520
actually i was going to share this as a

1926
01:18:11,990 --> 01:18:09,040
handout because these are all hyperlinks

1927
01:18:14,229 --> 01:18:12,000
so you can go to these resources ebony's

1928
01:18:16,350 --> 01:18:14,239
mental health resources by state will

1929
01:18:19,110 --> 01:18:16,360
help you to reach out and find

1930
01:18:23,110 --> 01:18:19,120
african-american therapists um in your

1931
01:18:25,189 --> 01:18:23,120
area in the next slide please

1932
01:18:28,229 --> 01:18:25,199
hurdle is another organization as well

1933
01:18:30,950 --> 01:18:28,239
as melanin and mental health and then

1934
01:18:31,830 --> 01:18:30,960
ourselves black all these organizations

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01:18:34,709 --> 01:18:31,840
here

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01:18:38,390 --> 01:18:34,719
all will help you get connected or even

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01:18:41,110 --> 01:18:38,400
provide resources information um about

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01:18:42,870 --> 01:18:41,120
various areas pertaining to mental

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01:18:45,750 --> 01:18:42,880
health and wellness

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01:18:47,510 --> 01:18:45,760
and i'd encourage all of you who all are

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01:18:49,830 --> 01:18:47,520
at nasa

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01:18:53,110 --> 01:18:49,840
that i'm one of the clinicians and so i

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01:18:56,149 --> 01:18:53,120
provide mental health services um to

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01:18:58,630 --> 01:18:56,159
nasa langley and then nasa headquarters

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01:19:01,590 --> 01:18:58,640
but um each one of the

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01:19:04,149 --> 01:19:01,600
nasa uh outlets all have

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01:19:06,229 --> 01:19:04,159
uh mental health providers that you can

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01:19:09,270 --> 01:19:06,239
access and the services of no cost to

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01:19:12,709 --> 01:19:09,280
you if you are a civil service employee

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01:19:14,630 --> 01:19:12,719
if in fact you um are a contractor then

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01:19:17,910 --> 01:19:14,640
what we can do is help you get connected

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01:19:20,310 --> 01:19:17,920
to a mental health resource um that with

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01:19:22,229 --> 01:19:20,320
your company uh one of the very

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01:19:24,630 --> 01:19:22,239
interesting things that i heard when i

1955
01:19:28,630 --> 01:19:24,640
was listening to the astronaut speak is

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01:19:31,030 --> 01:19:28,640
that is talking about um self-care and

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01:19:32,870 --> 01:19:31,040
mental health wellness in terms of their

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01:19:34,149 --> 01:19:32,880
mission and i think that's a mission for

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01:19:36,390 --> 01:19:34,159
all of us

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01:19:39,510 --> 01:19:36,400
to access mental health care

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01:19:40,950 --> 01:19:39,520
um and then also talk about it uh one of

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01:19:43,669 --> 01:19:40,960
the things i did when i was doing my

1963
01:19:45,669 --> 01:19:43,679
dissertation was part of it was um

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01:19:48,149 --> 01:19:45,679
looking at the talking cure like the

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01:19:50,070 --> 01:19:48,159
real benefit and actually talking to one

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01:19:52,149 --> 01:19:50,080
another and connecting with people

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01:19:54,870 --> 01:19:52,159
because it really isn't say magic and

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01:19:56,950 --> 01:19:54,880
mental health services but what it is is

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01:19:58,550 --> 01:19:56,960
people being able to talk and connect

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01:20:01,350 --> 01:19:58,560
with another person whether it's a

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01:20:03,189 --> 01:20:01,360
therapist or talking to a spiritual uh

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01:20:04,950 --> 01:20:03,199
leader in your community or just simply

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01:20:07,030 --> 01:20:04,960
talking to a good friend

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01:20:09,030 --> 01:20:07,040
i think um although

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01:20:10,149 --> 01:20:09,040
formal reaching out for mental health

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01:20:12,070 --> 01:20:10,159
services

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01:20:13,830 --> 01:20:12,080
um may not have always been a thing

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01:20:17,110 --> 01:20:13,840
within the african-american community

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01:20:19,430 --> 01:20:17,120
but i do believe that we have um we've

1980
01:20:21,270 --> 01:20:19,440
been reaching out to spiritual leaders

1981
01:20:23,430 --> 01:20:21,280
but in particular having those

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01:20:26,550 --> 01:20:23,440
conversations within barber shops and

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01:20:28,790 --> 01:20:26,560
beauty salons and you know just talking

1984
01:20:31,350 --> 01:20:28,800
uh when we're caring you know for one

1985
01:20:33,270 --> 01:20:31,360
another collectively i found that a lot

1986
01:20:36,709 --> 01:20:33,280
of times when people were doing hair

1987
01:20:39,189 --> 01:20:36,719
being able to go and talk to someone but

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01:20:42,070 --> 01:20:39,199
that same talking you know

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01:20:44,870 --> 01:20:42,080
has been a support i imagine in our

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01:20:46,950 --> 01:20:44,880
community i i found it to be a support

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01:20:49,830 --> 01:20:46,960
and so i just encourage you all to keep

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01:20:51,750 --> 01:20:49,840
talking uh to seek mental wellness and

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01:20:54,229 --> 01:20:51,760
then reach out if you need support from

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01:20:55,910 --> 01:20:54,239
another person because uh mental

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01:20:57,830 --> 01:20:55,920
wellness is an imperative for our

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01:21:00,390 --> 01:20:57,840
community

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so that's it thank you so much for uh

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01:21:06,070 --> 01:21:02,480
for listening and allowing me to share

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01:21:10,550 --> 01:21:08,550
thank you so much dr taylor um at this

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01:21:13,430 --> 01:21:10,560
point in time we'll continue to a

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01:21:16,310 --> 01:21:13,440
15-minute q a session with our three

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01:21:18,870 --> 01:21:16,320
doctors doctor membership dr dr taylor

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01:21:21,669 --> 01:21:18,880
as well as our astronaut victor lover so

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01:21:23,910 --> 01:21:21,679
just give a moment for everyone to

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01:21:26,149 --> 01:21:23,920
come online

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and oh we actually sorry we have to

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01:21:32,070 --> 01:21:29,280
adjust the time to eight minute panel um

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01:21:34,629 --> 01:21:32,080
but we will go ahead and get started

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01:21:36,550 --> 01:21:34,639
um so starting with the social

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01:21:38,950 --> 01:21:36,560
determinants of health one of the

2011
01:21:40,629 --> 01:21:38,960
questions that we received was that what

2012
01:21:42,790 --> 01:21:40,639
actions can be taken to improve the

2013
01:21:45,910 --> 01:21:42,800
impacts of social factors on health in

2014
01:21:46,709 --> 01:21:45,920
the african-american community

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01:21:48,709 --> 01:21:46,719
well

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01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:48,719
i know that there are more studies being

2017
01:21:52,709 --> 01:21:50,639
done um like i mentioned um i talked

2018
01:21:54,070 --> 01:21:52,719
about resilience i know morehouse and

2019
01:21:55,870 --> 01:21:54,080
emory are doing a study on

2020
01:21:58,390 --> 01:21:55,880
cardiovascular resistance on

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01:22:00,470 --> 01:21:58,400
cardiovascular health and resilience in

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01:22:02,629 --> 01:22:00,480
the african-american community and one

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01:22:04,070 --> 01:22:02,639
of the things that they found was that

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01:22:05,430 --> 01:22:04,080
neighborhoods

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01:22:07,510 --> 01:22:05,440
that are right next to each other but

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01:22:09,350 --> 01:22:07,520
one neighborhood hat is higher

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01:22:10,870 --> 01:22:09,360
in measures of social

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01:22:12,709 --> 01:22:10,880
cohesion

2029
01:22:14,709 --> 01:22:12,719
get you know knowing each other knowing

2030
01:22:16,310 --> 01:22:14,719
your neighbor sharing basically

2031
01:22:17,990 --> 01:22:16,320
everything that dr stills taylor was

2032
01:22:19,910 --> 01:22:18,000
talking about

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01:22:22,149 --> 01:22:19,920
actually have more resilience when it

2034
01:22:25,510 --> 01:22:22,159
comes to cardiovascular health than

2035
01:22:28,470 --> 01:22:25,520
others so i think this whole

2036
01:22:30,550 --> 01:22:28,480
all of it as i said is social um is

2037
01:22:33,270 --> 01:22:30,560
really taking care of the whole person i

2038
01:22:34,790 --> 01:22:33,280
think victor glover talked about it also

2039
01:22:36,790 --> 01:22:34,800
you know it's your whole community and

2040
01:22:39,270 --> 01:22:36,800
where you grow and we really need to

2041
01:22:41,030 --> 01:22:39,280
start i believe with the communities

2042
01:22:43,350 --> 01:22:41,040
and helping them

2043
01:22:46,390 --> 01:22:43,360
stay resilient as dr sils taylor was

2044
01:22:47,669 --> 01:22:46,400
discussing as well in addition to

2045
01:22:49,590 --> 01:22:47,679
obviously

2046
01:22:51,910 --> 01:22:49,600
eating if they have the resources eating

2047
01:22:53,510 --> 01:22:51,920
right staying healthy exercising all

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01:22:55,910 --> 01:22:53,520
those things

2049
01:22:58,149 --> 01:22:55,920
does that help

2050
01:23:00,870 --> 01:22:58,159
absolutely thank you so much

2051
01:23:03,030 --> 01:23:00,880
um we had a question regarding nutrition

2052
01:23:05,430 --> 01:23:03,040
so what is what are strategies that can

2053
01:23:07,910 --> 01:23:05,440
be implemented on a daily basis to

2054
01:23:12,629 --> 01:23:07,920
improve our nutrition to include our gut

2055
01:23:15,830 --> 01:23:14,709
well i think one of the important things

2056
01:23:18,550 --> 01:23:15,840
to do

2057
01:23:21,350 --> 01:23:18,560
um you know as as victor was saying is

2058
01:23:25,110 --> 01:23:21,360
to really is to simplify your life

2059
01:23:26,390 --> 01:23:25,120
and you know and to recognize that um

2060
01:23:27,590 --> 01:23:26,400
if you're going to be healthy if your

2061
01:23:30,390 --> 01:23:27,600
children are going to be healthy you

2062
01:23:32,950 --> 01:23:30,400
have to plan so it does take effort it

2063
01:23:35,590 --> 01:23:32,960
takes consistent effort in terms of

2064
01:23:38,229 --> 01:23:35,600
coming up with grocery lists and doing

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01:23:39,990 --> 01:23:38,239
meal planning and you know making

2066
01:23:41,750 --> 01:23:40,000
certain that we're not always going for

2067
01:23:43,910 --> 01:23:41,760
the easy thing you know i'm a working

2068
01:23:45,750 --> 01:23:43,920
mom too so i know how it is you know

2069
01:23:48,550 --> 01:23:45,760
after work and trying to grab something

2070
01:23:51,030 --> 01:23:48,560
before piano lessons or whatever but if

2071
01:23:53,430 --> 01:23:51,040
you take the time you know to

2072
01:23:56,470 --> 01:23:53,440
make a healthy snack you know my kid is

2073
01:23:58,950 --> 01:23:56,480
into hummus and carrots or just whatever

2074
01:24:00,390 --> 01:23:58,960
and and if you if you buy whole foods

2075
01:24:02,149 --> 01:24:00,400
they'll have to eat whole foods because

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01:24:03,590 --> 01:24:02,159
that's what's in the house don't let

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01:24:05,270 --> 01:24:03,600
them drive your car to the store right

2078
01:24:07,030 --> 01:24:05,280
so you know

2079
01:24:09,189 --> 01:24:07,040
a lot so it does take but it is it's a

2080
01:24:12,310 --> 01:24:09,199
lot of it's planning it is planning and

2081
01:24:14,229 --> 01:24:12,320
it's consistency and it's effort but

2082
01:24:16,550 --> 01:24:14,239
like i said i think the idea is and but

2083
01:24:19,270 --> 01:24:16,560
make it you know make it simple you

2084
01:24:21,590 --> 01:24:19,280
don't have to have elaborate meals and

2085
01:24:23,750 --> 01:24:21,600
snacks in order to be healthy

2086
01:24:25,590 --> 01:24:23,760
um and the other thing is you know it is

2087
01:24:27,750 --> 01:24:25,600
difficult sometimes to get a variety of

2088
01:24:30,149 --> 01:24:27,760
foods or you know we've had deliveries

2089
01:24:32,870 --> 01:24:30,159
deliveries that were inconsistent and so

2090
01:24:35,350 --> 01:24:32,880
i do personally take supplements i

2091
01:24:37,910 --> 01:24:35,360
haven't always taken my whole life but i

2092
01:24:41,030 --> 01:24:37,920
take a multivitamin with iron now i take

2093
01:24:43,270 --> 01:24:41,040
vitamin d i take iron you know i take

2094
01:24:45,030 --> 01:24:43,280
zinc these are things that i've done

2095
01:24:47,830 --> 01:24:45,040
since the beginning of the pandemic you

2096
01:24:49,669 --> 01:24:47,840
know and i feel well i've been well so

2097
01:24:51,830 --> 01:24:49,679
you know ideally we'd like to have this

2098
01:24:53,189 --> 01:24:51,840
wonderful food supply across the united

2099
01:24:55,430 --> 01:24:53,199
states but we don't

2100
01:24:58,229 --> 01:24:55,440
and so there may be times when you do

2101
01:25:01,830 --> 01:24:58,239
have to you know you have to take a

2102
01:25:03,910 --> 01:25:01,840
supplement and and kind of you know um

2103
01:25:05,990 --> 01:25:03,920
and support yourself in that way but for

2104
01:25:08,709 --> 01:25:06,000
now i think that it makes sense i do it

2105
01:25:09,669 --> 01:25:08,719
for myself i do it for my kids

2106
01:25:11,350 --> 01:25:09,679
you know

2107
01:25:13,189 --> 01:25:11,360
um and so i think that like i said to

2108
01:25:14,550 --> 01:25:13,199
the extent that you want to dedicate

2109
01:25:17,110 --> 01:25:14,560
yourself to

2110
01:25:21,030 --> 01:25:17,120
right to being well it it takes some

2111
01:25:24,950 --> 01:25:22,950
oh absolutely that's a great point and

2112
01:25:27,830 --> 01:25:24,960
uh you spoke on the pandemics that's

2113
01:25:29,910 --> 01:25:27,840
actually a great subway uh to our mental

2114
01:25:31,990 --> 01:25:29,920
health uh aspect that we've heard about

2115
01:25:33,830 --> 01:25:32,000
so both during the pandemic as well as

2116
01:25:36,229 --> 01:25:33,840
in space flight there's a fair amount of

2117
01:25:38,390 --> 01:25:36,239
isolation uh so what strategies would

2118
01:25:40,550 --> 01:25:38,400
you all recommend for maintaining one's

2119
01:25:44,550 --> 01:25:40,560
mental health while rather in periodic

2120
01:25:48,550 --> 01:25:46,629
i think that we need to find various

2121
01:25:49,669 --> 01:25:48,560
ways to connect so

2122
01:25:51,750 --> 01:25:49,679
um

2123
01:25:53,350 --> 01:25:51,760
right now because of the uh because of

2124
01:25:55,189 --> 01:25:53,360
the pandemic

2125
01:25:57,669 --> 01:25:55,199
and we're kind of working separately

2126
01:25:59,270 --> 01:25:57,679
there are still ways for us to have some

2127
01:26:01,750 --> 01:25:59,280
kind of social interaction that then

2128
01:26:03,510 --> 01:26:01,760
we're built for connection i mean really

2129
01:26:05,430 --> 01:26:03,520
face-to-face connection and so a lot of

2130
01:26:09,270 --> 01:26:05,440
the therapy work that i do now is

2131
01:26:11,669 --> 01:26:09,280
telehealth but um trying to connect um

2132
01:26:14,470 --> 01:26:11,679
even if it's in small groups but i think

2133
01:26:16,629 --> 01:26:14,480
that talking having conversation um it

2134
01:26:19,350 --> 01:26:16,639
doesn't necessarily have to be physical

2135
01:26:21,430 --> 01:26:19,360
you know connection but having zooms i

2136
01:26:24,470 --> 01:26:21,440
mean having family zooms my family

2137
01:26:26,390 --> 01:26:24,480
actually started having a family zoom in

2138
01:26:28,550 --> 01:26:26,400
prayer line that's something that that

2139
01:26:31,669 --> 01:26:28,560
my family is doing and so just finding

2140
01:26:39,669 --> 01:26:31,679
some kind of way to connect um

2141
01:26:43,830 --> 01:26:41,590
great point mr glover would you like to

2142
01:26:46,709 --> 01:26:43,840
comment on isolation and mental health

2143
01:26:53,110 --> 01:26:50,070
absolutely i i think uh you know that

2144
01:26:55,189 --> 01:26:53,120
it's been mentioned before i think uh uh

2145
01:26:57,110 --> 01:26:55,199
sophia just mentioned it but you know we

2146
01:26:59,030 --> 01:26:57,120
we're social primates you know for all

2147
01:27:00,790 --> 01:26:59,040
you biology folks and ecology folks out

2148
01:27:02,310 --> 01:27:00,800
there we're social primates and you

2149
01:27:04,070 --> 01:27:02,320
cannot get away from that so in this

2150
01:27:07,270 --> 01:27:04,080
period where we you know we use this

2151
01:27:08,950 --> 01:27:07,280
term social distancing and i like to say

2152
01:27:10,790 --> 01:27:08,960
physical distancing right we should be

2153
01:27:13,030 --> 01:27:10,800
socially close still so using all the

2154
01:27:15,189 --> 01:27:13,040
different resources uh that we're

2155
01:27:17,350 --> 01:27:15,199
probably all too familiar with now like

2156
01:27:19,750 --> 01:27:17,360
this one you know but also i think about

2157
01:27:21,430 --> 01:27:19,760
this you know for for example

2158
01:27:23,669 --> 01:27:21,440
uh this sunday when i go to church you

2159
01:27:25,350 --> 01:27:23,679
know i i i'm going to physically go to

2160
01:27:27,350 --> 01:27:25,360
church but i'm going to wear my mask and

2161
01:27:29,590 --> 01:27:27,360
i'm going to keep as much distance as i

2162
01:27:32,470 --> 01:27:29,600
can just so you know in thinking about

2163
01:27:33,910 --> 01:27:32,480
how we can connect physically you know

2164
01:27:35,350 --> 01:27:33,920
you need to be intentional like with

2165
01:27:37,350 --> 01:27:35,360
everything else like with the eating

2166
01:27:38,790 --> 01:27:37,360
healthy you have to shop healthy to eat

2167
01:27:40,550 --> 01:27:38,800
healthy and you have to set up

2168
01:27:43,189 --> 01:27:40,560
conditions in your life that allow you

2169
01:27:44,870 --> 01:27:43,199
to interact in a healthy fashion given

2170
01:27:46,870 --> 01:27:44,880
whatever your you know current state of

2171
01:27:48,550 --> 01:27:46,880
health is so my entire family is

2172
01:27:50,310 --> 01:27:48,560
vaccinated and boosted and so for us

2173
01:27:51,910 --> 01:27:50,320
it's important for us to go to church

2174
01:27:53,910 --> 01:27:51,920
and do that emotional and spiritual

2175
01:27:55,350 --> 01:27:53,920
well-being but we do it safely in mass

2176
01:27:58,149 --> 01:27:55,360
we keep our distance we use hand

2177
01:27:59,910 --> 01:27:58,159
sanitizers and we're not hugging and

2178
01:28:01,910 --> 01:27:59,920
socializing between the pews as much as

2179
01:28:04,470 --> 01:28:01,920
we would uh you know outside the

2180
01:28:06,709 --> 01:28:04,480
pandemic but it's finding ways to to do

2181
01:28:08,629 --> 01:28:06,719
things smartly and thinking about the

2182
01:28:10,229 --> 01:28:08,639
risks that there are so and the last

2183
01:28:11,510 --> 01:28:10,239
thing i'll say you know i think most of

2184
01:28:13,750 --> 01:28:11,520
us are probably already thinking about

2185
01:28:15,910 --> 01:28:13,760
those things the last thing i i want to

2186
01:28:17,510 --> 01:28:15,920
say about this and i don't know if i

2187
01:28:19,669 --> 01:28:17,520
mentioned it in the recorded comments

2188
01:28:23,430 --> 01:28:19,679
but in this time where there are so many

2189
01:28:26,629 --> 01:28:23,440
pressures physical economic social we

2190
01:28:28,870 --> 01:28:26,639
have to be very good about being

2191
01:28:31,590 --> 01:28:28,880
concerned about and giving grace to

2192
01:28:33,510 --> 01:28:31,600
ourselves we can't give it to anyone

2193
01:28:35,830 --> 01:28:33,520
else if we cannot give ourselves some

2194
01:28:37,110 --> 01:28:35,840
grace so be you know when you hit that

2195
01:28:38,790 --> 01:28:37,120
point where you say look i need to get

2196
01:28:40,470 --> 01:28:38,800
up from this machine and take a walk you

2197
01:28:42,229 --> 01:28:40,480
know these kids like come here corinne

2198
01:28:43,430 --> 01:28:42,239
come here come here come here come here

2199
01:28:44,709 --> 01:28:43,440
hurry up

2200
01:28:46,790 --> 01:28:44,719
when you need to walk away from the

2201
01:28:48,550 --> 01:28:46,800
babies walk away when you need to walk

2202
01:28:50,870 --> 01:28:48,560
away from the computer video screens

2203
01:28:52,629 --> 01:28:50,880
walk away and then take your minute and

2204
01:28:54,310 --> 01:28:52,639
then come back and get into it but you

2205
01:28:57,189 --> 01:28:54,320
need to understand your limits knowing

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01:28:59,270 --> 01:28:57,199
your limits actually isn't confining you

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01:29:00,709 --> 01:28:59,280
it's freeing you so knowing your limits

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01:29:02,950 --> 01:29:00,719
and then operating within those limits

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01:29:05,110 --> 01:29:02,960
no one is asking for us to be super

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01:29:06,709 --> 01:29:05,120
human in these in these trying times we

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01:29:08,709 --> 01:29:06,719
got to know our limits and then operate

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01:29:10,149 --> 01:29:08,719
within them and and give yourself some

2213
01:29:11,750 --> 01:29:10,159
grace because that helps you understand

2214
01:29:12,950 --> 01:29:11,760
how to give other people grace thanks

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01:29:15,830 --> 01:29:12,960
babe i just want you to say hi real

2216
01:29:20,070 --> 01:29:17,189
yeah i completely agree those

2217
01:29:22,310 --> 01:29:20,080
limitations are so important for for all

2218
01:29:24,470 --> 01:29:22,320
the aspects of health and so with just a

2219
01:29:26,229 --> 01:29:24,480
few minutes left i'd love for you all if

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01:29:27,669 --> 01:29:26,239
each of you could just share one tip or

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01:29:29,830 --> 01:29:27,679
something that someone could implement

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01:29:31,110 --> 01:29:29,840
today to either reduce stress improve

2223
01:29:33,189 --> 01:29:31,120
their physical health improve their

2224
01:29:43,430 --> 01:29:33,199
mental health just a takeaway to leave

2225
01:29:49,270 --> 01:29:46,070
i'll just say um one thing that i um do

2226
01:29:51,350 --> 01:29:49,280
is i try to um to surround myself with

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01:29:54,550 --> 01:29:51,360
with positivity and whether that's

2228
01:29:56,790 --> 01:29:54,560
having a positive affirmations um but

2229
01:30:02,629 --> 01:29:56,800
finding um some kind of way to to have

2230
01:30:06,470 --> 01:30:04,870
yeah i agree with that i mean one of the

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01:30:08,950 --> 01:30:06,480
things that i do

2232
01:30:11,590 --> 01:30:08,960
every day is

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01:30:14,790 --> 01:30:11,600
i journal every day every morning

2234
01:30:16,870 --> 01:30:14,800
i um i set a goal for my day in terms of

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01:30:19,750 --> 01:30:16,880
how i want to be in the world

2236
01:30:21,110 --> 01:30:19,760
and i make sure that you know

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01:30:23,990 --> 01:30:21,120
when i am

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01:30:25,750 --> 01:30:24,000
you know in the office i'm engaged i'm

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01:30:28,470 --> 01:30:25,760
talking to people i'm connecting with

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01:30:31,110 --> 01:30:28,480
people in a real way because that really

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01:30:34,470 --> 01:30:31,120
it really char it charges me it charges

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01:30:35,990 --> 01:30:34,480
my battery so when i come to work i'm on

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01:30:38,310 --> 01:30:36,000
and i enjoy it

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01:30:39,669 --> 01:30:38,320
so um i know that we've transitioned a

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01:30:41,750 --> 01:30:39,679
lot of people are working from home and

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01:30:44,229 --> 01:30:41,760
they like that but when i'm in the

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01:30:45,830 --> 01:30:44,239
office i enjoy being in the office so i

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01:30:47,830 --> 01:30:45,840
think that no matter where you are you

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01:30:49,110 --> 01:30:47,840
have to make sure that you're engaged

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01:30:51,590 --> 01:30:49,120
every day

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01:30:53,910 --> 01:30:51,600
and that you know that you have a plan

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01:30:56,709 --> 01:30:53,920
be your best that day and if you fall

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01:30:57,910 --> 01:30:56,719
off start again the next day

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01:30:59,830 --> 01:30:57,920
yeah

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01:31:01,990 --> 01:30:59,840
and and i would say it's not

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01:31:04,550 --> 01:31:02,000
not so much falling off but i would

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01:31:07,830 --> 01:31:04,560
totally agree with both of what these

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01:31:10,470 --> 01:31:07,840
lovely women said um one is yeah give

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01:31:12,870 --> 01:31:10,480
yourself that ability to you know think

2260
01:31:14,629 --> 01:31:12,880
of all the positivity in your life make

2261
01:31:16,870 --> 01:31:14,639
sure you do it at night before you go to

2262
01:31:18,550 --> 01:31:16,880
bed and reflect back on your day and

2263
01:31:21,110 --> 01:31:18,560
come up with one there's going to be

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01:31:23,030 --> 01:31:21,120
something that was positive that day and

2265
01:31:24,229 --> 01:31:23,040
remind yourself that you did that and i

2266
01:31:26,550 --> 01:31:24,239
think um

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01:31:28,709 --> 01:31:26,560
victor glover mentioned it earlier

2268
01:31:31,270 --> 01:31:28,719
one thing one thing at a time you know

2269
01:31:33,270 --> 01:31:31,280
what today i really couldn't cook a

2270
01:31:35,350 --> 01:31:33,280
really great dinner for my kids but we

2271
01:31:37,750 --> 01:31:35,360
were able to go out for a brief walk or

2272
01:31:39,430 --> 01:31:37,760
or whatever it was you know um just that

2273
01:31:41,510 --> 01:31:39,440
one thing that you did and you need to

2274
01:31:44,470 --> 01:31:41,520
focus on that and really

2275
01:31:48,070 --> 01:31:44,480
you know let yourself be a human um

2276
01:31:52,550 --> 01:31:50,790
and then if i can just uh remind

2277
01:31:54,470 --> 01:31:52,560
all of us right it's something i'm

2278
01:31:56,550 --> 01:31:54,480
constantly trying to practice myself is

2279
01:31:58,550 --> 01:31:56,560
that we are whole people we are three

2280
01:32:00,709 --> 01:31:58,560
dimensional people we don't get to just

2281
01:32:02,870 --> 01:32:00,719
be our physical selves our mental or

2282
01:32:05,110 --> 01:32:02,880
intellectual selves or our emotional

2283
01:32:08,629 --> 01:32:05,120
selves we are all of those things all

2284
01:32:10,870 --> 01:32:08,639
the time and so if you can do one thing

2285
01:32:13,590 --> 01:32:10,880
in each of those dimensions for yourself

2286
01:32:15,669 --> 01:32:13,600
that that can help you feel better

2287
01:32:17,750 --> 01:32:15,679
physically going on a walk you know you

2288
01:32:19,430 --> 01:32:17,760
you hear uh people talk about that

2289
01:32:21,270 --> 01:32:19,440
emotional like you know you get this

2290
01:32:23,030 --> 01:32:21,280
wash of positivity well that's actually

2291
01:32:24,790 --> 01:32:23,040
some chemical things going on like it's

2292
01:32:27,110 --> 01:32:24,800
physiological these ladies can explain

2293
01:32:28,709 --> 01:32:27,120
it better than i can but you know

2294
01:32:30,070 --> 01:32:28,719
there's also a lot of research out there

2295
01:32:31,669 --> 01:32:30,080
that says one of the healthiest things

2296
01:32:33,990 --> 01:32:31,679
you can do for your brain

2297
01:32:35,830 --> 01:32:34,000
you know brain health neuroscience says

2298
01:32:38,629 --> 01:32:35,840
moving your body is the best it's not

2299
01:32:41,270 --> 01:32:38,639
ginkgo biloba it's not exo or crossword

2300
01:32:43,910 --> 01:32:41,280
puzzles is physical activity uh but then

2301
01:32:46,550 --> 01:32:43,920
also you know it's it's fitness is a is

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01:32:48,470 --> 01:32:46,560
defined as an organism's ability to

2303
01:32:50,550 --> 01:32:48,480
respond to its environment it isn't you

2304
01:32:52,709 --> 01:32:50,560
know posing on the beach in big muscles

2305
01:32:55,030 --> 01:32:52,719
but if you think about being fit

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01:32:57,510 --> 01:32:55,040
mentally physically and spiritually and

2307
01:32:59,510 --> 01:32:57,520
emotionally it's doing one simple thing

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01:33:02,149 --> 01:32:59,520
over a long period of time it's not this

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01:33:04,950 --> 01:33:02,159
new diet for two weeks or this new

2310
01:33:06,629 --> 01:33:04,960
workout machine or reading that one book

2311
01:33:08,310 --> 01:33:06,639
by that great i mean it's a great book

2312
01:33:09,669 --> 01:33:08,320
if you want to read it but that one book

2313
01:33:11,750 --> 01:33:09,679
isn't going to make a difference but if

2314
01:33:13,830 --> 01:33:11,760
you have healthy habits that feed you

2315
01:33:15,510 --> 01:33:13,840
intellectually that feed you emotionally

2316
01:33:17,830 --> 01:33:15,520
and spiritually and that are feeding you

2317
01:33:19,590 --> 01:33:17,840
and helping you physically little things

2318
01:33:25,189 --> 01:33:19,600
over a long period of time are going to

2319
01:33:29,910 --> 01:33:27,030
so you thank you guys so much those are

2320
01:33:32,149 --> 01:33:29,920
excellent takeaways dr um um

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01:33:34,229 --> 01:33:32,159
dr ford dr taylor astronaut glover thank

2322
01:33:36,149 --> 01:33:34,239
you so much for participating now i'm

2323
01:33:37,830 --> 01:33:36,159
going to take it over to sushi the nasa

2324
01:33:40,070 --> 01:33:37,840
associate administrator for diversity

2325
01:33:42,310 --> 01:33:40,080
equity and opportunity

2326
01:33:46,149 --> 01:33:42,320
in inclusion for a few closing remarks

2327
01:33:49,270 --> 01:33:47,990
my goodness what a wonderful program

2328
01:33:51,910 --> 01:33:49,280
this has been the speakers have been

2329
01:33:53,669 --> 01:33:51,920
just so informative and inspiring i'm

2330
01:33:55,270 --> 01:33:53,679
personally just energized and uplifted

2331
01:33:56,790 --> 01:33:55,280
by this program

2332
01:33:59,030 --> 01:33:56,800
you know black history month is such an

2333
01:34:00,550 --> 01:33:59,040
important annual observance

2334
01:34:02,629 --> 01:34:00,560
it provides us an opportunity to

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01:34:04,390 --> 01:34:02,639
preserve and expand our awareness of

2336
01:34:06,070 --> 01:34:04,400
african-american history

2337
01:34:08,070 --> 01:34:06,080
and this includes to understand the

2338
01:34:09,830 --> 01:34:08,080
severe discrimination

2339
01:34:11,990 --> 01:34:09,840
the violence and the injustices that

2340
01:34:13,510 --> 01:34:12,000
african-americans have suffered

2341
01:34:15,270 --> 01:34:13,520
and it also gives us an opportunity to

2342
01:34:16,950 --> 01:34:15,280
celebrate the extraordinary and

2343
01:34:18,790 --> 01:34:16,960
inspiring resilience

2344
01:34:20,310 --> 01:34:18,800
the achievements and the societal

2345
01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:20,320
contributions that african americans

2346
01:34:23,830 --> 01:34:22,400
have also accomplished

2347
01:34:25,669 --> 01:34:23,840
this annual observance gives us an

2348
01:34:28,870 --> 01:34:25,679
opportunity to further reinforce our

2349
01:34:31,830 --> 01:34:28,880
commitment to an even better future with

2350
01:34:33,990 --> 01:34:31,840
advanced diversity equity inclusion and

2351
01:34:36,470 --> 01:34:34,000
accessibility the eia

2352
01:34:38,390 --> 01:34:36,480
and even in times of great societal

2353
01:34:40,149 --> 01:34:38,400
unrest and we've had such challenging

2354
01:34:43,030 --> 01:34:40,159
times recently

2355
01:34:44,229 --> 01:34:43,040
i remain so optimistic about our future

2356
01:34:46,070 --> 01:34:44,239
our administrator and deputy

2357
01:34:47,430 --> 01:34:46,080
administrator in fact our entire senior

2358
01:34:49,270 --> 01:34:47,440
leadership team

2359
01:34:51,910 --> 01:34:49,280
is placing such a tremendous priority on

2360
01:34:53,669 --> 01:34:51,920
deia

2361
01:34:55,109 --> 01:34:53,679
in fact the administrator held his first

2362
01:34:57,189 --> 01:34:55,119
executive council meeting of the year

2363
01:34:59,109 --> 01:34:57,199
yesterday and i'm happy to report to you

2364
01:35:01,510 --> 01:34:59,119
that the one topic for the entire two

2365
01:35:03,270 --> 01:35:01,520
hours of the meeting was d-e-i-a

2366
01:35:05,750 --> 01:35:03,280
pretty awesome

2367
01:35:07,669 --> 01:35:05,760
i'm also optimistic because my children

2368
01:35:09,350 --> 01:35:07,679
have grown up in a generation i believe

2369
01:35:10,629 --> 01:35:09,360
is better informed about and committed

2370
01:35:12,149 --> 01:35:10,639
to deia

2371
01:35:13,430 --> 01:35:12,159
and i believe this is a generation that

2372
01:35:15,669 --> 01:35:13,440
is also much more accustomed to

2373
01:35:17,510 --> 01:35:15,679
inclusiveness and diversity

2374
01:35:18,950 --> 01:35:17,520
i know this isn't true everywhere across

2375
01:35:21,669 --> 01:35:18,960
our country and

2376
01:35:23,350 --> 01:35:21,679
we have a lot more progress to make

2377
01:35:25,669 --> 01:35:23,360
my eyes were really opened up in recent

2378
01:35:26,629 --> 01:35:25,679
years about how much more progress we

2379
01:35:28,550 --> 01:35:26,639
need to make

2380
01:35:30,870 --> 01:35:28,560
but i really sincerely believe this

2381
01:35:32,629 --> 01:35:30,880
generation is more advanced

2382
01:35:34,229 --> 01:35:32,639
my kids and the kids in the communities

2383
01:35:35,990 --> 01:35:34,239
near where i live all spend time

2384
01:35:37,590 --> 01:35:36,000
together in groups and groups composed

2385
01:35:38,790 --> 01:35:37,600
of different friends

2386
01:35:40,229 --> 01:35:38,800
they're particularly connected to the

2387
01:35:41,669 --> 01:35:40,239
diversity of friends because they're

2388
01:35:42,870 --> 01:35:41,679
always on their cell phones and social

2389
01:35:44,550 --> 01:35:42,880
media

2390
01:35:47,030 --> 01:35:44,560
and in fact they're in groups so much

2391
01:35:49,669 --> 01:35:47,040
that they even date in groups they don't

2392
01:35:51,590 --> 01:35:49,679
even do one-on-one dating

2393
01:35:53,669 --> 01:35:51,600
i coached youth youth sports for 20

2394
01:35:55,189 --> 01:35:53,679
years including aau basketball and i've

2395
01:35:56,870 --> 01:35:55,199
seen kids from different places and of

2396
01:35:58,950 --> 01:35:56,880
different backgrounds come together in

2397
01:36:00,229 --> 01:35:58,960
aau and other leagues

2398
01:36:01,830 --> 01:36:00,239
and they play and they compete together

2399
01:36:03,669 --> 01:36:01,840
and they they establish friendships and

2400
01:36:05,590 --> 01:36:03,679
they stay in touch

2401
01:36:07,830 --> 01:36:05,600
and it's all free of racial and other

2402
01:36:09,830 --> 01:36:07,840
biases so i know this generation will

2403
01:36:12,229 --> 01:36:09,840
grow up to advance and demand an even

2404
01:36:14,070 --> 01:36:12,239
more inclusive accessible and equitable

2405
01:36:15,270 --> 01:36:14,080
world for diversity of people

2406
01:36:17,189 --> 01:36:15,280
i love the theme of our special

2407
01:36:18,950 --> 01:36:17,199
observance this year black health and

2408
01:36:20,709 --> 01:36:18,960
wellness because the approach we're

2409
01:36:22,950 --> 01:36:20,719
taking at nasa on deia includes a

2410
01:36:25,510 --> 01:36:22,960
strategic focus on connection to our

2411
01:36:27,510 --> 01:36:25,520
agency's missions as well as connection

2412
01:36:28,950 --> 01:36:27,520
of our people to each other and this is

2413
01:36:31,430 --> 01:36:28,960
all to empower the health and wellness

2414
01:36:33,109 --> 01:36:31,440
of our missions in our workforce

2415
01:36:34,870 --> 01:36:33,119
and this focus on connection to mission

2416
01:36:36,550 --> 01:36:34,880
and people is in turn critical for the

2417
01:36:38,149 --> 01:36:36,560
overall health and wellness of

2418
01:36:39,350 --> 01:36:38,159
individuals

2419
01:36:41,030 --> 01:36:39,360
in fact i'd like to tell you about a

2420
01:36:42,629 --> 01:36:41,040
pair of longitudinal studies really

2421
01:36:45,510 --> 01:36:42,639
quickly by harvard medical school that

2422
01:36:46,629 --> 01:36:45,520
has been ongoing for over 80 years if

2423
01:36:48,229 --> 01:36:46,639
you know anything about

2424
01:36:49,910 --> 01:36:48,239
longitudinal studies you'll know this is

2425
01:36:52,390 --> 01:36:49,920
phenomenal because

2426
01:36:54,149 --> 01:36:52,400
most longitudinal studies the end

2427
01:36:56,390 --> 01:36:54,159
because they run out of funding or the

2428
01:36:58,550 --> 01:36:56,400
researchers or the subjects die

2429
01:37:00,790 --> 01:36:58,560
this study is in its second generation

2430
01:37:02,629 --> 01:37:00,800
of people and the studies are known as

2431
01:37:04,390 --> 01:37:02,639
the grant and gluck studies you've

2432
01:37:06,550 --> 01:37:04,400
identified the single biggest factors to

2433
01:37:07,750 --> 01:37:06,560
health longevity and wellness and what

2434
01:37:09,510 --> 01:37:07,760
do you think they are

2435
01:37:11,669 --> 01:37:09,520
they're everything that astronaut glover

2436
01:37:12,870 --> 01:37:11,679
and our doctor spoke about today these

2437
01:37:14,310 --> 01:37:12,880
studies have found that the single

2438
01:37:16,229 --> 01:37:14,320
biggest causal factor for health and

2439
01:37:18,470 --> 01:37:16,239
longevity is the quality of social

2440
01:37:21,510 --> 01:37:18,480
networks and the biggest causal factor

2441
01:37:22,950 --> 01:37:21,520
for mental wellness is purpose

2442
01:37:24,950 --> 01:37:22,960
these studies reinforce the importance

2443
01:37:26,550 --> 01:37:24,960
of deia the importance of people

2444
01:37:28,229 --> 01:37:26,560
connecting with and taking care of each

2445
01:37:30,149 --> 01:37:28,239
other while working together towards a

2446
01:37:32,870 --> 01:37:30,159
higher common purpose

2447
01:37:35,590 --> 01:37:32,880
so our astronauts including victor and

2448
01:37:37,189 --> 01:37:35,600
dr mkhitaryan dr sills taylor and dr

2449
01:37:38,550 --> 01:37:37,199
four spoke to the critical importance of

2450
01:37:40,149 --> 01:37:38,560
social connection

2451
01:37:42,070 --> 01:37:40,159
talking and knowing checking on and

2452
01:37:44,709 --> 01:37:42,080
taking care of others making sure that

2453
01:37:47,189 --> 01:37:44,719
victor is smiling and eating

2454
01:37:48,550 --> 01:37:47,199
so he can stay that healthy and well ike

2455
01:37:50,470 --> 01:37:48,560
and the importance of our communities

2456
01:37:52,709 --> 01:37:50,480
including our gathering spots like the

2457
01:37:54,310 --> 01:37:52,719
communal barbershops

2458
01:37:55,750 --> 01:37:54,320
so our program today is so appropriate

2459
01:37:57,910 --> 01:37:55,760
and spot on in connecting health and

2460
01:37:58,950 --> 01:37:57,920
wellness to deia through black history

2461
01:38:00,629 --> 01:37:58,960
month

2462
01:38:02,310 --> 01:38:00,639
i'd like to thank nasa's

2463
01:38:04,310 --> 01:38:02,320
african-american employee resource group

2464
01:38:06,629 --> 01:38:04,320
collaboration team and all of our

2465
01:38:08,470 --> 01:38:06,639
african-american ergs across the agency

2466
01:38:10,229 --> 01:38:08,480
for putting putting together and hosting

2467
01:38:12,390 --> 01:38:10,239
this event today and for all you do to

2468
01:38:13,990 --> 01:38:12,400
support and advance eeia and to take

2469
01:38:14,870 --> 01:38:14,000
care of the health and wellness of all

2470
01:38:16,709 --> 01:38:14,880
of us

2471
01:38:18,470 --> 01:38:16,719
i'm so grateful for each of you today

2472
01:38:19,990 --> 01:38:18,480
participating in this program and i hope

2473
01:38:21,669 --> 01:38:20,000
you enjoyed this program

2474
01:38:23,669 --> 01:38:21,679
i also hope you'll focus on your health

2475
01:38:26,229 --> 01:38:23,679
and wellness and continue contributing

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to our agency's collective dei efforts

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to empower the health and wellness of

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our agency and everyone thank you so

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nasa celebrates black history month