Byllye Avery

Byllye Avery is an activist, professor and author who cares deeply about unifying Black women, of all economic strata, around issues of health and wellness. In 1981, Avery founded the National Black Women’s Health Project which was later named the National Black Women’s Health Imperative. She co-founded the Gainesville Women’s Health Center — an alternative birthing center in Gainesville, Florida. She also co-founded the Avery Institute for Social Change — “a national organization confronting disparities in access and delivery of health-care services to communities of color.”